Illinois prison staffing woes threaten progress on costs
Illinois faces budget gaps as understaffing in prisons could raise overtime and halt a $29.6 million cost-cutting goal. Corrections officials report 48,000 inmates, up from 45,000, while Gov Quinn's plan for 187 new workers was trimmed by lawmakers.
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Illinois
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Sharyn Elman
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Pat Quinn
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Polygamist Sect Leader Warren Jeffs Faces Trial
In San Angelo Texas Warren Jeffs 55 sought to represent himself after firing his defense team and asking to be allowed to proceed pro se The prosecutor promised audio evidence of Jeffs raping a 12 year old and DNA links to impregnating a 15 year old The FLDS leader is charged with sexually abusing two underage girls and could face life in prison if convicted The sect with over 10000 members nationwide controls a land trust valued above 110 million dollars and claims Jeffs as Gods earthly spokesman
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Texas
Warren Jeffs
Jeffs
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Earth
Eric Nichols
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Tweet Sparked Hollywood Block Party Chaos
A DJ Twittered a free block party on Hollywood Boulevard drawing thousands to Grauman's Chinese Theatre for a Kaskade show. The event led to baton police, arrests for vandalism and assault, traffic lane closures, and a city investigation into the aims of the gathering and legal actions.
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Hollywood
Kaskade
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Alastair Duncan
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Raddon
Michael Duddie
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Duddie
Frank Mateljan
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Michael Bowman
Spain
Facebook
Arkasha Stevenson
LOS Angeles Times
Former astronaut Lisa Nowak kicked from Navy over affair incident
Orlando Florida former astronaut Lisa Nowak is being discharged from the Navy with an other than honorable status after an incident involving Colleen Shipman in 2007. Navy officials said the conduct showed a complete disregard for a fellow service member and Nowak will retire September 1 with a downgraded pay grade. the case also followed a 2009 plea and probation for burglary.
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Orlando
Fla
NASA
Navy
Lisa Nowak
Juan Garcia
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Garcia
Colleen Shipman
Orlando International Airport
Houston
Shipman
Air Force
Bill Oefelein
Astronaut Corps
Chief of Naval Air Training Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
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