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Some safer hot dog designs

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Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for the redesign of hot dogs. "If you were to take the best engineers in the world and asked them to design a perfect plug for a child's airway, you couldn't do better than a hot dog," said Dr. Gary [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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CUTE

CRIMINAL

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Tape Reveals Child Directing Air Traffic at JFK Airport

"Jet Blue 171, cleared for takeoff!" the child can be heard telling one pilot. The boy seems to have made at least five transmissions from the control tower. Adults can be heard on the tape as well, laughing with the under-aged air controller in th [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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AGREE

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Happy hour just isn't when the boss tags along

The problem is that our supervisor wants to be one of us. He has friended most of us on Facebook, and when he hears us making plans, he assumes that he is invited. He is a nice guy, but we do not have much in common.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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WISE

WASTE

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Pediatricians Want Redesign of Hot Dogs, Candy to Curb Choking

"The FDA is concerned about the deaths and serious injuries caused by choking," said agency spokeswoman Rita Chappelle. "We will also continue to consult with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on assessing choking hazards associated with food and [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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DePaul offers a scholarship to an eighth-grader

Twelve-year-old Jahlil Okafor stood shoulder to shoulder with his 6-foot-5 father, Chuck Okafor, when they were measured on Thanksgiving in 2008. Time has passed, and while Chuck has been done growing for years, his son continues to sprout. Today,  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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kids get wi-fi on school bus, behavioral problems disappear

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Morning routines have been like this since the fall, when school officials mounted a mobile Internet router to bus No. 92’s sheet-metal frame, enabling students to surf the Web. The students call it the Internet Bus, and what began as a high-tech ex [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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YES

NO

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Should it be your legal right to home school your children?

Despite its illegality, home schooling in Germany is becoming more popular. Thomas Spiegler, a sociologist at Friedensau Adventist University, a Protestant theological college, reckons that 600 to 1,000 children are being taught at home. He wants Germ [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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BELIEVE

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Giving children autonomy improves their passion for stuff

After five months, the psychologists found that one major variable that predicted whether children developed a passion for music was if their parents allowed them the freedom to practice on their own schedule. The passionate kids on average scored 9 p [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Kids in Florida can now opt-out of gym with note from parents

But the Florida Legislature also added an opt-out clause beginning in 2009-10 — a move that triggered sharp criticism from P.E. teachers who argued that children need more exercise and that the life skills taught in today's gym classes will help kee [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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FUNNY

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More indoor internet kids are getting rickets from no sunshine

"Kids tend to stay indoors more these days and play on their computers instead of enjoying the fresh air," said Simon Pearce, a professor at Newcastle University in northeast England and lead author of a new study on Vitamin D deficiency.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Do you support the govt curbing sugary cereal marketing to kids?

Despite a historic pledge by more than a dozen major food companies to advertise healthier food to children, the least nutritious cereals are still the ones most aggressively marketed to kids. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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WORRY

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Toxic metal in kids’ jewelry from China

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To gauge cadmium’s prevalence in children’s jewelry, the AP organized lab testing of 103 items bought in New York, Ohio, Texas and California. All but one were purchased in November or December. The results: 12 percent of the pieces of jewelry  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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