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$US Kids Lag in Math, Science$

Dec 4, 2007 8:30 PM CST

US Kids Lag in Math, Science

International test puts US teens 17th among 30 countries

(Newser) - American teens are worse at math and science than peers in 16 of 30 countries, according to test results released today. The 5,600 US students who took the test last year scored 24th in math, but almost made average in science. "How are our children going to be...

School Shooters Connect Online

Nov 10, 2007 6:40 AM CST

School Shooters Connect Online

Columbine MySpace page links Finnish gunman, US teen who planned massacre

(Newser) - The internet may be a training ground for teenage killers who were previously considered to be desperate loners, suggests the Times of London. Helsinki police believe that Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the Finnish 18-year-old who murdered eight fellow students before shooting himself Wednesday, had spoken in online message boards with Dylan Cossey,...

Finland School Shooter Left Suicide Note

Nov 8, 2007 4:55 PM CST

Finland School Shooter Left Suicide Note

Nation mourns premeditated rampage that claimed 9 lives

(Newser) - The Finnish gunman who killed nine people, including himself, and injured a dozen others yesterday left a suicide note in which he said goodbye to his family and "indicated his will against society," the AP reports. Police say the 18-year-old, who also attempted to set the school afire,...

Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

Nov 7, 2007 4:50 PM CST

Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

Teen turned gun on self, warned of spree on YouTube

(Newser) - The teen who killed eight in a Finland school today has died in a hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot. Five boys, two girls and a woman identified as the school's principal were killed in the rampage in Tuusula, 40 miles north of Helsinki. "He was moving systematically through the...

Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

Nov 7, 2007 11:20 AM CST

Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

18-year-old kills eight at high school; clips warned of spree

(Newser) - At least eight people are dead at a high school in Finland where an 18-year-old opened fire today, CNN reports, and the killer seems to have left warnings of the spree on YouTube. Suspected gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen, in critical condition at a hospital north of Helsinki, posted a video earlier...

YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

Oct 17, 2007 5:35 PM CDT

YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

Guitar heroes are ‘convincingly bad’ in Finn's parodies

(Newser) - Why is Slash playing so poorly in this clip? Because a Finnish media artist over-dubbed the audio track just well enough to make the Guns N’ Roses axeman sound believably awful. The YouTube user known as StSanders was inspired to bring guitar heroes down to earth when he saw a...

Reuters Posts 'Titanic' Frame in Arctic Gaffe

Aug 10, 2007 5:54 PM CDT

Reuters Posts 'Titanic' Frame in Arctic Gaffe

Agency pinched movie still for North Pole report

(Newser) - Reuters was caught in another photo pas today, when it revealed pics used in a report on Russia's flag-planting at the North Pole last week were actually lifted frames from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. An image captioned with descriptions of Russian submersibles on an Arctic seabed was actually a still...

Finn Sweats it Out at Sauna Championship

Aug 6, 2007 11:00 AM CDT

Finn Sweats it Out at Sauna Championship

Competitors bring the heat, but victor lasts 12 minutes at 266F

(Newser) - Hometown favorite Timo Kaukonen was in it for glory, not relaxation, at the Sauna World Championships in Finland. Kaukonen was crowned prince of perspiration, but not before enduring 12 minutes and 26 seconds in a glass-walled sauna on a theater stage. The heat started at 230F and climbed to 266F...

Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

Aug 4, 2007 4:42 PM CDT

Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

Number of 'extremely hot days' have tripled, Euro study shows

(Newser) - The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled and the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled since 1880, according to a study released yesterday. Periods of sweltering weather last an average of 3 days now compared to 1.5 in 1880, a shift that forebodes a higher...