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This potential flood of ex-convicts re-entering society, on top of the more than 700,000 inmates who return each year, poses major challenges for government agencies and nonprofit organizations struggling with budget crises. Even without the expected surge of prisoners coming home, their efforts haven't proved particularly successful at stopping the revolving door of recidivism. Until recently, "most people got 50 bucks, a bus ticket and let out the door without any preparation - they land back in their old neighborhoods at four in the morning where there's drugs - so what would we expect in terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another By-Product of the Recession: Ex-Convicts | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

...better than them, but playing down to their level.” UMass managed to put one more on the board before Harvard kicked into gear, bringing the score to 5-0. “We took the time out to regroup,” junior tri-captain Sara Flood said. “We just needed to get back out there and chip away, goal by goal.” Just a minute after the Minutewomen’s fifth goal, Halpern scored the first Harvard goal, giving the Crimson the energy it needed. Without missing a beat, freshman...

Author: By Katie Kuzma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls Short at Home | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...fixed-rate mortgage at 8.99% interest, at a time when the Federal Reserve is trying to push rates below 5%. But after faxing his paperwork and waiting for several weeks, Zachery received the same invitation again. Evidently his application had been lost. Zachery's documents had vanished in a flood of urgent requests for mortgage relief. So he sent his materials a second time, but instead of an answer from the service company, he received a letter from lawyers for the bank. This, too, is typical, said Wagoner. Modifications and foreclosures often proceed simultaneously along separate bureaucratic paths, so that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: House of Cards: The Faces Behind Foreclosures | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...signals these cells to flood the body with histamines and other chemicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're Going Nuts Over Nut Allergies | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...yeah, flood the Allston Development Group's voicemail with angry messages. that...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Our not-so-friendly neighborhood? | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

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