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...list of woes went on and on. Because of a lack of storage space, criminal evidence is still kept in the back of an 18-wheel truck. The city's crime lab just reopened after finally finding a home on the University of New Orleans campus. The resources that most major cities take for granted just haven't existed for the past 22 months. And according to Cannatella, it's not just the infrastructure-it's the manpower. Several hundred of his officers still live in temporary housing. "They live in FEMA trailers, they come to work in a FEMA...
...Attorney in New Orleans, pointed to the local D.A.'s office as a key candidate for improvement if crime is to decrease. He pointed specifically to the state's "section 701" release policy, which mandates that suspects need to be formally charged within 60 days or released. Due to lack of evidence or witnesses, approximately 3,000 people were released in 2006 under the section 701 rule. Since January of this year, about 2,100 criminal suspects in New Orleans have similarly been let go, a number Letten termed "disturbing...
...square foot court hit a tiny rubber ball against a wall with rackets smaller than those used in tennis. In the capital, the game "was thriving," says Charez Golvala, a corporate lawyer and Lambs member. But the growth of alternative pursuits from the late '80s onward - along with a lack of TV coverage that prevented the game's profile from taking off - meant many players nationwide drifted away: 3% of Britons aged 16 or over polled in 1987 had played squash in the previous month, according to Sport England, a government body; by 2002, that figure had slipped...
...more talented among them could yet find themselves playing at a successor club to Lambs. Its members are in talks with authorities on setting up inside exhibition halls a short stroll from the existing club. The new facilities might lack the history of Court No. 2, but, says Nick Rider, CEO of England Squash, "we have to celebrate the contribution of Lambs and get back in the saddle...
...Democrats and Republicans both spent the past week volleying blame back and forth. After Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Democrat from Nevada, pulled the bill from debate last Thursday night (following a failed attempt to end debate), Republicans pointed to that action as evidence of the Democrats' lack of genuine interest in the legislation. Democrats, on the other hand, complained the G.O.P had slowed down the bill's progress with a litany of amendments. Thursday night, however, the group of Senators that have shepherded this bill agreed to a limited list of about 20 amendments that they presented...