Teens Find Social Networks Central to Life Says Pew
A Pew Internet study of 12 to 17 year olds shows older girls lead in using profiles on sites like MySpace and Facebook. Amanda Sanchez of San Dimas, California illustrates how teens rely on networks for friendship, communication, and social life, often preferring online contact over phone calls.
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Online social networks attract majority of U S teens
A Pew study finds over half of American youth aged 12 to 17 use online social networking sites with MySpace far ahead of Facebook and Xanga. Among users 85 percent used MySpace, 7 percent Facebook, 1 percent Xanga, while 55 percent of all surveyed teens report using such sites.
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Danah Boyd
University of Southern California
Girls at risk of overweight in tween years study says
Washington AP reports that research finds girls aged 9 to 12 are at higher risk of becoming overweight than teens. The Journal of Pediatrics notes no data on boys, but highlights early blood pressure and cholesterol rises and a greater chance of becoming overweight adults. The study followed over 2300 girls from age 9 to 18, with 7.4 percent of white and 17.4 percent of black girls overweight by age 9.
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Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Offer Embryo-Free Hope
Scientists from Wake Forest University and Harvard University reported amniotic fluid contains stem cells capable of forming brain liver and bone tissues. The work, published in Nature Biotechnology, suggests a broad range of therapeutic uses while avoiding embryo destruction though human trials are years away. Researchers caution the exact number of cell types remains unknown and debate continues over funding and ethics.
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Conflicting portraits emerge in Siraj case hearing
In New York, Sha hawar Matin Siraj faces sentencing after being convicted of plotting to explode a busy subway station. Prosecution urges 30 years to life, calling his plan a workable terrorist plot. Defense seeks no more than 10 years, saying he was a misguided youth. Cooperator James Elshafay pled guilty awaiting sentencing.
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GM's Chevy vehicles win auto show honors
DETROIT Saturn Aura and Chevrolet Silvera, both General Motors Corp. products, were named 2007 car and truck of the year at the North American International Auto Show. The award, chosen by 49 automotive journalists, marks the second consecutive year GM brands swept the top honors.
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Border Watch site aids border control test run
El Paso Times reports a November trial of Gov. Rick Perry’s Border Watch online camera program captured 10 illegal immigrants out of more than 12,000 apprehensions. The test, Nov 3 to 30, drew nearly 28 million hits, 220,000 registered users, and helped make one drug bust and disrupt a smuggling route in four Texas border counties.
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Former President Bush Released From Mayo Clinic
Former President George S. Bush, 82, has been discharged from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester after a successful right hip replacement done last week. He had traveled there after delivering a eulogy at the Washington funeral of former President Gerald Ford, with surgeons previously replacing his left hip in 2000.
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Mayo Clinic
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Barbara Bush
Average U S gas price rises nearly three cents
The national average for self-serve regular rose to 2.32 per gallon, with midgrade at 2.43 and premium at 2.53, from a Lundberg survey of 7,000 stations. Cheyenne posted 2.09, Honolulu 2.84, California 2.61 overall, San Francisco 2.67, Fresno 2.54.
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Trilby Lundberg
Honolulu
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Fresno
Man returns long overdue library book from 1960
Robert Nuranen handed Hancock Michigan librarian Sue Zubiena a ninth grade assignment book titled Prince of Egypt. He paid 171.32 in late fees after finding the book in an attic and returning it Friday. He now teaches seventh grade in Los Angeles.
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