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No girls allowed: public school tries single sex classes
In public high schools across America, large classes containing a mix of both boys and girls are the norm. However, in a move that's drawing high marks from students, one public school in Maryland has decided to buck that tradition. Class experiment...
Poland boy gets damages for medical error
A Polish court has ruled a 9-year-old boy will be paid $282,000 in damages for a medical error in a clinic that left him paralyzed five years ago. The Appellate Court in the southern Polish town of Katowice has upheld the biggest amount of damages...
A 12-year-old boy is suing to retake an entrance test for an elite New York school because he says boisterous students distracted him. "Several test takers that were sitting near me spoke loudly, laughed, giggled and sang," Barry Tessler...
No arson charge for California boy
A 10-year-old California boy who started a fire last month that destroyed 21 homes and burned 38,000 acres won't be charged with arson, officials said. Prosecutors with the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said the unidentified youth...
Boy, 10, starts wildfire; charges pondered
A 10-year-old boy has admitted setting a costly California wildfire, leaving authorities to decide whether he should face criminal charges. The boy, whose name has not been released, was living in a trailer at a facility for disabled children where...
Kids videotape assault of autistic boy
Charges will be filed against some of the five Massachusetts children who videotaped their assault of an 11-year-old autistic boy, police said. Two girls and three boys were accused of ambushing the unidentified boy as he got off a school bus in Templeton...
Two boys' joyride ends with arrest
An 11-year-old boy, with a younger brother riding shotgun, survived a joyride in New York unscathed but took out two signs and an SUV before hitting a pole. The underage driver and his 7-year-old brother were taken into police custody after the final...
Boy lost in Amazon for 11 days found
A toddler lost in the dense jungle thicket of the Amazon rainforest was found all right after 11 days, O Globo television reported Friday. Police officials said 3-year-old Nelson Oliveira Lima was relatively unharmed after his long ordeal except for...
