http://www.katv.com Channel 7 - The Spirit of Arkansas Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:21 EDT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:21 EDT en-gb http://www.acc-tv.com/images/globalsites/forums/images/usericons/katvnewsicon.gif http://www.katv.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:31:22 EDT In Illinois... Oregon... New York... Alabama and several other states... police are reporting an increase in the number of deaths of young people from an overdose of heroin. In fact... today government surveys show that over 25 percent of high school seniors say heroin is "fairly easy to buy."
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs679827&cmpid=rss_news_679827 http://clkurl.com/?rs679827&cmpid=rss_news_679827 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:31:22 EDT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:19 EDT Would you like to know what profession best suits your 12 or 13 year old child? According to the Journal Psychology Science... one way is to have your kids take the SAT test.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs679825&cmpid=rss_news_679825 http://clkurl.com/?rs679825&cmpid=rss_news_679825 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:19 EDT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:29:05 EDT Lots of parents with kids who need braces to straighten out crooked teeth face a perplexing question: when should they get those braces? Well... a new study from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry has been studying that question and the answer is ... it depends.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs679823&cmpid=rss_news_679823 http://clkurl.com/?rs679823&cmpid=rss_news_679823 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:29:05 EDT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:51 EDT According to the latest Neilsen survey... the average 11-year-old watches more than 28 hours of television a week; the average five-year-old- 32 hours a week. And new research suggests that all those hours have an impact on their vocabulary.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs679821&cmpid=rss_news_679821 http://clkurl.com/?rs679821&cmpid=rss_news_679821 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:51 EDT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:29:59 EDT Many high schools... some colleges... and even some employers all have the same complaint today: helicopter parents- parents who "hover" around their child and get involved in almost every detail of their child"s life. The motivation is love... but the result may be a child who never learns independence.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs677617&cmpid=rss_news_677617 http://clkurl.com/?rs677617&cmpid=rss_news_677617 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:29:59 EDT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:27:25 EDT Researchers at the University of Rochester are studying a new treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It involves implanting a device in the brain that emits electrical signals.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs677614&cmpid=rss_news_677614 http://clkurl.com/?rs677614&cmpid=rss_news_677614 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:27:25 EDT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:25:57 EDT According to a new survey of teens and tweens... nearly a third of young girls says they"re already worried about breast cancer. But studies show that girls can reduce their risk of breast cancer with a few simple steps.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs677613&cmpid=rss_news_677613 http://clkurl.com/?rs677613&cmpid=rss_news_677613 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:25:57 EDT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:24:34 EDT Twenty-five percent of American kids don"t get a single serving of fruit each day. And thirty percent don"t get any vegetables on their plate... according to a new study from Baylor College of Medicine. The problem is many parents give up trying to get their kids to eat carrots and broccoli after one or two tries.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs677611&cmpid=rss_news_677611 http://clkurl.com/?rs677611&cmpid=rss_news_677611 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:24:34 EDT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:11:27 EDT Online bullying has gotten a lot of attention lately... but a new study by the U.S. Justice Department and the C-DC shows that the old fashioned kind of bullying hasn"t gone away. According to the report... more than one in five of our children is physically bullied by other kids.
from Channel 7 ]]> http://clkurl.com/?rs675920&cmpid=rss_news_675920 http://clkurl.com/?rs675920&cmpid=rss_news_675920 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:11:27 EDT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:10:14 EDT One in 7 American ... 32 million ... can"t read according to a new study released by the U.S. Department of Education. And some among those millions are hiding their illiteracy from their family... friends and their teachers.
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