(Reuters) – Federal and state investigators are probing reports that disabled children at a public elementary school in Connecticut were locked in a room to control their behavior or as a punishment, officials said on Tuesday. Farm Hill School, an elementary school in the city of Middletown, was accused of improper use of seclusion, according [...]
The part of the brain used for speech processing is in a different location than originally believed, according to a US study that researchers said will require a rewrite of medical texts. Health News Headlines – Yahoo! News
A newly discovered letter from a freed former slave to his onetime master is creating a buzz. Letters of Note explains that in August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee wrote to his former slave Jourdan Anderson, requesting that Jourdan return to work on his farm. In the time since escaping [...]
Paula Abdul joined the exodus from Fox’s disappointing “The X Factor,” attributing her departure to business trumping all else. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Amazon’s fourth-quarter net income dropped sharply, weighed down by higher operating expenses even as its revenue grew. Investors punished the online retailer’s stock in after-hours trading, as the company also gave a disappointing forecast for the current period. Tech News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Chad Ochocinco walked across the NFL logo painted at midfield and headed for the interview that’s eluded him an entire career. Sports News Headlines – Yahoo! News
France's new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide was put on hold Tuesday after politicians opposed to the legislation demanded that its constitutionality be examined. law – Yahoo! News Search Results
Mexico’s federal health secretary says swine flu cases in January have surpassed the number for all of 2011, a year when the virus barely appeared worldwide. Health News Headlines – Yahoo! News
The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. Health News Headlines – Yahoo! News
A breakthrough in precision bullet technology for small caliber firearms will make striking a target an easier task. Two researchers at Sandia’s National Laboratories created a self-guided dart-like bullet able to strike a target more than a mile away. Business News Headlines – Yahoo! News
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