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...longer sentences. Total spending on incarceration rose from $39 per U.S. resident in 1982 to $210 per resident in 2006, according to the most recent figures from the Justice Department. We now spend $62 billion a year on corrections, and about 500 of every 100,000 Americans are behind bars. As recently as the 1970s, the figure was only...
...idea behind Victoire De Castellane's brilliant new high-jewelry collection for Dior Joaillerie?called Kings and Queens?is that jewelry outlasts its wearer. Taking inspiration from the opulent Baroque era, de Castellane sculpted one-of-a-kind rings and brooches in the form of skulls and lavished them with crowns and collars of elaborately cut and set diamonds. Each colorful skull is crafted from a single stone, from purple sugilite and charoite to pink opal and blue chalcedony. The 10 queen rings and 10 king brooches have diamonds in a variety of cuts set in platinum with an ancient...
...three-tiered access system that could force consumers to pay more to receive the same connection speeds. Some providers have made efforts to provide bundled communications, which include telephone, television, and Internet, via fast fiber-optic cables in major cities, but rural Americans are still by and large left behind...
...Although the U.S. has demonstrably fallen behind in terms of Internet access, there is still time to catch up. A few years of good policy would create drastic improvement. Further, any claim that the U.S. is losing its edge is nonsense. A huge digital divide still exists between the industrialized countries in the West and East Asia and those of South Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In India, for instance, only around 10 percent of the population has Internet access...
...into the cage for her team-leading fifth goal of the season.“[Keating] has an eye for the net and loves to score,” Bannon said.With a two-goal cushion, Harvard ate away at the clock, stifling the Bulldogs for over 15 minutes behind the strong play of Tassopoulos. The rookie net-minder notched three saves and turned aside a number of other opportunities with athletic kick saves as she remained unbeaten as the Crimson goalie.“[Tassopoulos] has been great,” co-captain Elizabeth Goodman-Bacon said...