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There are alternatives to locking up juvenile offenders
Department of Juvenile Services Secretary Sam Abed is rightly concerned about youngsters languishing in overcrowded detention, sometimes for weeks or months on end. But spending money to expand privately run residential programs is not his only option....Tags: Juvenile Delinquency
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City schools scaling back summer programs, citing lack of federal cash
Tribune reporterWith money tight,Chicago Public Schools'summer Safe Haven program will be scaled back and serve fewer students. Last year, the district used $975,000 in federal stimulus funds for Safe Haven, which encompassed 100 churches working with 5,000 students...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Garry McCarthy, Jean-Claude Brizard, Students
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Young people are an untapped resource
William S. Reese's excellent op-ed ("A welcome focus on global youth," March 9) about the Global Youth Jobs Alliance speaks to the powerful role young people can play when public policy leaders reserve a place for them at the policymaking table. This...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Lobbying, Politics
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Major Marijuana Bust in Cumberland County
Multi-Media JournalistCumberland County authorities announced a major marijuana bust Tuesday. The district attorney says it's one of the largest in that county. Police received a complaint in January of 2011 from someone about illegal dumping behind Edible Arrangements at...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Justice System, Lawyers, Drug Trafficking
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A canine confession
I don't care what anyone says, I am a good dog. I am afraid that you are going to say it – when you come downstairs and see this mess I've gotten myself into. And you have every right to be mad. I've done this before and I should know better.... -
Is Amazon looking to take on Siri with takeover of Yap?
TechnologyAmazon.com is trying looking to take a bit out of Apple's iPad sales by undercutting the iPad on price. But it might soon also be looking to take Apple head on in voice recognition technology. The Seattle online retail giant, and maker of the upcoming... -
Amazon to produce 5 million Kindle Fire tablets this year, report says
TechnologyAccording to a new report, Amazon is planning on producing 5 million Kindle Fire tablets this year.... -
Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet to allow Hulu Plus TV streaming
TechnologyAmazon.com Inc. will allow users to use Hulu Plus on its upcoming Kindle Fire device, adding a major source of TV and movie content to its tablet arsenal. The 7" tablet, which will begin shipping next week, costs $199 and...... -
2011 L.A. Auto Show Winners and Losers: Production Cars
KickingTiresThis year's L.A. Auto Show will make attendees' heads spin in terms of all the new production cars on display. Automakers are rolling out important cars from full-size luxury sedans to the smallest of compact cars. Actually, one company did......Tags: Porsche, Ford, Hybrid Vehicles, Fiat, Luxury Vehicles
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Yap.TV brings 'Tweetainment' to the living room
L.A. Times Tech BlogYap.TV, one of a handful of companies capitalizing on the social dimension of television, released a new version of its iPad and iPhone apps Wednesday featuring better tools for finding programs worth watching. It's a step in the right direction, but it... -
Redirect juvenile jail funds to community-based youth programs
Spending $70 to $100 million dollars on a new juvenile jail in East Baltimore — or any new juvenile jail for that matter — is not the best, most cost-effective way to proceed ("Downsizing juvenile jail" May 13). In Baltimore and around the...Tags: Maryland, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Prisons
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Robert Gumbiner dies at 85; HMO pioneer founded Museum of Latin American Art
Robert Gumbiner, a physician and HMO pioneer who built the managed-care giant FHP and then used his fortune to found the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, has died. He was 85. Gumbiner died of prostate cancer Tuesday at his Long Beach home,...Tags: Arts, Painting, Micronesia, Health, Utah
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