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March 16, 2007

New Data on Kids and Sports Injuries

New data from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) shows that 40 percent of all emergency room visits for children ages 5 to 14 are for serious sports-related injuries, causing doctors and coaches to believe that child sports injuries are on the rise.

More Children Suffering Serious Sports Injuries

Medical professionals cite little time off and multiple sports as contributing to the rising rate of child sports injury. And surgical intervention might be hurting -- ACL and other surgery could affect "growth plates" in a child's body, which leads to problems growing and soft tissue disorders.

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March 06, 2007

North Carolina Athletes Apologize After Attack

Three North Carolina students accused of beating two Palestinian students in a hate crime have apologized, lawyers reported Tuesday.

3 Athletes Apologize For Attack

The apology will lead to dismissal of formal charges against the athletes, who reportedly used ethnic slurs while fighting the students. Ethnic intimidation charges may also be dropped.

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March 05, 2007

Small Plane Crash Claims Two Lives

A single-engine Cessna aircraft crashed in Bedford, Indiana on Monday, officials have reported. The accident occurred when the plane flew into a residence, killing two people on the plane.

Plane Crashes Into Home

A local news station is reporting that the homeowner did not sustain any injuries. Apparently the pilot of the small craft was attempting to land at a nearby municipal airport.

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March 04, 2007

Teens Blow Whistle On Dangerous Jobs

The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center has released the results of the first-ever national survey of teenagers about workplace dangers. And the results are disturbing: teens report little or no safety training, improper use of dangerous equipment, and being required to fulfill tasks that are against the law.

Teenagers Tell Researchers About On-The-Job Dangers

"In the same way we worry about sex, drugs, alcohol and driving, we should worry about [teenagers'] work life," said Carol Runyan, director of the Injury Prevention Research Center and the report's lead author. Other revelations in the report, which will appear in Pediatrics this month, include the fact that nearly ten percent of working teens have been asked to work alone at night and one-third of teens interviewed said they had received no safety training whatsoever.

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March 02, 2007

Fatal Bus Crash Kills Six

Six people were killed when a charter bus plunged off of an onramp to Interstate 75 in Atlanta on March 2. The bus, which had been chartered for a baseball team from Bluffton University in Ohio, took its fatal plunge when the driver mistakenly veered over the side of an overpass he thought was a carpool lane. Casualties include the bus driver and his wife, who was on board, and baseball players David Betts, Scott Harmon, Cody Holp, and Tyler Williams.

Four Bluffton University Students Dead In Crash

"Today is a profoundly tragic and sad day in the life of Bluffton University," Harder began. "We only wish to reflect on our sadness for the tragedies that have so deeply impacted the lives of so many people. Friends, relatives, of course the people involved directly in the accident, we can only begin to imagine how over time this will play out," said Bluffton University president James Harder at an impromptu press conference.

Though the bus did fall onto a pickup, driver Danny Lloyd was not injured. The accident will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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