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...relationship [between corporal punishment and IQ] is probably bidirectional," says Straus. "There has to be something the kid is doing that's wrong that leads to corporal punishment. The problem is, when the parent does that, it seems to have counterproductive results to cognitive ability in the long term." (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...
Sometimes spanking seems like the only way to get through to an unruly toddler. But the price for fixing his poor short-term conduct might be an even more troublesome outcome in the future...
...special election in May, after the fall of Kwame Kilpatrick, whose promising political career was dashed in a sex-text-messaging scandal that led to a conviction on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Now Bing, 65, is facing a Nov. 3 election for a full term. To most Detroiters, Bing - despite his basketball fame - often seems a remote, unknowable figure, and the feeling is mutual. He only recently bought a home in the city and still maintains one in an affluent Detroit suburb. To date, he has declined to use Detroit's mayoral mansion. (See pictures...
...Michael Bloomberg and Denver's John Hickenlooper, two other businessmen turned city executives. But the situation is so dire that, for a change, Bing has no long view - no transformative plan for a future Detroit. "There's no doubt in my mind we've got to think longer term," says Bing. "But that's not today. If we don't handle the problems we've got today, there is no long term...
...Council seat with Germany, and that the two nations combine their diplomatic missions and staff. It also suggests that the two closely coordinate their budgetary and fiscal policies, merge the Paris and Frankfurt stock markets and issue a joint Eurobond totaling 100 billion euros ($145 billion) to finance long-term industrial and infrastructure projects...