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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that they are trying out more adultlike roles. Having unsafe sex and driving too fast may be mistakes, but kids often have to experiment with limits in order to learn how to live within them. Which, in turn, is a sign of maturity. "Adolescents who engage in [risky] behaviors obtain more experience in a variety of domains," the authors write. "Their more conservative peers, in contrast, do not have as much 'life experience' and therefore might be expected to have more immature brains." (Read "What Makes Teens Tick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Teen Brain: The More Mature, the More Reckless | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...Jiggetts, 19, was arrested in Harlem in early June and is the second man to be apprehended by police. He was arraigned in Manhattan over the summer but refused to return to Massachusetts voluntarily to face charges, which also include first-degree murder. Prosecutors have thus far failed to obtain the warrant needed to extradite Jiggetts to Massachusetts...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu | Title: Kirkland Shooting - Summer Updates | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...facemasks shared counter space with the typical collegiate flotsam and jetsam Tuesday afternoon, and hand sanitizer was stashed on desks and tables throughout the building. The university also distributed flu kits containing Tylenol and a thermometer and created a "flu hotline" for parents and students to obtain more information. A faculty e-mail stated professors "simply must relax their attendance policies and allow makeup work. The alternative is to have students who are sick in class and exposing others with their germs." (See pictures of thermal screening for H1N1 infection symptoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Swine Flu Wars: H1N1 Comes to Alabama | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

Quotes About: "[The bank accounts] either never existed or had been closed years before Nemazee submitted the documents referencing those accounts." -U.S. attorney Preet Bharara on Aug. 26, describing how authorities believe Nemazee mislead Citibank with false financial documents in order to obtain a multi-million dollar loan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Fundraiser Hassan Nemazee | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

...World War II raged, Adolf Hitler retained an ambition to build the world's finest museum in his hometown of Linz, Austria. He planned to call it the Führermuseum and hoped to stock it with the greatest works of art from around the globe - which he would obtain by looting collections and museums in occupied territories and hiding them until the war ended. (See a brief history of World War II movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Europe's Art from the Nazis | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

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