Rehabilitation programs expand in five Midwestern states
An Associated Press survey finds Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Iowa and Nebraska expanding work release and educational programs to ease inmate transition. Oklahoma shifts 300 to 400 low risk inmates from max security to a former state hospital near Oklahoma City. Nebraska reports strong work release results with 164 participants earning $160000 in a year and inmates often living outside. Kansas Iowa and Missouri push home visitation and outside work while maintaining prison schooling and vocational courses.
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Seventh annual Greater New York High School Chess Championship
More than 400 high school students competed in the seventh annual Greater New York High School Chess Championships at a New York hotel on Tuesday. The field included fewer than six girls among the participants.
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Maryland tightens sale of pet turtles in state
Maryland declares health rules on selling pet turtles after signing by health secretary Dr. Neil Solomon. He cites up to 2000 salmonella cases yearly from diseased turtles and enables water sampling and destruction orders for contaminated stock.
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Maryland celebrates Jan. 14 as true US birthday
Maryland sticks to January 14, 1784 as the real birthday of the United States, when the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War with ratification in Annapolis. A star flag will fly over the State House rotunda, and the Maryland Line unit will honor the event with a fife and drum performance.
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