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15:07 UK time, Wednesday, 12 October 2011
A look at the stories ranking highly on various news sites.
The most read Slate article promises a stranger than fiction story about a 15-year-old called Hazel Bryan. She was pictured protesting against black students studying at her school and subsequently Slate says she became . Given that, the magazine says "you'll never believe what she did with the rest of her life". It tells of how Bryan's attitude changed, and she "hoped some reporter would track her down and write about how she'd changed". She'd changed so much that, years on, her and the black student in the picture, Elizabeth Eckford, became friends. That is until they went on Oprah and fell out.
Following David Cameron's announcement that there will be changes to the UK , Guardian readers are seeing if they would pass it. Questions on divorce rights and school uniform are asked of people applying for British citizenship. One question stood out:
How might you stop young people playing tricks on you at Halloween?
A popular Independent article expresses dismay with . The most recent is actress Hilary Swank's appearance at the Chechnyan president's 35th birthday party - heavily criticised by Human Rights Watch. She wasn't the only celebrity paid to go to Ramzan Kadyrov bash - Jean-Claude Van Damme was also there. The piece, however, suggests celebrity appearances may be on their way out. That's because it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep them secret. Earlier in the year, it points out, Beyonce, 50 Cent, and Mariah Carey performed at parties hosted by the Gaddafi family but it was caught on mobile phone films.
A reaction against conventional wisdom of how to treat drug addicts is put forward by Dr Peter Ferentzy in a popular Huffington Post article. He says . Instead, conventional thought is that addicts should be left to fall to rock bottom. But when it is compared to a cigarette smoker, he says, it makes no sense:
"If a tobacco smoker seems unwilling or unable to quit, will ruining that person's marriage and getting him or her fired at work do the trick? Of course not."
