Prison guards face widespread sexual misconduct in U S jails
A national view shows at least 13 percent of inmates report sexual assaults in prison and a 2004 study found misconduct charges in nearly every facility. Kentucky, with lax penalties, treats inmate guard sex as a misdemeanor. Expert warns inmates lack true consent and risk.
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Dostoyevsky
Congress
U.S
Otter Creek
Wheelwright
Kentucky
Melissa Rothstein
Just Detention International
Race to the Top aims drive education reform funds
The Race to the Top program, with a 65 billion discretionary fund, rewards districts implementing Obama administration reforms. It favors more charter schools and performance pay, with systems to track student performance and national standards. The Department of Education will begin awarding early next year.
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Arne Duncan
Department
Duncan
Obama
Barack Obama
Department of Education
Knoxville
Today in History highlights and 1782 Purple Heart origin
On August 7 1782 George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart for merit among enlisted men and noncommissioned officers. Also on this date 1789 the U S War Department was established by Congress. In 1882 the Hatfield McCoy feud erupted into violence with a Hatfield mortally wounded and three McCoys slain.
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George Washington
U.S. War Department
Congress
West Virginia
Kentucky
Hatfield
McCoy
German teachers tour Germany and rodeo princess named
25 years ago a Roswell high school German instructor Capt. Jean Maley will spend three weeks in Germany studying media comparisons as part of a group of 25 teachers. Maley also gave up a UNM Taos seminar scholarship to take the Germany opportunity. In Chaves County, contestants Mishell Brumfield Tonya Emerson and Rhonda Gilcrease were named for the Rodeo Princess pageant for girls ages 11 and 12.
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Jean Maley
NMMI
Roswell
Germany
United States
Maley
U.S
Goethe House Cultural Center
Weisneck
Freibourg
University of New Mexico
Taos
Chaves County
Mishell Brumfield
Michael Brumfield
Tonya Emerson
Tony Emerson
Rhonda Gilcrease
W.C. Gilcrease
Kilmer doubted as 2010 NM governor candidate
The Santa Fe New Mexican notes Val Kilmer may not pursue a New Mexico governor bid amid tax debts and asset holdings including a Pecos ranch valued at about 33 million dollars. It contrasts Kilmer with Lt. Gov. Diane Denish in a tightening Democratic primary and mentions broader political chatter involving Rep. Martin Heinrich and Rep. Harry Teague amid district realignments.
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Santa FE
Hollywood
Val Kilmer
Santa Fe New Mexican
Steve Terrell
Kilmer
Pecos
Diane Denish
New Mexico
Martin Heinrich
The
Hill
Capitol Hill
Congress
Heinrich
House
Washington
National Republican Congressional Committee
Harry Teague
NRCC
U.S. House
Jon Barela
Bobby Olguin
Buckhorn Tavern
San Antonio
N.M
Food Network
Bobby Flag
Cash for clunkers not a lasting economic cure
The cash-for-clunkers program boosts auto sales and tax revenue but offers only a temporary lift. It directs money to dealers and makers, while likely delaying future growth and risking debt and confidence problems as the economy braces for a slower, uncertain recovery.
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Washington
Congress and president spend beyond taxpayers reach
Congress and President Obama push higher permanent spending despite deficits. The 2009 and 2010 budget plans would lift many temporary programs into permanency, projecting about $33,000 to $34,000 per household by 2019. Critics cite waste, credit-card abuse, Katrina fraud, and a call for a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights to curb growth.
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Barack Obama
Washington
Obama
Congressional Budget Office
Think
White House
Congress
Taxpayers
TABOR
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