Indian City Shows Restraint Amid Bombings

If anything was to set off the next round of bloodletting between India's Hindus and Muslims, many feared it would be this week's bombings in Hinduism's holiest city.

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An Iowa father has been charged with child endangerment after police said he chained his son to a car bumper on Sunday.

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Hundreds of children die each year due to the use of tourture in public schools. See bulletins of campaign you can print and use.

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Rasmussen: Sixty-two percent (62%) of Americans say it's always better to cut taxes than increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their own money.

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A woman from Jericho has launched a $500,000 lawsuit against the Long Island Rail Road and Metropolitan Transportation Authority cops, claiming she was held for more than three hours after a conductor wrongfully accused her of using a counterfeit ticket.

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Congressional Hearing on Abusive Practices in Schools

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Police in Connecticut say a woman attempting to reconcile with her husband handcuffed herself to him as he slept and then bit him on his torso and arms.

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A Denver mother is accused of regularly using plastic zip ties to restrain her 10-year-old daughter to keep her from eating.

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Excerpt: The woman identified only as Diana P, 45, was found dead by walkers in a ditch near her Fiat Panda car in October.

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"For as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on earth is my story even possible."

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The children return from school confused, scared and sometimes with bruises on their wrists, arms or face. Many won't talk about what happened, or simply can't, because they are unable to communicate easily, if at all.

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I was visiting a Tigerdirect (Large Electronic Retail Store) in Naperville, IL today (8/23/07). All was going well until after I had paid for my merchandise and tried to leave.

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The senior civil servant who drew up the rules on restraining teenagers in child jails has strongly criticised ministers for making changes which will allow private security staff to inflict pain on children who refuse to go to bed or be quiet.

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FOLLOWING the first rocket barrage by HAMAS militants on Israel since the two sides reached a truce in Gaza five months ago, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, has authorised the army to carry out limited operations in the Gaza Strip.

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The Royal Gorge Academy official facing a felony false imprisonment charge as well as assault and reckless endangerment allegations will have to wait a while to find out if additional counts will be filed.

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On the outside, it looks like the story of a little girl's traumatic death in a treatment center last year will end with sentencing in March of a social worker and the corporation for which he worked.

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Are you a good Newsvine citizen?

Lately, I (and I'm sure most of you) have noticed that some debate on Newsvine has gone from general civility to, well, craziness. Luckily for Newsvine, good ol' Dom is here with the fix. Haha Dom, no one here likes you.

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From the page: -- Syria's ambassador to the United States urged Washington on Thursday to impose restraint on its ally Israel and push for the resumption of peace talks amid escalating violence in the Middle East. --

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