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Study: Teen Smokers at Risk For Hearing Loss

A new study from Yale University finds that teens who smoke are at risk for hearing loss, according to a BBC report. In tests on 67 teenagers ages 13 to 18, university researchers found that teens exposed to smoke had trouble focusing and interpreting sounds when there was a distraction. …

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Cops Investigate Rash of Teen Suicides in British Town

LONDON – Seven young people in an area of southern Wales have died in the last 12 months in what is feared to be a spate of suicides. Police said Wednesday they were examining the computer of a teenager found hanged last week. Natasha Randall, 17, was found dead in …

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FBI Didn't Pay Phone Bills, Lost Wiretaps, Report Says

WASHINGTON – Telephone companies cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau’s repeated failures to pay phone bills on time, according to a Justice Department audit released Thursday. The faulty bookkeeping is part of what the audit, by the Justice Department’s inspector general, described …

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