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Private Prisons Pushing To Increase Profits

The privatized prison industry has allowed the Corrections Corporation of America to increase its profits by more than 500 percent in the last 20 years.

Jo Erickson
作者 Jo Erickson

The private prison industry has become an increasingly lucrative business, as the companies running them seek to increase profits by cutting inmates’ food provisions while pressuring state governors to guarantee prisons remain 90 percent full at all times. In recent years, for-profit prisons have grown in popularity. The number of private prisons

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Could Gitmo’s Closure Be On The Horizon?

The new policy will allow 160 detainees to be released in various repatriation processes in some countries but not all.

Jo Erickson
作者 Jo Erickson

Will 2014 be the year President Barack Obama finally fulfills his 2008 campaign pledge to close Guantanamo Bay prison? It appears, at least, that the notorious detention facility’s closure is something he continues to work toward. On Thursday, Obama signed into law the 2014 defense spending budget, which changes how the military handles sexual

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ND Supreme Court Backs Warrantless Searches By Drug-Sniffing Dogs

The ruling is surprising in wake of a March 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that said police must first get a warrant before using a drug-sniffing dog.

Katie Rucke
作者 Katie Rucke

The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that law enforcement does not need to obtain a search warrant before using a drug-sniffing dog in an apartment building, since doing so does not violate a person’s Fourth Amendment rights. The high court’s ruling reverses that of Cass County District Judge Wickham Corwin, who ruled earlier this

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Poverty — Not Peace Or Prosperity — Remains Constant For Palestinians In New Year

The Israeli blockade of Gaza has caused extreme poverty — making daily life a struggle for survival.

Jo Erickson
作者 Jo Erickson

On the day that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Jesus a role model for the Palestinians in a Christmas message, Israeli military open fired on a Palestinian home killing a 3-year-old and injuring several other residents. Israel was seeking revenge after an Israeli civilian was killed by a Palestinian sniper and responded with an air,

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Cleaning Up Homes With Meth Labs Growing Industry

Tens of thousands of houses have been used as meth labs the last decade and a cottage industry is developing around cleaning them up.

Associated Press
作者 Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A tall man and a slender woman wiggled into their white hazardous materials suits, putting on protective masks and gloves before venturing into the dark, two-story home where police say a methamphetamine lab recently exploded. Gary Siebenschuh and a helper used a yellow photo ionization detector to measure for meth residue,

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1.3 Million Losing Unemployment Benefits

An estimated 1.3 million people will be cut off when the federally funded unemployment payments end Saturday, December 28.

Associated Press
作者 Associated Press
Unemployment

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as extended federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend, with potentially significant implications for the recovering U.S. economy. A tense political battle likely looms when Congress reconvenes in the new, midterm election

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