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  • Katherine Kersten: A character-killer is lurking in your neighborhood

    02/02/2007 9:25:32 AM PST · by Johnny Gage · 67 replies · 2,114+ views
    Star Tribune ^ | 2/1/07 | Katherine Kersten
    There's a childhood epidemic sweeping Minnesota and the nation. Its warning signs aren't fever or skin rashes. The symptoms are behavioral -- and unmistakable. Consider a recent, particularly virulent outbreak of the affliction in Maplewood, N.J., as reported by the New York Times. In the last few years, out-of-control kids from the middle school have overrun the town's library after school. They routinely mouth off to librarians, disrupt common areas, leave restrooms a shambles and race about, sometimes almost knocking over elderly patrons