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Auburn Career Center is nearby. It's a program where kids from a bunch of different districts go to learn trades. The high schools in a lot of Ohio are pretty small so it's hard to have specialized programs. The Career center has a lot and has kids from many different districts. I was from a...

This is a small town, just over 5,000 people. I don't see how he could NOT know his victims.

There is a flu vaccine without Thimersol. You'll have to call around, and it's about $10 more. I know here, the Visiting Nurses Association had it in stock.

I got put on this to regulate my period. It just made me crazy as all get out. Hmmm....

I am sorry that I offended you. I didn't mean to. The student I had with it was hungry all the time and had broken down doors and refrigerators to get food. She was ALWAYS hungry, and it was all she thought about. I know syndromes are different in every kid, but I couldn't imagine being so...

There is a condition where the part of the brain that controls appetite is damaged. It also causes intellectual disabilities. I wonder if Jessica had that. It's a horrible syndrome- I've had students with it. All they can think about is food because they never feel full. It's called Prader...

I teach middle school, and I could never see leaving a middle school aged child to watch an infant. More than half of my 11-13 middle school students aren't even left home alone by themselves yet. I can almost guarantee the boy didn't know the severe consequences of shaking a baby. What he did...

That's horrible. The sidewalk was a half a mile away. That's a mile round trip. With a 4 year old, that's really far.

Here is a live link: http://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/index.ssf/2011/07/anthony_sowell_trial_live_video_from_the_courtroom.html They've adjourned for about 10 minutes while the judge makes sure the forms are completed correctly. Then, he will read the verdicts.

My parents were victims of this. Thank you for the article.

When will child protective services realize that developmentally disabled children are at a much higher risk of abuse and much less able to defend themselves or ask for help.

He was under investigation for something to do with the exotic animals he owned. I think one mauled an employee to death. I figured he couldn't live with the knowledge that an employee died or he had a heart attack from the stress. I'm going to say something and it might be controversial, but...

The press conference should be in an hour and 20 minutes.

You can be gifted and mentally unable to care for yourself. My aunt has an IQ of over 140, but she's schizophrenic. I have students with gifted IQs but autism that prevents them from understanding basic social rules and norms.

I went to a public university and was having anxiety problems, so I went to see a counselor there. We tried hypnosis. She explained it at the beginning. They can't make you do anything you don't want to do and it is impossible to be hypnotized if you don't want to. It requires focus. It is...