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...Grand Theft Auto IV hits shelves today, parents and political pundits will be sure to debate the effect of the new installment of the game—that has frequently been seen as controversial due to its portrayal of violence—on teenage behavior. But in their recently published book Grand Theft Childhood, Medical School Professors Cheryl K. Olson and Lawrence A. Kutner say that this link may be more tenuous than previously thought. In 2004, Olson and Kutner began a $1.5 million study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice to tease out the connection between...
That may be about to change. Some 5.8 million personal navigation devices were sold in the U.S. in 2007, according to NPD Group, and their theft is on the rise. Like iPods and laptop computers before them, the pricey gadgets have become the newest high-tech target. Yet even as sales have slowed in recent months as consumers cut back on discretionary spending, theft of the devices has continued to soar. According to the FBI, as of late April, 31,324 portable navigation devices had been reported stolen in the U.S. - a 12% increase since late February. The crime...
...event “Afro-Asian Encounters” in Harvard Hall last night, visiting history professor Eric Tang disputed the notion that Asian Americans had “stolen” hip-hop music from African Americans. “Theft is too strong a word—lovingly hijacked,” Tang said. As part of the ongoing 2008 Educational/Political Colloquium Series, “Afro-Asian Encounters”—co-hosted by the Asian American Association (AAA) and the Black Students Association (BSA)—explored the relationship between African and Asian...
...This book constitutes the wholesale theft of 17 years of my hard work.' J.K. ROWLING, the best-selling British author of the Harry Potter series, testifying in a Manhattan federal court against plans by a U.S. publisher to bring out the Harry Potter Lexicon...
...This book constitutes the wholesale theft of 17 years of my hard work.' J.K. ROWLING, author of the Harry Potter series, testifying against the planned publication of rival Potter encyclopedia...