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9 min ago | Boston.com

Building blocks in Burlington

Residents have until July 25 to purchase commemorative bricks to help raise money for the restoration of the Marion Tavern at Grand View Farm.

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Related Topix: Everett, MA, Alternative, Lynn, MA, Malden, MA, Medford, MA, Boston, MA

9 hrs ago | The Gadsden Times

Ala. program for at-risk youths spared _ for now

Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 11:39 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 11:39 a.m. It had been about 13 years since Tommy Pinkard last saw the young man who interrupted his lunch at a Gadsden pizzeria, but Pinkard still recognized him as a former student in a state program that helps keep at-risk youth out of juvenile detention.

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21 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

City council poised to approve curfew center

Pittsburgh City Council tentatively voted today to spend $500,000 to open a curfew center for the first time in five years, despite the fact that a fiscal plan passed yesterday apparently limits it to one year of funding.

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Related Topix: Alternative

Fri Jul 03, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Youth Offenders Give Back

Rewriting their story. Teenage offenders are changing their lives one wall at a time.

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Related Topix: Alternative, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Indian Hill Journal

Youth choir gets 'uninvited' from KY trip

A youth choir from a Texas church the Southern Baptist Convention cut ties with because it didn't adhere to the denomination's stance on homosexuals has been told they aren't welcome to participate in a Kentucky Baptist mission program.

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Related Topix: Alternative, Gay/Lesbian, University of the Cumberlands, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas Metro

Wed Jul 01, 2009

CRN

Consumer Group Calls For Death Of China's Green Dam Filter

On the heels of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology delaying the mandatory installation of the Green Dam Youth Escort Web-filtering software on new computers, one consumer group is calling for China to abandon the Green Dam initiative altogether.

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Related Topix: Alternative, Computers

The Mobile Register Online

Alabama's CITY program for aiding trouble youths receives a reprieve

A decades-old program that helps troubled Alabama youth stay out of juvenile detention has been spared for now, but advocates and directors say its financial woes are far from over.

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Related Topix: Alternative

Tue Jun 30, 2009

CBC

Quebec foster parents urgently needed

Batshaw Youth and Family Centres in Montreal has put out an urgent call for new foster parents.

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Related Topix: Alternative

Mon Jun 29, 2009

News.ncmonline.com

Military recruiters wooing underage youth

She can't wait to start classes at Northwestern University, where she will double-major in International Studies and Japanese Culture.

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Related Topix: Northwestern University, Alternative, Chicago, IL, Activism, US Marine Corps

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Annual Harley raffle for SYS rumbles into loc

A year ago, local electrical contractor A.J. Martinez won himself a Harley Davidson Sportster at Freedom Fiesta.

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Related Topix: Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Harley Davidson, Automakers, Seguin, TX, Alternative, Family, Kids

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Northwest Newspapers (Northwest Herald)

RCMP warn of sexual exploitation...

POLICE are sounding the alarm this week over an apparent rise in participation in the sex trade among North Vancouver teens, many of whom are advertising on Craigslist.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Local Search, Alternative

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Statesman Journal

House OKs phase-in of Measure 57

The Oregon House voted Friday on a second try to phase in a new tough-on-crime law and use the savings to offset spending cuts in public-safety agencies.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Oregon, Drugs, Alternative

The Clarion-Ledger

Agreement reached in abuse case

A preliminary agreement has been reached in a federal lawsuit that claims youth were abused at a south Mississippi juvenile detention center and forced to live in squalid conditions.

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Related Topix: Mississippi, Biloxi Metro, Harrison County, MS, Gulfport, MS, Pascagoula, MS, Alternative

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Associated Content

My Fountain of Youth

I think about you all day long you are always on my mind I yearn to just touch you and watch as spark fly as our chemistry combines Every since I first laid eyes on you I haven't stood a chance each time we are together my heart skips to a sweet lovers dance As we kiss forever with passion on our lips the sands of time seem to simply stand still as ...

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Related Topix: Alternative

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Ghanamma.com

Bawku youth ambush MP in parliament

Scores of Bawku youth on Wednesday besieged Parliament demanding an end to what they call wanton persecutions by the security agencies in Bawku.

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Related Topix: Alternative

Wed Jun 24, 2009

KSTP

Number of Youth Being Detained in Hennepin Co. Drops

The number of juveniles detained each day at the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center dropped 33 percent over the past three years, according to state courts.

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Related Topix: Alternative

The Baltimore Sun

Racial gap in juvenile arrests called wider

African-American children in Maryland are being arrested at a rate nearly three times higher than their white counterparts, a gap that continues to widen because of law enforcement practices and failures of school personnel to distinguish between delinquent behavior and children simply acting out, according to a report released Tuesday by a ...

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Alternative

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Tallahassee.com

Summer of music

Alternative rockers Dinosaur Jr. having been jamming out together since 1984 and are releasing their ninth studio album this summer.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur Jr., Pop/Rock, Alternative, Progressive-Rock, The Mars Volta

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Grits for Breakfast

Judge, not AG, responsible for TYC prosecution delays

Before deciding on the new comment policy announced at the end of this post, I was initially hesitant to blog about the minor kerfuffle last week when the Texas Civil Rights Project criticized the Attorney General for failing to yet take to court the West Texas sex-abuse cases that spawned the Youth Commission's recent troubles.

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Related Topix: West, TX, Alternative, Ward County, TX, Travis County, TX

Times Educational Supplement

Head of School

Salary A 33.1k to A 36.4k 27 days paid holiday plus bank holidays, 37 1/2 hour week UK Youth is seeking a highly motivated qualified teacher with a minimum of 5 years post qualification teaching experience to have responsibility for the internal management, organisation and operation of the Avon Tyrrell Youth Achievement Foundation.

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Related Topix: Alternative, The Foundations, Oldies

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