Rising violence among girls shocks Baltimore
A 12 year old girl, Nicole Townes, woke from a coma after a brutal party beating by several girls tied to a family feud. Officials note a nationwide rise in girls’ violence fueled by social breakdowns and media portrayals.
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Baltimore
Nicole Townes
Jansen Robinson
Nicole
Darrell Williams
Fall Gospel Deliverance Church
Williams
Justice Department
Rosetta Stith
Stith
Glenbrook High School
Chicago
Los Angeles
Bill Bond
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Lve
Lauren Abramson
Community Conferencing Center
Abramson
Nicole Ashley Townes
Townes
CDC urges heart patients to avoid indoor smoking areas
A CDC commentary cites a British Medical Journal study showing secondhand smoke sharply raises heart attack risk for those with heart disease. Helena Montana’s 2002 indoor smoking ban reduced heart attacks by 40 percent, a figure that rose again when the ban ended, highlighting rapid health effects from secondhand smoke.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Helena
Mont
Terry Pechacek
Pechacek
United States
Kentucky Supreme Court
Lexington
Kentucky
Montana
California
New York City
Delaware
Richard Sargent
Robert Shepard
St Peter's Community Hospital
Stanton Glantz
University of California
San Francisco
St. Peter’s Hospital
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