Spending in college carries mounting credit card debt
Walter Glaude of Housing and Credit Counseling in Topeka warns of fiscal hazards as college students pile up debt. He cites two seniors with more than 40000 each, plus a married couple in bankruptcy. Nellie Mae data show many undergrads get cards at 18 and carry multiple cards with rising balances.
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Walter Glaude
Glaude
Housing and Credit Counseling Inc
Topeka
Nellie Mae Corp
Nellie Mae
Keep cards on a tight leash for college students
Walter Glaude of Housing and Credit Counseling Inc in Topeka warns that small purchases like pizza beer soft drinks and other consumables with credit cards can derail students finances due to accumulating balances and high interest. He urges monitoring purchases online, using cards only for emergencies, avoiding cash advances, and knowing limits to prevent costly late fees and steep interest rates.
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Walter Glaude
Housing and Credit Counseling Inc
Topeka
Glaude
ECT Sparks Debate On Effectiveness And History
The Journal-World reports a broad spectrum of views on electro convulsive therapy with proponents citing life saving outcomes and critics noting memory and cognitive risks. Regions facilities like Stormont Vail and Shawnee Mission Medical Center perform ECT regularly. Donna Robinson of Topeka credits ECT with saving her life and a psychiatrist, Dr Ty Porter, describes ongoing practice at Stormont-Vail.
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United States
Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center
Topeka
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Donna Robinson
Stormont-Vail
Robinson
Ty Porter
Eyewitness IDs in cross race identifications raise doubt
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino recounts misidentifying Ronald Cotton in a 1984 rape case leading to his 10 plus year imprisonment. DNA exonerations show cross racial misidentifications common, with calls for juror guidance on identification biases and sweeping reforms debated by the American Bar Association and prosecutors.
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New York
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
North Carolina
Ronald Cotton
Thompson-Cannino
Ron Cotton
Innocence Project
American Bar Association
California
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Utah
Barry Scheck
Josh Marquis
Astoria
Ore
National District Attorneys Association
Politics trumped expert advice in lab site decision
Internal Homeland Security documents show officials overrode expert evaluations to designate Mississippi as a top location for the 451 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. The lab aims to study dangerous biological threats, directing oversight by influential lawmakers.
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Homeland Security Department
Mississippi
U.S
National Bio and Agro-Defense
National Laboratory
Associated Press
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