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I am having a problem with a telephone company.Inmate solutions.com.I know, my brother and sister in law were just convicted for tax evasion......trust me for 5 years I have said fight it from the outside not the inside.My wife tried to set up an account with inmate solutions .com, based on the advice of her sister. One heck of a mistake. Now I can not get them on the phone to even cancel it.I did go to the bank and cancel the monthly payment, but I want the initial money back.It will probably be a well learned mistake, but I...

FARMVILLE, Va. — Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III rapped about the thrill of murder in songs he posted on the Internet. Police believe the fantasy lyrics became a gruesome reality in a small Virginia college town. McCroskey, 20, was being held Sunday in the killings of four people who were found at a Longwood University professor's home near campus in Farmville, which is about 50 miles west of Richmond. McCroskey, of Castro Valley, Calif., faces charges of first-degree murder, robbery and grand larceny of an automobile, said Farmville police Capt. Wade Stimpson. The aspiring rapper in the underground horrorcore genre,...

Press Release of Senator Lugar Lugar moves into 12th place in all-time votes Wednesday, July 22, 2009 U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, the Senate’s most senior Republican and longest serving U.S. Senator in Indiana history, moved into 12th place on the all-time Senate voting list, having passed the late Senator William Proxmire who cast 12,133 votes. Lugar’s 12,134th vote was on a Kerry amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. He has maintained a better than 98 percent attendance record during his more than 32 years of Senate service. Lugar is currently the fifth most senior Senator...

APS police have a wealth of tips to prevent things like student fights and illegal activity—and they're getting the information from students' personal web pages. At Albuquerque High, there are three police officers on campus watching over about 1,900 students. What the officers have discovered is that patrolling in cyberspace can be as or more effective than patrolling the hallways. When Sgt. Paul Schaefer isn't in the hallways, he's at his desk checking students' MySpace and Facebook pages for any threats or hints of violence that could be around the corner. "Anytime something is going on, usually we find out...

LABOUR ASK: WHY ALL THE FUSS ON EUROPE? OPINION: PM Gordon Brown Saturday December 15,2007 By Gabriel Milland Have your say(21) GORDON Brown agreed another plan to give even more control to Brussels last night – before the ink had dried on the controversial Lisbon Treaty. On the same day Downing Street dismissed the outcry over the signing as a “fuss over nothing”, Mr Brown rubber-stamped the setting up of a so-called Reflection Group to plot the next power- grab by the EU. It will look at ways to expand EU control over Britain’s economy, immigration, the police and terrorism....

Web-posted Saturday, June 3, 2006 Teacher charged with improper relationship with 18-year-old The Associated Press CARROLLTON - A 25-year-old, first-year teacher and former beauty queen faces criminal charges accusing her of having sex with an 18-year-old student. Amy McElhenney, a Spanish teacher and cross-country coach, was charged with having an improper relationship with a student. The second-degree felony is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. At 18, the Hebron High School student is one year past the age of consent in Texas. But McElhenney was charged under a law banning sexual relationships between educators and students even if...

Bill allowing birth certificates for stillbirths advances By Dena Tackett dena.tackett@indystar.com January 22, 2002 Lorri Jacobs' only proof of her stillborn son, David, is his grave site. She wasn't allowed a birth certificate, but that law might soon change in Indiana. Last week, the state Senate unanimously passed legislation that would allow parents a "certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth." The proposal also must pass the Indiana House, where some members fear it could trigger a new debate over abortion and when life begins. The state requires burial or cremation of a stillborn child, defined as one who survives more ...

July 23, 2001 SWAT Team Stepping Down SWAT team members are specially trained for high risk situations. Johnson County's SWAT team leader says, too often, his men have handled those situations on their own time and with their own money. But that won't be the case any longer. The 10-member team is stepping down, because county commissioners voted on a raise for the sheriff's department, but the deputies who make up the swat team say the increase isn't enough. As the SWAT team, they handle high stress situations. And they've done so with little financial support....about four thousand dollars ...

Court limits school drug testing Students must submit to testing only if there is suspicion of use, Indiana appellate judges rule. By Michele McNeil Solida Indianapolis Star August 22, 2000 The Indiana Court of Appeals struck down random drug testing in Hoosier classrooms Monday, saying students can't be forced to face such tests in exchange for driving privileges, playing sports or taking part in after-school activities. A student can be subjected to drug testing only if school officials have reason to believe the youth is using drugs, the court said in overturning the drug-testing policy of Northwestern Schools near ...

Judge rules curfew law is illegal He says statute breaches youths' constitutional rights; city may appeal. By Tonya Maxwell and Bill McCleery Indianapolis Star July 4, 2000 A federal judge struck down Indiana's decades-old curfew law Monday as unconstitutional in a decision in concert with other anti-curfew rulings nationwide. Calling the state law "broad and sweeping," U.S. District Court Judge John D. Tinder said it failed to "adequately balance the appropriate public interest in curtailing late-night youthful wanderings with protecting constitutional activities during those hours." State supreme courts in Iowa, Washington and Hawaii have found curfews unconstitutional. Civil liberties ...

I was listening to the opening. of the, Sam & Cokie ( abc this week) show this sunday morning, and the following question came to mind.With the advent of smart guns is the citizen effectively disarmed?My first thought was no family memeber but the "owner" can use it. Then I thought what about giving a gun to your child...it'll require reprogramming of the weapon, it could become part of the inheritance tax .The thought that scared me the most is what if, all officers accept a small chip in there gun hand to overide the owners unique print / signature ...

Congresswoman hospitalized for pneumonia News Sports More Services By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (Thu. Dec. 16, 1999) -- Rep. Julia Carson is being treated for pneumonia at Methodist Hospital, where she was listed in serious condition today. The 61-year-old congresswoman admitted herself to Methodist Hospital about 8 p.m. Wednesday after feeling ill for days, her press aide, Sarge Visher, said. "She thought this was a cold and it turned out to be something more complicated," Visher said. Carson issued a statement saying she was resting and responding well to treatment. "This has been a terrible season for colds and ...

SIGHTINGS Government-Owned Cemetery Management CAFR SPECIAL REPORT Walter Burien 10-12-99 Recently, I put out a post regarding the massive overfunding of the Gov pensions. Overfunding equaling in the trillions of dollars when looking at composite totals. In my investigations I found out something that floored me in respect to one way local governments hide vast revenue outside of the view of the public. Hopefully you are sitting down when you read the following. Are you ready for: Government owned Cemetery management. Well, being that Governmnet-owned (city, county, state and federal) cemetery plot management is a long term "venture" such as ...

hey i posted to a thread earlier with this title Power Grids Ready For Y2K and i was replied to ( from checking self searc) but it will not load on my computer or 2 other friends of mine past response 11.....if I did something to screw it up I apologise i fnot can anyone tell me how to fix it?