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Prank May Have Led to Shock Treatments (Associated Press)

Prank May Have Led to Shock Treatments
By DENISE LAVOIE

BOSTON (AP) — State officials are investigating complaints that at least two teenagers were given electric shock treatments at a residential center for people with special needs because someone telephoned fake orders to the staff.

“There is still an ongoing criminal investigation,” said the school’s senior counsel, Ernest Corrigan. “We are working very closely with investigators.”

The state’s Disabled Persons Protection Committee is investigating a complaint that a third resident of the center — an adult — also received unnecessary shock treatments after the call, said Nancy Alterio, the committee’s executive director.

The complaints have been referred to the state police and the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, Alterio said.

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today's horoscope…

Inward harmony
Weak, transient effect: This morning you feel very much in harmony with yourself and able to do whatever you have to do single-mindedly.Your energies flow with less resistance, and life seems to be easier now.As a consequence, you can relate to people more easily, for others perceive your inward harmony and are drawn to you because of it.Obviously this is a good time for any kind of group activity. You are able to relate your own interests to the interests of any group you are working with, so that everyone will gain from what you do. Relations with women are also improved for the same reasons. A marriage or intimate relationship will be especially harmonious now, for this is a time of real understanding. On the physical level this harmony is expressed as a feeling of vitality, even if you may not feel driven to accomplish a great deal of work.

Study: Monkeys Perform Addition As Well As College Students


Study: Monkeys Perform Addition As Well As College Students
Duke University researchers said their finding sheds light on the shared evolutionary origins of arithmetic ability in humans and non-humans.

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another horoscope….

Evasive maneuvers
During this time it may well be that you hide yourself away somewhere to avoid having to deal with the tension between your desires and your anxieties. Or perhaps you give in to your desire, but only half- heartedly, so that you get only half of something in the end, which is not what you actually wanted. This quality of time can indicate where your difficulties lie, i.e. in acknowledging your desires and completely giving yourself up to certain experiences. You will perhaps ascertain that this has to do with an insecurity or feeling of inadequacy of yours. That is why you should find out which experiences you actually avoid – then you can make a conscious effort to share these experiences with an understanding, sympathetic person who will not injure you anew.

my horoscope for today…

Mental Mercury aligns with the Sun in your sign, allowing you to be a source of support and inspiration for others. Meanwhile, your feelings pull at you from another direction, tempting you to just take care of yourself. It’s difficult, as you must sustain multiple perspectives that don’t overlap. Be patient; by midday, you start to see the light of a solution and it can truly be exciting.

Winter Weather Advisory – Harrison (Kentucky)

SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY…
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
TONIGHT…AND INTO OHIO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING COLDER AIR
AND SNOW INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. IN
ADDITION…STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
WILL DEVELOP CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ030>037-040>043-049-160600-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0007.071216T0300Z-071216T1800Z/
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-JEFFERSON KY-
OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-
HARRISON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-
CLARK KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…
SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…CYNTHIANA…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…WINCHESTER
400 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 /300 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007/
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ SUNDAY.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AROUND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER…WITH 1 TO 2
INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE RIVER…MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO LATE
MORNING.
RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES BEFORE SNOW BEGINS WILL RESULT IN SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ICY ROAD SURFACES…RESULTING IN DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION TO SNOW AND ICY ROADS…STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY. THESE
WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW…SIGNIFICANT REDUCING VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION
AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION.
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Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED EARLY MORNING SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY- OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-HENRY KY- SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY- HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY- NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG… BRANDENBURG…BEAVER DAM… LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN… FORT KNOX…MOUNT WASHINGTON… SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE… LA GRANGE…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE… FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN… CYNTHIANA… TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG… VERSAILLES… LEXINGTON…PARIS… CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD… HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE… WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE 1107 PM EST THU DEC 13 2007 /1007 PM CST THU DEC 13 2007/

…A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED EARLY MORNING SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…

THE LATEST FORECASTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY ON SATURDAY AND WILL LIKELY BRING A WINTRY MIX OF WEATHER TO THE REGION.

FOR AREAS BETWEEN THE OHIO RIVER AND BLUEGRASS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAYS…PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES ON SATURDAY…WARMER AIR WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD AND COMPLETE CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED. RAIN IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

BY SATURDAY NIGHT…COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO THE REGION AND THE RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME…IT APPEARS THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THERE IS STILL A LARGE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. SHOULD THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFT FURTHER SOUTH…MORE SNOW WOULD BE LIKELY…WHILE A SHIFT TO THE NORTH WOULD BRING LESSER ACCUMULATIONS.

RESIDENTS OF THE REGION AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.