| Olympic city smog keeps children indoors http://www.news.com.au/stor... Children Articles News.com.au - BEIJING'S weather office warned children and the elderly to stay indoors today as heavy fog blanketed the host city of the 2008 Olympics, exacerbating its chronic air pollution, Chinese state media reported. Fog caused severe delays at Beijing ... |
| Children kept indoors as Beijing fog turns to smog http://www.reuters.com/arti... Children Articles Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's weather office warned children and the elderly to stay indoors on Friday as heavy fog blanketed the host city of the 2008 Olympics, exacerbating its chronic air pollution, Chinese state media reported. Fog caused severe ... |
| 3 Armed Men Invade Home, Threaten Children http://www.theledger.com/ar... Children Articles The Ledger - The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. One suspect shot at a juvenile victim, then forced him and two young children into a bathroom where they were held at gunpoint while the house was ransacked, according to a police report. The suspects ... |
| Senate to be Site of Future Duel Over Children's Health Legislation http://www.foxnews.com/stor... Children Articles FOX News - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is the next stop for legislation to expand children's health coverage, revised by Democrats but rejected by President George W. Bush as little changed from their earlier offering. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it ... |
| Lack of sleep may lead to fatter children, study finds http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Children Articles Seattle Times - CHICAGO -- Here's another reason to get the kids to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese. Researchers have found that every additional hour per night a third-grader spends sleeping reduces the child's chances of being obese in ... |
| She's helping children smile http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Children Articles Detroit Free Press - Dr. Miriam Parker knows a thing or two about perfecting beautiful smiles. She's a dentist working out of Ann Arbor and Flint who has been serving patients for more than 16 years. But people around the world also are displaying Parker's expertise. She ... |
| Better medical care saving thousands of Afghan children http://www.philly.com/inqui... Children Articles Philadelphia Inquirer - KABUL, Afghanistan - Six years after the Taliban's ouster, medical care in Afghanistan has improved such that nearly 90,000 children who would have died before age 5 in 2001 will survive this year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday ... |
| Two children die in Pa. house fire http://www.philly.com/inqui... Children Articles Philadelphia Inquirer - HARRISBURG, Pa. - A 2-year-old boy and his 18-month-old sister died Saturday in a house fire two days after the electricity was shut off, authorities said. Neighbors said the family had been using candles to light the home, but fire officials ... |
| Firefly shines with children http://www.chicagotribune.c... Children Articles Chicago Tribune - What started as a girlfriend's anxiety has turned into a full-time business for Donald Deubler, 34, founder of Firefly Mobile Inc., a Lincolnshire-based firm that is the leading provider of cell phones intended for children under age 13. Early in ... |
| Children's DNA Database Under Fire http://news.sky.com/skynews... Children Articles Sky.com - The latest figures show almost 150,000 under-16s were on the national database. Home Affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said the figures showed the present policy was "disturbing and illiberal". The DNA of suspects is taken for the database - but is not ... |