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Dangerous eating disorders are being promoted and glorified on popular social networks such as Facebook and YouTube - and health experts feel powerless to stop it.

When Patrick George was no more than a teenager himself, he made it a mission to volunteer his time to help students get motivated and set goals for themselves. Today, he is a motivational speaker who travels all over the country to spread a positive message about goal setting and leadership.

Spencer school board members gave the go-ahead to grant a request placed before them designed to "enhance safety and avoid many discipline problems experienced last year" Monday night as they unanimously approved positioning "monitors" in two of the school district's buses for up to two hours each weekday afternoon during the upcoming school year.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Virginia Governor, Tim Kaine, was in town to dedicate a new "Achievable Dream Middle And High School." The school combines academics and mentorship, giving kids a better shot at success.

LATIFAH, WILSON, WILLIAMS GET EMMY NODS: Greys Anatomy, America Ferrera, Ugly Betty also nominated. *Queen Latifah, Vanessa L. Williams and Chandra Wilson were among the list of Emmy nominees announced early yesterday in Los Angeles.

A breed of crazy cat pictures accompanied by babyish captions has exploded virally on the Internet, popping up in myspace.com comments, e-mail forwards and every corner of cyberspace. In a cute-obsessed Internet world, lolcats are in the same vein as cuteoverload.com and stuffonmycat.com, but much weirder.

On the walls right outside Flowery Branch football coach Lee Shaw's office are motivational quotes for himself, his staff and his team, including one that reads, "Count on me."

ON SUNDAY week in British Columbia, a group of young Scottish footballers will begin their pursuit of sporting greatness inspired by the words and deeds of the greatest sportsman of them all.

The cream of Scotland's young talent gathered in Glasgow on Wednesday as preparations began in earnest for the Under-20 World Cup in Canada.