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minor stories: 4 news summaries

Runaway
Mass. Teacher, Student Found
in W. Va. Hotel

24-year-old charged with enticing 8th-grader

Feb 24, 09 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Police today found the 8th-grade teacher who ran off with a 15-year-old student, WWLP-TV reports. Massachusetts police tracked a financial trail to find the pair at a hotel in West Virginia. They alerted the local cops, who arrested 24-year-old Lisa Lavoie this morning on charges of enticing a minor. She... More »

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Massachusetts • student • missing child • teacher • minor • Lisa Lavoie

Supreme Court Strikes Down Web Porn Law

Overturns Child Online Protection Act on 1st Amendment grounds

Jan 21, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Supreme Court closed the door today on legislation designed to protect children from Internet pornography, the New York Times reports. The legislation, which was signed into law in 1998 but never took effect, was repeatedly struck down on First Amendment grounds. It set strict fines and jail time... More »

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Bush administration • Internet • pornography • children • Clinton administration • Internet service providers • US Supreme Court • minor • Child Online Protection Act

 Saudi Girl, 8, Can't 
 Divorce Husband, 58: Court 

Case must wait until girl hits puberty; she still lives with mother

Dec 22, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old Saudi girl will remain married to her 58-year-old husband after a court struck down her mother’s request for a divorce, the Daily Mail reports. The hard-up father, who is divorced from the mother, signed a contract in August and received a dowry of about $7,400. The... More »

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Saudi Arabia • divorce • Islamic Sharia law • court • arranged marriage • dowry • minor • marriage contract

Arizona Boy, 8, Arrested in
Double Murder

Police say youth shot his father and another man at home

Nov 8, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - An Arizona 8-year-old soon will be charged with the premeditated murder of his father and a boarder at his home, the Arizona Republic reports. The two men were found shot to death at the family residence Wednesday in the small town of St. Johns, and the boy was... More »

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Arizona • murder • children • gun violence • criminal charges • patricide • minor

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