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...adults hurt themselves - 50% of incidents - was while moving the computer or one of its components, defined by the researchers as anything from a mouse or keyboard to a scanner or piece of computer furniture. Children, on the other hand, got hurt most often by climbing on or playing near computer equipment. Injuries among small children accounted for a disproportionate number of all accidents, which most concerned the study's authors. "Children under age 5 had the highest overall injury rates, as well as the highest injury-rate increase of any age group," says McKenzie...
...Virginia, the party is about to find out if the record turnout of that historic election can be replicated to achieve another milestone. Traditionally, Old Dominion Democrats have tended to nominate statewide candidates from the more conservative, southern part of Virginia - those who can appeal to enough moderate voters near Richmond while still holding on to the more Democratic-leaning north - politicians like Senator Jim Webb, retiring Governor Tim Kaine and current gubernatorial hopeful Creigh Deeds. But when Virginia Democrats go to the polls Tuesday to pick their nominee for governor, they'll be choosing between Deeds and two decidedly...
Besides, he is still learning. Scrounging for a meal one night in Volterra, Italy, recently, Steves broke a long-standing rule against dining near a blaring TV and sat down in a loud trattoria. Looking around, he could see that the locals favored the joint not despite the TV but in part because of it. The meal turned out to be great. The tab? About...
...defended student protesters who fought the then dictatorial regime. In 2002, Roh--who never attended college--stunned South Korea's élite with his upset presidential-election victory. Less than seven years later, on May 23, he committed suicide at age 62 by jumping off a cliff while hiking near his home...
...social and educational-development programs. Many Western governments, meanwhile, consider it a terrorist group; it was placed on the U.S. State Department's terrorist list in 1999. Lebanon's ruling March 14th coalition has also blamed the organization for destabilizing the region and unnecessarily embroiling Lebanon in a near-30-year conflict with Israel. In 2006, a second conflict exploded between Hizballah and Israel; the resulting battle killed more than 1,000 Lebanese civilians, only adding to Lebanese discontent with Israel and swelling the ranks of Hizballah supporters. Though the conflict ended in a UN-brokered cease-fire a month...