Online ID Theft Ruins NJ Teen's Life, Reputation

This is a very harrowing story every parent should read

Nafeesa Onque's Facebook page had all the trimmings of a teenage girl's internet home: Her cell phone number, favorite movies, relationship status and photo albums were just a click away, lined up neatly beneath a smiling photograph of the pretty 15-year-old.

But the person who built the profile was nothing like the Newark teen who was a popular cheerleader for years and spends most of her time working toward a Rutgers University scholarship. Someone else was behind the computer screen, someone who stole Nafeesa's online identity and was using it to destroy her real one.

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Bullying May Accompany Drive to be Popular

Teens who are already popular but trying to become even more so are the most likely to bully other kids, new research suggests.

The kids seem to think that antagonizing others will raise their own status in the eyes of their peers, according to the study, published in the February issue of the American Sociological Review.

Researchers asked about 3,700 students in 8th, 9th and 10th grades from three counties in North Carolina about their behavior toward others and how often they were the target of physical aggression, verbal aggression (such as teasing or threats), rumors or indirect bullying (such as ostracism). Teens were also asked how often they did this to a classmate.

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Craig D. Allen, (USGS), Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Craig D. Allen, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

This year 503 members have been awarded this peer-nominated honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New Fellows for 2010 were announced today in the journal Science and will be formally recognized during the 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in February.

Allen was elected as an AAAS Fellow, "for outstanding leadership in the synthesis of global forest responses to climate change, built from worldwide collaboration and a deep understanding of the environmental history of the southwestern United States."

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science as well asScience Translational Medicine and Science Signaling. AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The non-profit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert!, the premier science-news Web site, a service of AAAS.


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The Death of Christina Taylor Green - Tucson Arizona - January 8, 2011

This tragedy takes me back to that terrible day in November 1963 when we lost a President. The promise and hope Christina Taylor Green meant to the children of America, is no less significant than the promise and hope John F. Kennedy meant to the American people in 1963. I know, I was there.

The death of that beautiful little girl is really the centerpiece of this assassination attempt, because along with Christina, a little bit of America died.


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On The Death, By Shooting, Of Christina Taylor Green