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A warning sign for many criminals is a history of cruelty to animals, and legislators in California want to keep track of animal abusers through a registry, much like they keep track of sex offenders.
The goal of this registry would be to more effectively prevent repeat offenses. The names and photos of people convicted of [...]

On Friday morning, Sarah Killen was a normal small town girl. She had a Twitter account, Lovely Button, and she had three followers. She was taking classes online for a local high school, getting ready to marry her fiancé, and trying to raise money for her upcoming walk in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk [...]

Twenty years ago, Hank Gathers was one of the best college basketball players in the nation. He was dominating his senior year and was all set to go on to be a multi-million dollar NBA player. And twenty years ago, on March 4, 1990, it all ended in an instant.
It was the West Coast Conference [...]

Imagine being called into the high school assistant principal’s office on an ordinary school day, where you’re chastised for using illegal drugs. You’ve never done drugs before, but when you ask why you’re being accused, you’re shown a webcam photo of you eating Mike and Ikes at home. Maybe they confused the Mike and Ikes [...]

Three days. Sixty miles. Millions of dollars going towards ending breast cancer. When Nancy Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan Komen, that she would do everything she could to cure breast cancer, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation was formed. This summer, you can become a part of Nancy’s promise by registering to [...]

After more than a month of hearing about and seeing photos of the devastation of the 7-magnitude earthquake, I was horrified to hear “8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile” when I scanned the news on Saturday. The quake was 1,000 times as strong as the one in Haiti that left hundreds of thousands of people dead and [...]

Rapper Lil Wayne may be “hip-hop’s greatest unstoppable force,” but starting March 2, he’ll be forced to stop for 12 months. Lil Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter, is going to jail for gun possession, as he should. The rapper is certainly not the only celebrity to be caught up in illegal activities, but he’s one [...]

The name Ryan Miller has been heard a lot through this winter’s Olympic Games. The goalie for the Silver medal winning United States hockey team, has been a big part of the team’s success. But Ryan Miller isn’t just a good goalie, he’s a genuinely good person too, and his humble attitude and philanthropic work [...]

We have yet to find a cure for AIDS, but science is getting closer to finding a way to eliminate the disease, and now, an expert claims antiretroviral drugs and widespread HIV testing could stop the spread of AIDS in five years. Epidemiologist Brian Williams suggested a plan of annual HIV testing for anyone over [...]

It’s the Year of the Tiger and the value of a dead tiger is higher than ever, leaving grim prospects for the species which is struggling to survive. Loss of habitat is still a major threat to the tigers, but their biggest killer is a desire for traditional medicines that include tiger parts.
A tiger pelt [...]