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...corrections-technology industry - focusing on preventing and squashing unrest - has grown in recent years, offering such products as cell doors that swing in both directions to prevent barricades, as well as stab- and slash-resistant body armor for corrections officers. Many of these products will be showcased at the annual Mock Prison Riot trade show to be held next spring in West Virginia. Its slogan: "Where technology meets mayhem...
...large and expensive chore caring for these snakes can be, simply get rid of them. And because there aren't a lot of adopt-a-python agencies, the reptiles are often dumped in the wild. As a result, Florida in 2008 instituted new ownership requirements, such as $100 annual permits, proof of snake-handling skills and implantation of microchips in pythons' hides to keep tabs on the snakes...
Seasonally adjusted annual number of houses sold in the U.S. (in thousands...
...Annual Medical Spending Attributable to Obesity By Eric A. Finkelstein, Justin G. Trogdon, Joel W. Cohen and William Dietz...
...ballooned, according to a new report in the policy and research journal Health Affairs. The study's authors compared medical data from 1998 and 2006 and found that obese Americans--who now make up a quarter of the U.S. population--are responsible for a $40 billion jump in annual medical spending. Obese people spend $1,400 more a year than people of normal weight on medical services, according to research data. Medicare doles out $600 more for obese beneficiaries; Medicaid pays $230 more for their prescription drugs. Annual costs associated with obesity are now estimated at $147 billion...