At the Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Paige Hayes (left) watches forensic nurse Linda Kelly hold up an evidence gathering stick from a rape kit. The photograph shows a young man in glasses posing behind a stem of lilies, his head tilted toward the camera and a half-smile playing at his lips. Another student volunteered that the guy “doesn’t look shady. Gaumer, the former University of Maryland, Baltimore County student who was sentenced last year to life in prison without the possibility of parole for raping and fatally beating a woman he met on the social networking site. read more

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Readers share life lessons from mom - Mother’s Day Guide - MSNBC. So each time I stand at the stove, stirring the milk and rice till it is just right â” a process that takes no less than an hour and a half â” I smile and reflect about a mother who gave so much of herself to the five daughters and one son who adored her. I finally decided to go to dinner with the intention that the meal would satisfy my mother and would prove that dating a client was a bad idea. News | Politics | World News | Business | Sports | Tech/Science | Entertainment | Travel | Health | Blogs Etc. read more

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Students at Singapore Polytechnic during a class intended by the government to help set off romance among young people. For 25 years, the mating rituals organized by the government - tea dances, wine tasting, cooking classes, cruises, screenings of romantic movies - have been among the country's least-successful social engineering programs. In 1991, for example, when the government began offering cash bonuses to couples with more than two children, the newspaper printed tips for having sex in the back seat of a car, including directions to some of the “darkest, most secluded and most romantic spots” for parking. In 1984, the country's master planner, then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, declared that too few of the country's most eligible women - the ones with college degrees - were marrying and having children. In other words, said Annie Chan, director of a matchmaking agency, “Our government wants smart ladies to meet smart guys to get smart children. read more

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