Sidelights.(Brief Article)

Teenage girls are the fastest growing segment of the juvenile prison population, according to the American Bar Association. Delinquency cases involving girls increased 83 percent between 1988 and 1997. * A Harvard dorm hosted a sex-toy workshop in which about 30 female students were shown demonstrations by an employee of Grand Opening, a local sex shop. * A New York Post investigation found that at least one child is sexually abused by a New York City public school employee every day. About 75 percent of the victims are girls. Almost 20 percent of the offenders are homosexuals. * New York removed an advertisement for a gay and lesbian health line from Bronx bus shelters after receiving several complaints. The ad featured two men and the caption "I'm not gay, but sometimes I have sex with other guys."

The lower house of Russia's parliament voted to enact a single corporate tax rate of 24 percent in an effort to spur economic growth.... Russia's personal income tax is a flat 13 percent.... 85 percent of Americans think a quarter or more of the federal budget surplus should be used for tax relief, according to a Rasmussen Research Poll. * A Honolulu woman accidentally received a bill for $1.25 million from the state tax department.... The Internal Revenue Service admitted it lost about 1,800 checks sent in by taxpayers from New England and New York. * Democrat Mark R. Warner is seeking the endorsement of the National Rifle Association in his bid for Virginia governor.... Barbara Graham of Maryland was sentenced to ten years to life for shooting the man she blamed for her son's death. Ms. Graham, who kept two guns in her bedside table, was active in Mothers on the Move Spiritually, a group that helped organize the anti-gun Million Mom March in 2000. * New York Republican Governor George Pataki raised nearly $50,000 from mostly Democratic, African-American businessmen at a Harlem fundraiser. Those who paid $500 to attend included two Democratic mayors and baseball legend Jackie Robinson's son. The money will go toward Pataki's re-election campaign, * Recent Arbitron ratings show Rush Limbaugh to be even more popular in 2001 than in ...