Report: Turkish police fire tear gas at school

Turkish police accidentally fired tear gas into a school during a clash Thursday with residents of a shantytown near Istanbul, a private television station reported.

About 10 children and a 4-month-old baby were hospitalized after suffering the effects of the tear gas, NTV reported.

Television footage showed dozens of children fainting, crying and wiping their eyes after the tear gas canister was set off in a building of their school. Parents were seen carrying children out of the building. At least one woman …

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Pardon our French, but Sneed is told the family of late MayorRichard J. Daley is none too pleased over an Air France newspaper adhyping its schedule of nonstop flights from Chicago. Why? The aduses seven pix of the late mayor over a caption reading: "No, WeMeant Daily Departures." Said a Daley source: "It's pretty obviousAir France is trying to build sales with an unflattering picture, andwe don't like it." C'est terrible? Hit bit . . . Dateline: the hit house - Controversial poison pen Kitty Kelley,whose book on Nancy Reagan has caused quite a flap, told Newsweek thetour of her book was suspended because of a telephone message on heranswering machine …

Mississippi beats Arkansas 84-74, earns No. 3 seed

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Chris Warren scored 24 points and handed out nine assists as Mississippi defeated Arkansas 84-74 Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Zach Graham added 15 points for Ole Miss (19-12, 7-9), which earned the Western Division's No. 3 seed in the Southeastern Conference tournament opposite South Carolina, No. 6 in the Eastern Division. Terrance Henry and Dundrecous Nelson added 13 and 10 points, respectively, for the Rebels.

Rotnei Clarke scored 26 points, Marshawn Powell had 14 and Julysses Nobles added 13 for Arkansas. The Razorbacks (18-12, 7-9) are the Western Division's No. 4 seed and will play the Eastern Division's No. 5 seed in the …

US stock futures rise on Greece rescue hopes

U.S. stock futures rose Thursday as investors' attention remains focused on a potential rescue package for Greece.

European markets rose as expectations grew that European leaders would soon announce a plan to support the debt-burdened country.

Stocks around the world have been shaken in recent weeks by concerns that debt trouble in countries like Greece, Portugal and Spain would unravel a budding global economic recovery. There is concern that Greece's troubles will spread throughout the 16-nation euro zone and cause problems elsewhere.

Investors are growing confident, however, that stronger countries in Europe like Germany and France will step …

Kicking under the influence: Kev, get wise and apologize

When a jock poster hero offends the law in this land, peopletypically respond in peculiar ways. They either come off asslobbering, gushing boobs, wanting to instantly forgive the fellowbecause he's such a wonderful performer and good guy and, gosh darn,because he means so much to the community.

Or, they want to establish a $1 million bond and sacrifice theguy to the gas chamber, convinced someone of his status and socialresponsibility deserves no fewer than 10-to-20 for failure to use apooper-scooper.

In the case of Bears kicker Kevin Butler, arrested on afirst-time charge of driving under the influence, neither treatmentis proper or fair. Certainly, he should …

Elicitation of knowledge transformational reports while children write narratives

Abstract

Bereiter and Scardamalia (1987) proposed a model of children's writing, labeled "knowledge - telling," which they characterized as being simple and linear in nature. By contrast, their model of more expert writing is described as "knowledge transformational," because it is more sophisticated in its involvement of complex problem - solving processes. These researchers report that children, and even most adolescents, do not write at a level that would implicate knowledge - transformational processes, especially in expository prose writing. Their evidence contrasts with the reports of process - based writing researchers (such as Graves, 1985; 1991), who through …

WWI-era grenades found in trash can in Germany

German police say three hand grenades that date back to World War I have been found in a trash can in a town near the Rhine.

Mettmann town police say in a statement that a resident noticed the grenades in a trash can Wednesday and called authorities.

Explosives experts have identified the grenades as likely …