(SkyNewswire.com) --- Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, despite overall traffic fatalities plummeting to their lowest levels since the birth of the Interstate Highway System. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the death rate reached the lowest level ever recorded in 2009.


Despite the dramatic decrease, nine teens died every day last year from motor vehicle accidents, and 350,000 were treated in emergency rooms. Though there are only 13 million teen drivers, they accounted for nearly $25 billion in motor vehicle injury costs last year alone. One in three teen drivers killed had been drinking alcohol prior to their motor vehicle accident; 40 percent of all fatal alcohol-related traffic accidents involved teens who were driving under the influence. Alcohol continues to plague American teen culture. Though drinking rates among teens have steadily dropped since the early 1980s, about two-fifths of students today have consumed alcohol by the 8th grade -- three-quarters by the time they leave high school. Drunk driving fatalities among teen drivers have decreased more than 70 percent since the drinking age was changed from 18 to 21. However, the costs of underage drinking are skyrocketing.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- As parents it is our job to warn our children of sexual predators and the dangers of talking to strangers in the real world. This is especially true if our children happen to be female. But how often do we think to warn our daughters of the same dangers on the internet. There are many people that don't even stop to think of the possibility of encountering a cyber stalker until it actually happens to us. The fact of the matter is it does happen quite often and young teenage girls are prime targets for cyber stalkers because they are vulnerable and subject to believe things that many other people would not.


In order to determine if your teenage daughter has in fact become the target of a cyber stalker or other internet predator you first must know about what kind of online activities she participates in. There are a variety of places to run into cyber stalkers including instant messages, chat rooms and even some gaming sites. Other sites such as Facebook and MySpace are also popular targets of cyber stalkers. If your teenage daughter visits any of these areas regularly, the chances that she may encounter a predator are drastically increased.

(Reuters) --- Ninjas are not known for having a soft side, but a group of warriors came to the rescue of a student in Sydney who was being viciously assaulted by muggers.


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Ninjas scared off three men who were attacking a 27-year-old German medical exchange student in an alleyway outside their warrior school, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported on Wednesday. One of the teachers saw the attack and instructed the students, who were decked out in their black garb, to go out and confront the muggers.

(AP) --- His lawyer calls it a foolish prank, but a judge isn't laughing. A 17-year-old high school student from Haddon Township admitted in family court Thursday that he defecated in a classmate's soda during an auto-shop class.


Prosecutors dropped an aggravated assault charge in exchange for the boy's guilty plea to a charge of tampering with a food product. Authorities said the victim sipped the soda, then spit it out as his classmates laughed on March 29.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Rick Shaw, President and CEO of Awareity, has been selected to present at Scudder’s InfoTech SecuriCity Foundation’s (SISFI) 2010 Anti-Bullying Conference June 2 in New York, NY. As the wrap up for the Cyberbullying Offensive Education and Awareness Campaign "BOEAC," the conference brings together top community leaders, government officials, law enforcement and speakers to present, discuss, and navigate the escalating challenges and impacts of bullying online (cyber) and offline.


Guest speakers including Mr. Joseph Marthone, NYS Senatorial Candidate and Mr. Ken Reid, Councilman for Leesburg, VA will discuss recent bullycides, the lasting effects on students, how community leaders can make a difference going forward, action items and next steps.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Drug abuse has been a major problem among people especially children. Drugs have contributed too many antisocial behaviors among children and youths in the United States. Methods of intervention and assisting those drug users from the brink of being useless characters in the society needs to be in place to assist the young generation from drugs. Drugs have contributed to suicidal attempts others have had mental depression while others have had aggressive behaviors with antisocial disorders.


