Goodbye girlhood? Parents want to keep kids from growing up too fast (Lawrence Journal-World) If real life were a never-ending “High School Musical” film, every girl would have a cell phone, a boyfriend and perfectly highlighted hair. Off the Hollywood sound stage, real parents are trying to figure out exactly when — or if — to let their girls have some of trappings of the characters they see on screen. us.rd.yahoo.com
Lady Tigers take the title (Morning Times) There’s a myth that says first-year programs will struggle and that such programs will only be successful after “paying their dues” to programs that have been established for years (and paid their own dues in their day). It’s a belief born of experience — very few first-year squads have had success right out of the gate. Either nobody told the Tioga Central girls soccer team about that ... us.rd.yahoo.com
State of Grace: Miranda Sawyer meets Grace Jones (Guardian Unlimited) Miranda Sawyer gets more than she bargains for when she meets Grace Jones for dinner on the eve of her new album us.rd.yahoo.com
Computer care (Creative Loafing Charlotte) Younger brother needs to be more cautious online... By Dan Savage I think my 13-year-old brother is gay. I came home from school this past Christmas to visit my family. One night I turned on my MacBook to check e-mail and there was no battery left. I plugged it in and once it was on I was shocked. There were pages of gay porn displayed on my screen. Hoping it was some freakish virus, I ... us.rd.yahoo.com
It's Graverobber Tirade Saturday! [Project Car Hell] (Jalopnik) Graverobber has continued to create his totally plausible Project Car Hell Tirades™ for us, and we're going to follow up the original Graverobber Tirade Friday compilation with another collection of... us.rd.yahoo.com
Crackdown on tailgating at Notre Dame's campus? (WNDU 16 South Bend) Some Notre Dame students and alumni say there is a crackdown on tailgating going on at the football games this year. Notre Dame officials say that is not the case. us.rd.yahoo.com
Angels Without Wings (Washington City Paper) The D.C. Guardian Angels aspire to fight crime like comic-book superheroes. But are they more comic than hero? us.rd.yahoo.com
Ryan's life, in their words (Albany Times Union) Crash kills student from Knox who loved backflips, joking around, friends say KNOX ? Three teenagers climbed into a green Hyundai around 5 p.m. Wednesday. They started down Street Road, a dusty, dirt path between here and heartache.A few minutes later, the car went off the road, hit a tree and came to rest on the opposite shoulder. State Police said speed and driver inexperience may have been ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Jill Porter: Moose Flash: Palin knows how to (field) dress for sucess (Philly.com) WE'VE HEARD it said ad nauseam since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named the GOP vice-presidential nominee: She can field-dress a moose. us.rd.yahoo.com
Internet sex secrets (The Courier Mail) YOU'VE met a potential date online. Their picture passes muster, and they seem quite sane. But what does: Manly, bubbly or adventurous really mean online? us.rd.yahoo.com
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