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Professor unearths insightful 1950s research on gangs, urban culture
revolutionized the scholarship of social service research in regard to gang youth and urban culture – is now available online, thanks to ASU's Scott H. Decker, a Foundation Professor and director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:08P
Motorcyclist Could Face DUI Charge In Pedestrian Crash
"At 9 in the evening, after having just left a bar without wearing a helmet, yes, there is a lot of things about this accident that doesn't make a lot of sense," said Johnson County Sheriff Doug Cox. "Unfortunately, when you're drinking, a lot of times
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:07P
BRIEF: Cause of widespread outage still undetermined
Law enforcement agencies across the county fielded phone calls about minor traffic accidents and false fire alarms, but nothing major was reported. Schools and hospitals also lost power Tuesday but reported no major problems. In total, 24 substations
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
The Empire Fights Back
It has armed its horde of 99 (count 'em) battle-hardened trooper/lobbyists with more than $11 million (so far this year), in large part to create legislative animus against the Department of Justice's anti-merger lawsuit. AT&T's PsyOps (PR) department
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
Missouri State Highway Patrol Reminds Drivers to Stay Alert During Harvest Time
It's harvest time in the state of Missouri, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds drivers that they should expect heavier farm machinery traffic—especially on rural highways. “If you live or will be traveling through a farming
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
Community Forum
In a recent Los Angeles Times article by Lisa Girion, Scott Glover and Doug Smith from September 17, 2011, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported for the first time that drug deaths outnumbered traffic fatalities in the United
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
What you gonna do?
I'd half-expected to take off in a scream of sirens and whirling dust, but once the briefing ended there was plenty of time to gas up the car and have a brief chat about ground rules before we slid out into traffic. The officer turned her computer
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
AG: Decision to stay out of probe was mutual
The newspaper reported Wednesday that Chisholm's office approached the state Justice Department for help around the time of last year's elections, but Van Hollen declined. Both Van Hollen and Walker are Republicans. Van Hollen tells WKOW of Madison
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
Diversion of funds: CJN blasts govs
By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA— Newly confirmed Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, yesterday accused the state governors of violating section 121 (3) of the 1999 Constitution by their interference in the statutory allocations to states
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
Court upholds discrimination provision in voting act
WASHINGTON – A federal court in Washington upheld the part of the Voting Rights Act that requires states with a history of racial discrimination to get advance approval from the Justice Department before changing voting laws
Updated: 09/21/2011 08:06P
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