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...trouble affording to keep so many people locked up. Some states are cutting incarceration expenses by consolidating prisons; some are trying to slash prison-food and health-care costs. But real savings come only when you reduce prison populations, and so some states - including California, Colorado and Kentucky - have begun releasing inmates early. "The pressure in state legislatures all over the country is to bring down the populations, because we just can't afford the level of punishment that we've had the last 20 years," says Joan Petersilia, a criminologist at Stanford Law School. (Read "Experts: Street Crime...
That experience didn't seem to sour DeLay, who has begun his DWTS campaign with such vigor, you'd think the cast was stocked with Democrats instead of subaltern celebrities with at least a decade on him. Like fellow Season 9 contestants TV actress Melissa Joan Hart and model turned merchandise mogul Kathy Ireland, he has a Twitter feed about his progress. (So far he has 1,845 followers, more than competitor Ashley Hamilton's 240 but fewer than Osbourne's 120,000.) "Headed to the studio for my first rehearsal and to meet my partner. Hoping...
...hectares), threatened thousands of homes and killed two firefighters in the dry heat of late summer. The stillness kept the flames from spreading quickly--a climatologist called it the "Jabba the Hutt fire," big and slow--but left the smoke to choke Los Angeles. By Sept. 2 firefighters had begun to bring the blaze under control, aided by cooler and more humid air, but they know the year is likely to bring plenty more conflagrations...
...Quincy, there was no smell of gas inside the building, said Andres D. Uribe ’12, who was inside when the alarm sounded. While gas in its pure form is odorless, it is odorized before delivery to households. Gas levels in the basement of Old Quincy had begun to decrease by 3:30 p.m., Murphy said. The evacuation remained in place until 5 o’clock, when students were allowed to return to their rooms in Old Quincy. But Murphy said he was surprised to find students in their rooms yesterday afternoon...
...levels in the basement of Old Quincy had begun to decrease by 3:30 p.m., Murphy said. The evacuation remained in place until 5 o’clock, when students were allowed to return to their rooms in Old Quincy...