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...know those supersales at your local department store in which they offer great deals on a couple of things in the hopes of getting enough people in the door so they can move the crap too? That's sort of what the Treasury Department and Tim Geithner are doing with the bank plan that was rolled out on Monday...
...rise in sales does not represent a bottom at all. It is more likely that any movement of buyers into the market will cause desperate sellers to offer homes at lower and lower prices rather than hold onto houses that they cannot afford and may not make money on even if they could hold them for another decade...
...that the full development of the frontal lobe, where rational judgments are made, does not occur until the early- to mid-20s. At the state level, Missouri is leading the country by phasing out its large juvenile-detention institutions in favor of smaller facilities, closer to kids' homes, that offer more specialized services, like mental-health and drug counseling and education. In the process, the state claims to have reduced recidivism rates for juvenile offenders to 10%, compared with a national rate of 40% to 50%. "We cannot incarcerate our way out of this problem of juvenile crime," says Shay...
...inclined to include any qualitative statistic as revelatory and essential to social, political and economic evolution as race is," says Dominique Reynié, president of the Foundation for Political Innovation, a think tank in Paris. "It's not just a valuable tool - it's one that may offer ways of combating discrimination...
Sugar Rush. Hardcore Maria fans don't have to head overseas. The Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont, run by the Von Trapp family, is offering a two-night package starting at $490, with country breakfast, a chance to see how maple sap is gathered, and a "Sugar on Snow" party (Saturday only). Plus, you get a half pint of Trapp maple syrup to take home. The offer's good through April 13. 700 Trapp Hill Road, Stowe...