Among teenage in the US there is a high number of teenagers who are involved in drug abuse while others have committed crimes under the influence of drugs. The issue of drug abuse is a major problem requiring an intensive approach toward sorting out the problem. There are many factors that contribute to the youths in abusing drugs substances, some of the factors that have been cited by researchers include: family history, if the family history is known to be chronic substance abusers definitely such family you will expect the children to be part of the team. There is also the issue of beers influence where people start using drugs after being influenced by there friends and other peer members. Depression has been another cited factor that contributes to drug abuse and course violence.


As mentioned the abuse of drugs has many negative society effects ranging from various crimes to being unwilling to perform any activity. It has been a source of depression especially those who have became absolute addict while others have become maladjusted in the society, the worst part of drug abuse is being violent and causing death. Therefore intervention methods that are being used currently such as outpatients and inpatients substance abuse treatment, school based prrogrammes, juvenile court system and police department, community and church based programme, support group therapy, and influential talks has worked in drug rehabilitation

(SkyNewswire.com)--- A 20-year-old man who as a child appeared on Angel Delight dessert packets faces a life sentence after being found guilty of bludgeoning to death a management consultant and taking his money to pay for a prostitute. Thomas Connor, a former child model, was said to have battered Dr Nadim Gulamhuseinwala, 32, to the ground with a 5ft (1.5m) iron railing while high on cocaine.

The incident happened last year in Green Park, near Buckingham Palace, London, when the victim, who worked for McKinsey, was returning home after a night out at a Mayfair club, according to The Times. He was talking to his girlfriend on his cellphone when he was knocked out with a single blow. CCTV cameras captured Connor stamping on Gulamhuseinwala’s head twice before telling his friend, William Paton, 20, to go through the dying man’s pockets.

The two men used the stolen cash to pay for a prostitute before taking the train home to Kent. The pair were convicted of murder and robbery by an Old Bailey jury in central London on Friday. Rebecca Bott, Gulamhuseinwala’s girlfriend, sobbed as the verdicts were delivered. When he was a young boy, Connor’s face appeared on Angel Delight packets along with the phrase “Instant Delight for Little Angels.” Angel Delight is a powdered dessert product that, when mixed with milk, creates a mousse-like sweet dessert.

(SkyNewswire.com)--- I couldn't picture my childhood without Disney Motion pictures. Disney has continued to grow and even now produces quality entertainement for kids and adults alike.

Each tale is special and you are particular to discover a favorite or two among the many films that have been developed above the years. Adults often locate Disney movies entertaining despite numerous people thinking they're childrens only entertainment. I love watching the older films however the newer productions are practically nothing short of astonishing.

When you watch the films your are watching a work of art. I might be showing my age but I keep in mind seeing Snow White in the theatres so I can honestly say that I've been capable to compare pretty a few motion pictures because that time. Computer generated artwork is just as valid as the aged hand drawn movies. It takes skill, patience and talent to generate something fantastic. The old hand drawn movies will usually have the respect they deserve but the newer personal computer produced imagery is genuinely stunning.

No matter what, I locate that youngsters adore Disney films no matter what kind of approach the animators use. The stories are so compelling and original (not to mention entertaining) that youngsters of all ages will appreciate every and every an example of the films. This includes the older types that retain such charm.

(SkyNewswire.com)---In an especially inarguable event that global warming is proceeding apace, a group of Eskimos noticed � while hunting for caribou on the sort of unusually balmy day that they�ve been experiencing with ever-growing frequency � a tree they were not familiar with, growing high above the tundra.

Priding themselves on knowing the flora and fauna of their land, they puzzled over the strange growth.

�Look,� one said, �a tree I never saw before.�

�No branches,� another one puzzled.

�Even a bear couldn�t climb it,� a third one noted.

Then one of them pointed to the groups of large roundish green objects in the high and odd-looking leaves, known in warmer climes as palm fronds. �Look,� he speculated, �big fruit, maybe.�

Just then one of the ovoid objects happened to break loose and fall toward them.

