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Many teenagers already are dying. Figures on choking-game deaths remain sketchy - a lack of awareness among police means that cases often end up being classified as suicides. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta estimates that at least 82 people died from the activity between 1995 and 2007. But according to the Wisconsin-based campaign group Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play (GASP), as many as 1,000 young people die in the U.S. each year playing some variation of the game. In France, officials identified 17 deaths in 2009, but they suspect that many more go unreported...
That's a far cry from the climate in most of the U.S., where - despite the recent election of Annise Parker, a gay woman, as mayor of Houston, America's fourth largest city - honesty can still end a gay politician's career. Openly gay politicians such as San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk began winning seats in U.S. cities with large gay populations in the 1970s. Progress has since slowed, says David Rayside, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto. He believes that the relative strength of incumbency in the U.S. creates a barrier to the corridors...
...Fite, of Redlands, Calif., prequalified in May for a $300,000 loan. After six months, they had three offers rejected. "They say it's been a buyer's market, but it really doesn't seem like it," says Beth, an administrative assistant for the city of Corona. At the end of the summer, the couple found the home of their dreams - a three-bedroom, two-bath house perfect for raising a family. They bid $25,000 above the asking price but were passed over for a cash offer...
With such a start to the New Year, the Harvard skiing team has to be wondering if there will ever be an end to its woes...
...From the UC’s end, we want to continue to promote the site to the entire campus and make sure that all 6,600 students know about it and can use it,” Hysen said...