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Indeed, last winter, as if on cue, twice as many students as in normal years came to counselors to talk about symptoms of depression and anxiety. Shortly before graduation last spring, a student committed suicide and another attempted it. Christine Hazard, who supervises the district's psychologists, notes that the American Psychological Association's website www.apa.org is distributing trauma information for schools and parents. "They need to have an awareness of the cycle," she says. "There are hard times ahead...
...UNITED STATES Bombers Sentenced Manhattan's Federal District Court handed down life sentences to four supporters of Osama bin Laden convicted of bombing the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Two of the conspirators, found guilty of murder, had faced the death penalty but a jury voted instead to impose life sentences without parole. Judge Leonard Sand ordered each man to pay $7 million to the victims' families and $26 million to the U.S. government...
...redistricting process that eliminated Cambridge’s 28th district seat from the statehouse delegation now has state representatives scrambling to assign blame for the loss of the traditionally minority post...
Representative Jarrett T. Barrios ’90 holds the soon-to-be-lost seat, which has fielded a minority winner for the past 25 years. City councillors are now preparing to file a lawsuit in hopes of regaining the district. And many are turning to Barrios to explain why the 28th was dismantled...
Barrios is making a well-publicized run for the State Senate, giving up the 28th seat to do so. This meant he was not at risk of losing his job if his district was cut from the roster—leaving some speculating that responsibility for the loss of the 28th falls on Barrios’ shoulders...