Fla. Boy, 12, Accused of Killing Toddler

Prosecutors are reviewing whether a 12-year-old boy should be charged as an adult after police accused him of fatally beating his toddler cousin with a baseball bat for interrupting a cartoon show.

The boy, whose name was not released, was being held in juvenile custody in the death of 17-month-old Shaloh Joseph, who police said enraged the suspect by crying while he watched television.

The case has powerful similarities to that of Lionel Tate, another 12-year-old, whose killing of a playmate convulsed the legal system in the same county and set off a debate over Florida's tough juvenile laws.

Tate was accused in the 1999 murder of a 6-year-old girl. …

Helping children handle feelings

Several new books, apps and other tools aim to help kids improve their emotional literacy.

Magination Press, the children's book imprint of the American Psychological Association, has released a self-help book for older kids called Understanding Myself: A Kid's Guide to Intense Emotions and Strong Feelings. It also has released a similar book as an iPad app about bad moods, called The Grouchies, for kids ages 4-8.

Both encourage young people to learn to develop a better understanding of emotions. "For the last 30 years, a growing body of research says promoting children's social and emotional growth has positive effects on their behavior and positive effects on academic …

Lemko Studies: A Handbook

Bogdan Horbal. Lemko Studies: A Handbook. East European Monographs, 730. New York: Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center, 2010. xi, 706 pp. Appendices. $65.00, cloth.

This book is both an introduction to and a guide for anyone interested in studying the Lemko region. It belongs to the rare species o� vademecum - a type that has become nearly extinct with the total commercialization of publishing. The book was published under the auspices of the Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center as a continuation of their series of reference works in Carpatho-Rusyn Studies. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 deals with the depositories of sources; part 2 introduces us to the region; part 3 deals …

Oil prices drop more than $10 a barrel in selloff that follows big drop in US stock prices

Oil prices tumbled Tuesday as U.S. stocks sold off amid worries about America's economic health.

Prices dropped more than $10 a barrel from their highest point of the day. At midday, light, sweet crude fell $6.27 to $138.91 in an extremely volatile session.

The turnaround may not signal a lasting shift in sentiment _ prices have swung violently in recent days as they flirted with record highs. But it does underscore investor uncertainty about the sustainability of sky-high prices and their effect on the broader economy.

"They're slamming this pretty good. But remember, these $10 moves are becoming a little more commonplace," said Phil …

Senate to confirm Kagan as court's 4th-ever woman

Her confirmation assured, Elena Kagan is on the brink of becoming the fourth woman ever to serve as a Supreme Court justice.

The Senate is set Thursday to confirm President Barack Obama's nominee, whose addition to the court will mark the first time three female justices have served concurrently. Nearly all Democrats, the Senate's two independents and a handful of Republicans are backing her.

The vote is to be one of the Senate's last actions before departing for a monthlong vacation.

Republicans have harshly criticized Kagan, 50, as a political activist who would be unable to put aside her liberal views and render impartial decisions. Democrats …

Instruments Of Change // `Father of Financial Futures' Sees Exchanges Playing Role In Cleaning Up Environment

To most people, Chicago's futures exchanges arerough-and-tumble places where traders do a lot of pushing andshouting in a zero-sum game of profit and loss.

But Richard L. Sandor - dubbed the "father of financial futures"by the Chicago Board of Trade - said he believes exchanges also havea higher calling: Cleaning up the environment and solving othersocial problems.

"My role is to get the exchanges to focus on the environment,"said Sandor, a former professor at the School of Business at theUniversity of California-Berkeley and at Stanford University. "I'mvery passionate about the topic."

Sandor, 53, bridges the gap between the academic realm …

Porsche moving more operations to Atlanta hub

ATLANTA (AP) — Porsche Cars North America says it plans to consolidate several of its U.S. operations in a new complex being planned in Atlanta, where it already has headquarters.

The company said Thursday the complex will include a road course and be located near Atlanta's airport.

Other U.S. operations moving to Atlanta include Porsche Financial Services Inc. and Porsche Business …