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...March 30, a Santa Clara, Calif., man shot five people to death, including three children, before killing himself. On April 3, a gunman went on a shooting rampage in an immigration center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 13 people before taking his own life. And on April 20, employees of a Sheraton Hotel in Maryland found the bodies of a husband and wife and two daughters, victims of another apparent murder-suicide...
BOBAMA gets children's book...
Wendy Kopp The founder and CEO of Teach for America is a past TIME 100 honoree Teach for America alum Tom Torkelson is proving that children from low-income communities can achieve. His Idea Academy and College Preparatory was ranked the 19th best high school and sixth best charter school in the country. All 100% of Tom's high school graduates have gone to college...
...many fighters, especially children, leaving the guerrillas can trigger an identity crisis, says Colombian psychologist Luis Gaviria. "They're like scared rabbits in a world they know nothing about." Many come from impoverished rural communities and enlisted at as young as 9 years old. While some are kidnapped and forced to join rebel groups, the majority are lured with empty promises of salaries, says Martha Mesa, a social worker at the center. Others join for darker reasons: for those who have lost loved ones in the cross fire between guerrillas and paramilitary groups, vengeance can be a powerful motivator. Humberto...
...drug traffickers, moved into his upscale neighborhood--punks in cowboy attire and sparkling pickup trucks buying expensive homes. Rojas and his neighbors were awakened at night or horrified in broad daylight by assault-rifle fire and the screaming of tires as cars raced away after kidnappings. One afternoon, local children watched as a pickup rammed down the door of a house, sparking a gun battle that left four people dead in the street. Out at Rojas' ranch, the situation was worse. The drug gangs, whose trafficking route for marijuana, cocaine and heroin passes near a cluster of haciendas that includes...