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• Obama adds 'Youth Ball' to festivities
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is adding a "Youth Ball" to the parties planned to celebrate his Jan. 20 inauguration. The Presidential Inaugural Committee said Tuesday the ball for people aged 18 to 35 would celebrate "the role young ...
• Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate
... New England likely would delay child birth, said David Landry, a researcher at the Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based organization which supports abortion rights and gathers research on sexual and reproductive health. "It's more costly for youth ...
• Port Angeles teen mother arrested in death of newborn
She's certainly a suspect in a tragic crime, but she's also 16 years old, but certainly I don't think has benefited from advice, guidance of the adults that are in her life,” said Gallagher. The girl is being held at the Clallam County Youth Center ...
• Gunmen seriously wound Greek police officer
Athens was hit with weeks of riots after the killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos unleashed lingering anger at high youth unemployment and economic measures. The violence has shaken a conservative government that has a fragile one-seat majority and ...
• Israeli strike kills dozens near Gaza school
A youth who limped away from the scene was helped along by several others. The U.N. agency that runs the school along with other programs for Palestinian refugees said two other U.N. schools in Gaza were struck by Israeli fire since Monday night and ...