Word: ganges
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...Bayh, who along with Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson and Connecticut independent Joe Lieberman is one of the so-called Gang of 15, a coalition of moderate Democratic Senators, says it's all about the message: everything should circle back to the perilous economy. "Like getting health-care costs under control is important to the economy, and getting the deficit down," he says. "Sustainable sources of energy at reasonable prices is also important to the economy. Dealing with the financial crisis is obviously important to the economy. So what needs to be done is, Obama's got to move...
...There are approximately 60 "fusion centers" nationwide, with some focusing exclusively on criminal activity, others on both criminal and terrorist threats, and some on very specific acts, such as human smuggling, gang activity, online predators or drug trafficking. Much of the funding for the large state centers comes from the federal government, including a new infusion of $250 million courtesy of the stimulus package to be spent by 2010 on "upgrading, modifying, or constructing" state and local fusion centers. The latest fusion center, the $21 million Port of Long Beach facility, opened last month. Staffed by local, state and federal...
...lectured and written extensively on the subject. "It facilitates holistic crime prevention," Ratcliffe says. Rather than each department, or even squad, having its own databases, fusion centers allow access to multiple databases and sources of intelligence; the drug squad in one community can share information with the anti-gang task force in another, picking up on patterns that may indicate an emerging threat as gangs set up to move into a new market, or distribute new contraband, for example...
...piles of trash stacked so high that the only way to make way for more trash was to light the piles on fire. Now, with the American release of “Gomorrah,” the international spotlight is on the city’s drug trafficking and gang violence. Naples has had no shortage of negative publicity in the international press, but there is one benefit: people are finally becoming aware of the Camorra. “Gomorrah”—the latest film from Italian director Matteo Garrone—observes the pervasive influence...
...Gang activity is suspected in a case of vandalism at a Harvard Medical School building located in the school’s Longwood campus. According to a spokesman for the Boston Police Department, officers were dispatched to 641 Huntington Avenue, the location of the Harvard Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, at approximately 8 a.m. on Friday. Upon arrival, the officers spoke to an employee of the G. Greene Construction Co.—which is currently commissioned to renovate the building—who pointed out 11 separate tagging sites on the building. BPD spokesman Joseph Zanoli said...