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...unproven. Some previously sound patients reported turning violent or fantasizing about killing themselves after starting the drug and used a "Prozac defense" in court. Others appeared on talk shows calling themselves "Prozac survivors." (Despite anecdotal evidence linking antidepressants to violent behavior, scientists have reached no conclusive answer as to whether the drugs are to blame...
Senate President Therese Murray has not yet announced whether a special election will be held to fill Galluccio’s seat, or if the seat will instead remain vacant until the scheduled election this fall. Murray has until Jan. 20 to set a date for a special election for the post, which represents the Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex district...
With almost 40% of the nation's college-age students in some form of post-secondary education - and tuition costs as high as they've ever been - we don't really have a handle on what students learn at university. Or whether they're learning anything at all. Kevin Carey, policy director at the Washington think tank Education Sector, believes that many colleges do a bad job of 1) teaching students and 2) getting them to graduate. An essay he wrote for the December issue of Democracy is making waves in the higher-ed world because it describes...
...several dozen passengers arriving from overseas at Washington's Dulles International Airport on Tuesday were any measure, new foreign-airport security procedures have so far produced a mixed bag of amped-up searches and scans, delays of between 15 minutes and two hours on flights - and doubts about whether the new round of protections will work...
...Party, which has succeeded in passing several harsh immigration laws in recent years with the help of allies in Parliament. Last fall, a proposal was passed to pay "antisocial" foreigners 100,000 kroner ($19,000) to leave Denmark and give up their residency rights. The group is now discussing whether to try to ban minarets on mosques. "Some [Somalis] who do not have any education can feel rejected and can be too easily tempted by radical groups," Artan says. "These people might be here in Denmark physically, but mentally they have moved back to the homeland...