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1. Child Abuse Prevention Center in Baltimore released a survey yesterday showing that three to four children die every day in the United States from child abuse or neglect, along with evidence showing the cases of child abuse have increased to 2.7 million, from 2.5 million the previous year.

2. MILWAUKEE – Yesterday nearly 150 anti-abortion protestors were arrested for disorderly conduct during a three-day demonstration, intended to last six weeks, of over 2,5000 people.

3. Yesterday a delivery driver for a Chinese food restaurant was robbed of his delivery at gunpoint at 718 S.W. Western Avenue.

4. A casual cigarette cause over $45,000 in damages to Kathy Maloney's home in the 2300 block of Main Street last night.

5. Colorado murders are up 53 percent according to a report release yesterday by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, but the number of rapes and robberies have decreased significantly.

6. A ten percent increase in skin cancer cases over the next decade could be a real scenario, as United Nations scientific panel released a report yesterday showing that damage to the earth’s ozone layer is increasing.

7. A Santa Ana woman was charged with attempted murder yesterday after June Carter, 71, doused her husband, who was confined to a wheelchair and had cancer, with rubbing alcohol and set him on fire.

8. Broadband users have finally surpassed dial-up users due to lower broadband prices; 53 percent of residential users now use broadband, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.

9. In an effort to stem grade inflation, Princeton University put a cap on the number of A's that can be awarded this school year.

10: Approximately 70 million people in the United States are affected by a sleep problem, according to the National Sleep Foundation, which cause an estimated $100 billion to the American people annually.