(SkyNewswire.com)---An innovative study by an environmental scientist attempts to explain the recent uptick in idiotic human behavior. According to the resourceful researcher, the likely culpret is the abundant supply of greenhouse gases. As a result of their ascendance, there is simply not enough oxygen left in the atmosphere for the human brain to function at the usual level.

He reasons that the principal greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, is frequenly derived from carbon monoxide, the toxic effluent of tailpipes and other smokestacks. To become the dioxide version, the monoxide must add an atom of oxygen, which, for lack of other alternatives, it removes from the atomosphere.

To make his determination, the scientist measured the percentage of oxygen currently available for general breathing and the amount of the same invigorating substance in a sealed time capsule that was buried during the 1950s, a time, history tells us, of an extraordinary degree of human sanity.

(SkyNewswire.com)---European astronomers, upon discovering an Earthlike planet outside of our own solar system, winningly named Gliese 581c, were immediately fearful that the sort of behavior that goes on here might be more widespread than previously believed and could only hope that the civilization is more advanced.

There was even some worrisome speculation about the possibility that the civilization could be at the same stage as our own and if, in fact, it might currently be playing host to such rancorous individuals as Osama Bin Laden and Imus.

Feeling that one version of such people is enough, they immediately resorted to the hope that, since the star around which the planet spins is older than the sun, any civilization there might be more advanced than our own.

Less concerned citizens began to speculate about what sort of inhabitants might reside there besides mass murderers and insult comedians. The participants covered all the important categories, such as who might be the most popular singers and actors.

(SkyNewswire.com)---One week the inflammatory anti-American Iraqi cleric Mugtada Al-Sadr criticizes George Bush for not withdrawing American troops from Iraq, so, he apparently hopes, the Democratic government will collapse and he can rush in to govern like his fellow mullahs in Iran.

The next week the feisty pawn of Iran's presiding mullahs, President of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announces that his country will send a high-ranking delegation to the peace conference on Iraq at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik. We are not supposed to think about how, at the same time, he sponsors the shipment of Iranian arms to violent radicals in Iraq, all the better to make the nascent Iraqi government seem helpless and encourage the citizenry to resort to his clever clerical counterpart for governance.

(SkyNewswire.com)---�Thank you so much for making Toyota number one,� the chairman of Toyota, Fujio Cho, said to Richard Wagoner, the CEO of General Motors, and leaned across the conference table to shake his hand.

�Think nothing of it,� Mr. Wagoner replied, obliging the Japanese exec. �The credit belongs entirely to you and your quality-obsessed company.�

�No, no,� the Japanese CEO insisted. �We could never have done it without your reliable incompetence.�

�On the contrary, sir,� the GM CEO replied, eyeing the other American and Japanese executives arrayed around the conference table, �the credit is entirely due to your astonishing competence. After all, you and your company have figured out how to make cars people actually want to buy � form and function, attractively combined.�

�Yes, I think that�s true,� the CEO of Toyota conceded.

TUCSON, Ariz., (SkyNewswire.com)-- The Providence Service Corporation (Nasdaq: PRSC - News) today announced the completion of a private placement of $70 million of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due in 2014.

RBC Capital Markets acted as the Sole Placement Agent for the transaction.

The private placement was priced off today's closing price of $31.47. The notes bear interest at 6.5% per annum and are convertible into Providence common shares at a conversion price of $41.698, a 32.5% premium. The net cash proceeds of this offering will be placed in escrow and will be released to the seller upon the closing of the LogistiCare acquisition, also announced today.

Private investors, under signed confidentially and no-trade agreements, were provided with the attached PowerPoint presentation in order to evaluate the transaction. Pursuant to Regulation FD (Full Disclosure) the verbatim presentation.

Hollywood, CA (SkyNewswire.com) - In a recent interview, prison minister and author Marty Angelo (http://www.martyangelo.com/biography.htm) made some very interesting observations regarding socialite Paris Hilton's Los Angeles County Jail incarceration, her interview with CNN's talk show host Larry King, and her post release behavior.