The Archives - October 2008
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Lower drinking age to 18? What do you think?
College presidents from 100 well-known U.S. universities are calling for a discussion about lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. Did you ever think this would be a serious debate? Well, such schools ...
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Jennifer (age 19) is now “CutoutDissection.com”
You didn't misread this. Jennifer Thornburg of North Carolina legally changed her name in October, 2008 to CutoutDissection.com. This is maybe the first case of its kind where an URL is taken as a legal ...
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Anti-terrorist T-shirt violates dress code
Dos Palos High School freshman Donald Miller lost his lawsuit against the school for discipline imposed for wearing a T-shirt that he considered showed support for U.S. troops in Iraq. The shirt had an image of ...
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Adult Texting Turns Fatal
It's not just teens texting behind the wheel that has everyone concerned. On September 12, 2008, a commuter-train engineer in Los Angeles, California ran a red signal and collided head-on into a Union Pacific freight ...
