the honest scoop – 11-12-09
Today’s top news headlines for parents
Hard to imagine what they were thinking in the first place but the Rosewood Middle School has now decided to cancel it’s cash-for-grades fundraiser which offered kids higher test scores for $20 donations.
Quadrupling their previous estimate, the CDC now calculates that more than 4,000 Americans have died from swine flu.
And the fight against H1N1 goes viral as Google adds an online flu shot finder.
The case of the girl who can’t stop sneezing:
Poor nutrition has stunted the growth of almost 200 million children worldwide.
As American kids get more and more obese, they are setting themselves up as “coronary time bombs“.
The dairy industry is fighting back against the ongoing trend across the country to take chocolate milk off school lunchroom menus.
A noisy classroom may make it hard for students with developmental dyslexia to stay focused on the lesson at hand.
A 4-year old boy is honored as a hero for saving his mother’s life:
Jon Gosselin charges TLC with violating child labor laws for not getting the necessary permits for his kids to work… even though the contract he signed required him to get those permits.
Lindsay Lohan hates her father.
And Michael Jackson lets his dad know how he feels about him through his will.
Congratulations to Accidentally on Purpose star Ashley Jensen and her husband for the birth of their son, Francis Jonathan.
Angelina Jolie’s school gives girls in Kenya a chance:
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
