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...twice as likely to attempt suicide in adolescence as their nonadopted peers, say researchers at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the August issue of Pediatrics. Their data did not indicate whether genetics, unstable foster care or adoption itself upped the risk. But "strong family connectedness," regardless of status, decreased...
...same time, it's hard to imagine the rebels handing over all their weapons. Regardless of the political pronouncement of their NATO-sensitive non-combatant leaders, many rank-and-file fighters in the National Liberation Army make no bones about the fact that their objective has been to create an Albanian enclave joined to Kosovo as part of a "Greater Albania." NLA commanders may persuade their men of the wisdom of standing down right now, but the idea of handing over their entire arsenal is unlikely to have much appeal to the fighters - particularly since NATO will presumably act more...
...nine other residents to move to higher-care facilities, contending that if they didn't move, Alterra would in essence be operating a nursing home without a license. Several of the families sued. Says Cyphert's daughter Judy Petrick, who was pleased with the care her mother was getting, regardless of the regulatory violations: "I didn't think the state had the right to tell me or anybody else where my mother could live if I'm paying...
...involved. Maximum unemployment pay has just been increased from $1,189 to nearly $1,400 a month. But benefits don't stop there for Masifi and his former colleagues. Ericsson designed a special severance formula that pays this group of dismissed workers up to a year's salary regardless of how long they had been employed. For Masifi, that works out to four months' severance pay for every year in the job. In addition, these employees can be transferred to an outplacement firm called Proffice that provides each worker with an analysis of his skills and helps organize retraining...
...Regardless of whether the social club stays, plans are taking shape for the multimillion-dollar renovation of the Pudding building. At the time of purchase, FAS officials said the building needed major renovations...