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March 2008
- Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  In the wake of shootings on college campuses, administrators around the nation are forming threat-assessment groups and rethinking policies about sharing information on troubled students, the AP reports. "If a student is a danger to himself or others, all the privacy concerns go out the window,” said an administrator at the University of Kentucky, whose panel of administrators, police, and mental health officials meets twice a month. More »
  
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  murder • privacy • Virginia Tech shootings • college student • law enforcement • threats • secrecy • mental problems
January 2008
- Britney Carted Off to 'Get Help'
  
  newser | CNN | Jan 31, 08 6:50 AM CST
  
  Following an emotionally fraught week, singer Britney Spears was again taken from her home by ambulance early today to "get help," according to Los Angeles police. Spears was taken to UCLA Medical Center after "driving around the neighborhood like a mad woman," a family source told People magazine. "Britney has been prescribed medication which she refuses to take." Earlier this week the singer's manager said she had begun seeing a psychiatrist for a "treatable" mental problem. More »
  
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  celebrity • Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • bipolar disorder • psychiatrist • mental problems

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