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A 40-year-old man was detained after eight children were stabbed to death in a knife attack at a primary school in central China on Monday, local authorities said. Two other children were being treated for injuries following the incident at Chaotangpo Primary School in the town of Baiyangping, in Hubei province, on the first day of the new academic year. The suspect, who police said was a local man surnamed Yu, was found by officers at the scene.

Former President Barack Obama tweeted his support for students marching across the US to demand gun control, telling them they're leading the charge. "Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today's marches happen," the tweet said. "Keep at it. You're leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change."

A creepy video of brainwashed children singing the praises of the Messiah, Obama

Company recruits kids to keep records, bust parents for 'energy crimes' A new website campaign designed by a British power company recruits children through games, badges and cartoons to enlist as "Climate Cops," actively keeping records on their parents and neighbors for violations of "energy crimes" against the planet. The "Climate Cops" website encourages children to investigate family and friends and "then build your 'Climate Crime Case File' and report back to your family to make sure they don't commit those crimes again (or else)!" The site also warns children that they "may need to keep a watchful eye" to...

DANVERS — The brown SUV rolled to a stop in a Holten Street parking lot as two 17-year-old high school students in the back seat emptied their pockets of everything except their cell phones and a $20 bill. They wouldn't need much more to buy a pack of cigarettes in Danvers. The girl, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a pair of jeans, stepped into the pouring rain, approached a sales clerk at the Mobil gas station and returned moments later with a pack of Marlboro Reds. The two teens work undercover for the North Shore Tobacco Control Program, the...

Russia to Instill Youth With Patriotism Through War, Video Games 02.11.2004 MosNews The Russian government plans to revive a Soviet-era program aimed at instilling a sense of patriotism in the country’s youth through an ongoing series of sports events, rallies, clubs, military training games, and even patriotic video games in hopes to replace the popular DOOM. The developers of the $23 million program — which will be called Ready for Work and Defense of the Motherland — have joined forces with the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education, and asked the Ministry of Finance to...