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Community Is Focus to Prevent Recidivism

A steady, decade-long drop in teen offender recidivism rates here in Pierce County is not the result of reforms implemented in some other places — building smaller, homelike facilities, adding social workers and making therapists available 24-7. Complete Story...

R.I.P. to Court TV, Hello to TruTV

Court TV, R.I.P. The network that burst into public consciousness with the O.J. Simpson trial and other big-name courtroom dramas in the 1990s becomes part of television history Tuesday, renamed truTV to emphasize its prime-time action programming.

Mo. Tries New Approach on Teen Offenders

At age 9, Korey Davis came home from school with gang writing on his arm. At 10, he jacked his first car. At 13, he and some buddies got guns, used them to relieve a man of his Jeep, and later, while trying to outrun a police helicopter, smacked their hot wheels into a fire hydrant.

Cell Phones: the Next Great Ad Frontier?

Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.

A Year-End Grab Bag of Bizarre Links

In the space of this column, we like to make room for any manner of Internet bizarre, from allegedly sexually deviant operatic R&B; singers to chipmunks with gifts for the dramatic arts.

Asia Marks Anniversary of Deadly Tsunami

Survivors prayed at mosques and mass graves Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian tsunami, while hundreds fled beaches as part of a drill to test an alert network established since the disaster.

`Sopranos' Trial Gives Hollywood Insight

Robert Baer dreamed of becoming a Hollywood writer and producer, and thought he had caught his big break in 1995 when he met the man who would become famous for creating "The Sopranos."

News Low on Prime-Time Priority List

To prepare for a prolonged writers strike, television networks have stockpiled a gladiator battle, a lie-detector game, a remade "Password," a celebrity "Apprentice" and a competition for aspiring Pussycat Dolls.

Judge: Prison or 2nd Chance for Teen

The boy before Judge Kenneth Biehn was quiet and withdrawn, an asthmatic whose mother used and sold crack cocaine and whose father was doing time for robbery. At just 14, Kareem Watts stood accused of his own, much more horrific crime: Stabbing to death a neighbor who disrespected his mother.

Generic Antidepressant May Affect Wyeth

The difference between a pill and a capsule might not seem big, but it could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales for Wyeth's top drug.

Mich. Man Learns Co-Worker Is Birth Mom

Steve Flaig's long search for his birth mother ended at an incredible place: the checkout line of the home-improvement store where he works.

Jury Rules for `Sopranos' Creator Chase

A federal jury on Wednesday ruled against a man who says he helped "The Sopranos" creator David Chase develop ideas for the hit HBO mob drama.

`Sopranos' Case to Go to Federal Jury

Both sides were to present closing arguments Wednesday in a trial over whether "Sopranos" creator David Chase owes a New Jersey man money for his help in developing the hit HBO mob drama.

Chase to Testify in `Sopranos' Dispute

Don't expect "Sopranos" creator David Chase to give any insight into the final episode of the mob drama that ended in June when he testifies in federal court Tuesday.

Locked Up at 14 for an Infamous Murder

On a late summer night just two months out of elementary school, Derrick Hardaway stepped into a car for a short ride and a deadly mission that changed his life.

Boy's Murder Shocked a Violent City

Murders are not shocking in this city once called the nation's most dangerous. But even this place is shaken by the killing, still unsolved after five months, of a 12-year-old boy whose skull was so badly shattered by bullets that an undertaker used a top hat to hide the damage.

Juvenile Serial Killer Remains in Prison

They called him Iron Man, a hulking teenage football player with a baby face and winsome smile who lived with his parents in a small ranch house in the Buttonwoods section of town.

'Sopranos' Creator Chase in Fed Court

A federal jury was told Wednesday that "Sopranos" creator David Chase got help in developing HBO's Emmy-winning mob drama and owes a former municipal judge for that assistance.

`Cat' Coming Back to Broadway in March

Big Daddy is coming back to Broadway. Not to mention Brick, Maggie and Big Mama, too.

Mom Hopes Incarcerated Son Will Be Freed

Every month or so, Missy Phillips makes a four-hour drive to visit her son in prison, refusing to accept that his fate has been sealed — and he will die behind bars. Joshua, just 23, is serving a life-without-parole sentence in Florida for a ghastly crime — the bludgeoning and stabbing of his 8-year-old neighbor, Maddie Clifton. He's nearing the end of what could be the first of many decades behind bars.

Victim's Half-Sister Wants Killers Freed

There's not much left to remember Robert Sellon by. A single, wallet-sized photo tucked into a framed collage. Old newspaper clippings. Many, many memories. But Tammi Smith doesn't let go easily. Nearly 26 years after her half brother was murdered, she can still mimic the way he smiled, the way he talked. And she recounts what must have happened the night he was beaten to death in a Grand Rapids pool hall.

Juveniles Do Hard Time for Harsh Crimes

It began as a feud only a child could invent — teenage chest-thumping over who had the right to sneak across a golf course after dark and scoop lost balls out of a pond. But by the time it ended in the pre-dawn blackness of a long-ago June morning, that juvenile bravado had exploded into a crime whose horror defied adult comprehension.

Fuel Crunch Adds to Misery in Gaza Strip

Service stations across the Gaza Strip shut off their fuel nozzles. Tens of thousands of people have no fresh water because pumps can't run. Hospitals parked ambulances, and bicycles are the new favored form of transportation.

Iraqis Turn to US for Municipal Services

The U.S. Army captain balked when his Iraqi contact, a middle-aged man in a sharp business suit and tie, told him the military should pay municipality workers fixing cables in Baghdad's northern Azamiyah neighborhood.

