Most U.S. high-school students believe the government will restart the military draft during their lifetimes, a new poll finds. Among teenagers, 55 percent say young Americans will be required to serve in the military, up from 45 percent last year, according to “The State of Our Nation’s Youth,” an annual survey by the Horatio Alger Association.
Six months after the FDA withheld an internal finding that anti-depressant medications were associated with an increased risk of suicide among children, a second staff analysis has arrived at the same conclusion. FDA officials have declined to release the new analysis, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, and said they were still reviewing the information.
Mexicans making short trips across the border who hold so-called laser visas, which require background checks and other security measures, will be allowed to visit the United States for up to 30 days instead of the current three-day limit, U.S. officials said Monday.
President Bush pressed Iran on Monday to give up its nuclear ambitions as Iranian officials asked European nations to help them obtain advanced technology that could be used to make the weapons. U.S. officials say Iran’s new demands, which stunned German, French and British diplomats, effectively stalled negotiations.
Illinois: Keyes challenges Obama
Launching his first full day of campaigning for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, Republican Alan Keyes said Monday he’s the true representative of the Land of Lincoln, even though he’s never lived in the state. Keyes, the two-time presidential hopeful and Maryland resident, will go up against Democrat Barack Obama, one of the keynote speakers at the recent Democratic National Convention. Under federal law, Keyes has until Election Day to establish Illinois residency.
A man sentenced to death as a teenager was freed Monday by DNA evidence, and said he had been certain from the beginning that he would be vindicated. For more than seven years, Ryan Matthews has said he had nothing to do with the 1997 robbery and murder of a grocer.
Florida: Probation officers fired
The state fired four probation officers Monday for allegedly failing to keep custody of the lead figure in six slayings Friday. Corrections Secretary James Crosby said the probation officers missed two key opportunities to put Troy Victorino in jail, including one just hours before the murders. Victorino was in the office of his probation officer for his regular check-in and was allowed to leave, even though he could have been held for allegedly punching an acquaintance in the face a week earlier in a dispute over money.
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