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The year 2000 has spurred a renewed interest in time capsules. But according to the International Time Capsule Society at Atlanta's Oglethorpe University, 90% of time capsules are never recovered. On the ITCS's wanted list of rogue capsules:
--Bicentennial Wagon Train capsule: along with the signatures of 22 million Americans, it was stolen on July 4, 1976, just before Gerald Ford was to bury it.
TO TELL THE TRUTH Sociable kids are often good liars. That's the conclusion of a study in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior that tested youngsters' ability to hide their true opinion of a grape drink from a questioner. Socially skilled adolescents proved to be better at deception than those...
KILLING THE CAREGIVER Everyone knows that looking after an ill relative can be stressful. Now a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates the burden may actually be deadly for many elderly caregivers. Seniors who say they are strained by the demands of a disabled spouse--that...
WORKING-PARENT TRAP What's good for the economy may not be so good for young children. Full employment for moms and dads has created a severe child-care shortage, a California Child Care Resource & Referral Network study reveals. There are only enough licensed facilities in the state for 1...