Pakistani Judges Bear Brunt of Emergency

A month after emergency rule was imposed, the gate to deposed Supreme Court Judge Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday's house remains locked. Five officers stand sentry outside, allowing him to leave only on Fridays to pray at a mosque under police escort.

The Vine

Priests brawl at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus

Source: breitbart.com

Seven people were injured on Thursday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.....

Updates On Ifci

Source: www.indianprofits.com

The consortium of Sterlite Industries and Morgan Stanley is likely to pay rs.112 or rs.113 a share to buy a strategic 26% stake in IFCI, the troubled financial institution , for about rs.2700 cr.

Interested in some ideas on How To Save Money on Wedding Dresses?

Interested in some ideas on How To Save Money on Wedding Dresses

At OpEdNews: The War against Melody's Birthday

Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

What birthday do Clara Barton, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Buffett, Cab Calloway, Carlos Castaneda, Little Richard, Joseph McCarthy, Sir Isaac Newton, Karl Rove, Rod Serling, Sissy Spacek, Gary Sandy, my friends Annie and Lyn and I share that Jesus Christ does not?

Randor Guy

Source: randorguy.galatta.com

Randor Guy a well known journalist in India. Check out his blogs on movies from Galatta.

Stem cell breakthrough — science the ethical way? - FaithWorld

Source: Reuters

It's a promising light beam from a possible ailment perspective some might have ....

Neocon Attack on Ron Paul: Greasing the Skids for Implementation of H.R. 1955?

Source: blog.t1production.com

t has all the hallmarks of a concerted effort?the corporate media, in particular Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, are attacking Ron Paul and the 9/11 truth movement at the very moment H.R.

Georgia Police Turns Sonic Blaster on Demonstrators

Source: blog.t1production.com

There's more evidence that the Saakashvili regime in Georgia is using sound weapons against opposition protestors. This English-language footage from Russia Today shows riot police rolling through the streets of Tblisi in pickup trucks, small dishes in hand.

Neo-Libs & Neo-Cons Gang Up On Ron Paul Supporters

Source: blog.t1production.com

In another example of how the establishment of both sides of the controlled political paradigm are scared stiff of the Texas Congressman's surging popularity, smarmy liberal website Wonkette and frothing Neo-Con blog Red State have ganged up to form an alliance and "declare war"  …

Frontal Assault on Freedom: FBI Raids Liberty Dollar

Source: blog.t1production.com

Read this email closely. I just got it this morning. Those of you who consider the gold standard a quaint anachronism, pay extra close attention.

An Analogy on Trees

"I think that I should never see..." by Joyce Kilmer. One of the most quoted and best loved verses about the staple of nature, trees. 'Tree' can be an abstract term, analogy, or metaphor, giving 'tree' a situational existence such as a genealogy or sequence of events.

Shhhhh! Don't Tell Anyone That al-Qaeda Is Being Beaten

Source: Flopping Aces

Al Queda is in Iraq-thus making the war in Iraq part of the war on terror (despite specific denials of this from Democrats), and defeating Al Queda has been described as key to victory in Iraq.

Children of 15 groomed to carry out terrorist acts, MI5 head says

Source: The Times

Not really all that surprising, but confirmation of it deserves recognition. Yes, terrorists are recruiting 15 yr old kids to be suicide bombers.

Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh flagg off an exhibition train "Science Express"

Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh flagg off an exhibition train "Science Express" Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel to launch this Science Express.

Senator Joe Biden Still Misleading About Al Qaeda in Iraq

Source: The New Media Journal

If it calls itself a duck If it walks like a duck If it acts like a duck If it shares food with ducks If it lives like a duck If it follows ducks It's a duck

Petraeus: Al-Qaida threat 'significantly reduced'

Source: MSNBC

Al Queda was in Iraq before the invasion (we now know from captured AQ, captured IIS, and captured Baathists as well as captured IIS docs and captured AQ in Iraq docs and computer disks). Marines fought thousands of them in their advance NW to Baghdad.

Common sense on sentencing - The Boston Globe

Source: The Boston Globe

THE ROUGHLY $45,000 spent to lock up a prisoner in Massachusetts for a year is money well spent when it provides social defense against violent offenders who destroy families and destabilize neighborhoods.

Nothing To Report in Iraq

Source: Flopping Aces

"Things are happening fast in Iraq-despite the State Department's deliberate foot-dragging. Success in Baghdad Success in Anbar Success in Diyala Success in Basra Al Queda decimated"

Teachings from 7th septembre ballot in Morocco

All observers stated a finding of size, which consists of the neutrality of the "territorial Administration", in spite of the persistence of the "electoral" money here and there.

Natural Beauty and Skin Care Products Revitalize from Within

Source: http://www.skinsosilky.com/skincare/9-beautyskinca

Nowadays keeping their self young and beautiful is everybody's business but it's hard to maintain so there are products that we can definitely depend on.

One year of the Military Commissions Act

Source: Amnesty International

USA: A law that allows unlawful practices in the "war on terror" to continue

I want Guantanamo closed!

Source: Amnesty International

You want Guantánamo closed? This is your chance to join a movement of people who feel the same way. People who think that the US detention centre at Guantánamo is a symbol of injustice and abuse and it should be closed.

Sebi suggests restrictions on P-Notes

Source: www.indianprofits.com

Sebi suggests restrictions on P-Notes

Sex On A Bridge

Source: theoriginalunoriginal.com

Exhibitionism on the edge.

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