| Senators' Ruutu suspended for biting Sabres player (AP) [9 mins][Boston, MA] AP - Ottawa Senators forward Jarkko Ruutu was suspended by the NHL on Wednesday for two games without pay for biting Buffalo Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters. The NHL said Ruutu will lose $37, 707 in pay and miss Ottawa's game at Boston on Thursday and a home game against the New York Rangers on Saturday. | Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (AP) [1 hr][Canton, MS] AP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says. Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, according to new state statistics released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate for that year in Texas and New Mexico was more than 50 percent higher.Related stories: Mississippi Has Highest Teen Birth Rate, CDC Says Mississippi Has Highest Teen Birth Rate ~6 grouped stories |
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