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Saturday, July 19, 2008

	Are people who fidget thinner? New research suggests that a "fidget gene" may determine why some are inclined to be fidgety while others are inclined to be very still for extended periods of time. The advantage of being a fidgeter may be that it helps people stay thin. (link to www.bbcnews.com)
	Teaching sex abstinence to young people A federally funded study indicates that sex abstinence education programs do not make young people less likely to engage in sexual behavior. In the study, involving 2,000 children and young teens at four test sites, youths in the abstinence-education program and youths who received regular school services were not different in their sexual behavior four to six years later.

Are people who fidget thinner?

New research suggests that a "fidget gene" may determine why some are inclined to be fidgety while others are inclined to be very still for extended periods of time. The advantage of being a fidgeter may be that it helps people stay thin. (link to www.bbcnews.com)

Teaching sex abstinence to young people

A federally funded study indicates that sex abstinence education programs do not make young people less likely to engage in sexual behavior. In the study, involving 2,000 children and young teens at four test sites, youths in the abstinence-education program and youths who received regular school services were not different in their sexual behavior four to six years later.

Girls and women missing in northeast India

In addition to ongoing problems with militant separatists, India's northeastern state of Assam is confronting the problem of having numerous girls and women that have gone missing and who appear to have been tricked into India's sex trade. (link to www.bbcnews.com)

Supreme Court says EPA can regulate carbon dioxide (CO2)

The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide (CO2) from automobiles. The Bush administration had argued that the EPA did not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Due to increasing concerns about climate change, more attention is being paid to CO2 emitted from motor vehicles, power plants, and other sources. (link to www.supremecourtus.gov)

Supreme Court rules against Duke Energy in air pollution case

The Supreme Court has sided with the EPA and ruled against Duke Energy in a closely watched air pollution case. The company, which operates coal-fired power plants in both North Carolina and South Carolina, replaced or redesigned numerous heat exchange tubes over a 12-year period to extend the life of the electric generating units and allow them to run longer each day. The court agreed with EPA that the "modifications" to the power plants triggered the Clean Air Act requirements to install air pollution controls when old power plants are replaced or modified in a way that increases the annual emissions of air pollutants. (link to www.supremecourtus.gov)

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