NEW YORK TIMES: Black Americans were nearly four times as likely than whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data.
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It’s Nissley Vineyards vs. Perdue AgriBusiness over controversial processing plant for Lancaster County
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: …Just up Route 441 in the shadows of the Lancaster County trash incinerator a vacant field represents the future of another Pennsylvania power crop – soybean oil and its other byproducts.
2014 unlike other “tween-term” campaigns
WE.CONNECT.DOTS: There is one benefit to Pennsylvania being so “politics-as-usual.” A pundit has less difficulty in predicting the race for governor in 2014. For example, next year’s race will not follow the path of other “interim campaigns” for governor. Until Milton Shapp, governors were limited to a single four-year term.
Is education reform killing gym class?
Medicine shines a spotlight on the problem and draws a direct link to our increasingly dysfunctional system of public education. The IOM found that only about half of U.S. school-age children engage in the recommended 60 minutes or more of physical activity every day (boys are more likely to meet the daily goal than girls).
GOP Governors Heading into 2014 in Strong Position
NEWSMAX: Republican governors took over statehouses across the country after the 2010 elections and immediately acted on promises to usher in a new era of budget cutting and conservative labor policies. Public backlash followed just as quickly; they watched their popularity drop while Democrats talked of political retribution.
Prisoners of the Euro
…That stress takes the form of mass unemployment unseen in the history of modern Europe, and mass youth unemployment that is worse still. In the Continent’s sick-man economies, the jobless rate for those under 25 now staggers the imagination: over 40 percent in Italy, over 50 percent in Spain, and over 60 percent in Greece.
Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures
Whether directly from their wallets or through insurance policies, Americans pay more for almost every interaction with the medical system. They are typically prescribed more expensive procedures and tests than people in other countries, no matter if those nations operate a private or national health system.
Ignore the facts. Incinerator deal plowing forward
Corbett pulls together a way to see that most if not all of the debt is paid off, thus not only earning the gratitude of the lenders (likely in the form of huge campaign donations) but also creating still another feeding trough for bankers, attorneys, consultants and others as up to $350 million of bonds from LCSWMA and others are sold (who in turn should express their gratitude with campaign contributions.)
Circumcision Device Approved ; Lowers AIDS infection rate by 60%
For a heterosexual man in countries where AIDS is common, being circumcised lowers the chance of getting infected by about 60 percent. In the past few years, the United States has paid for more than two million circumcisions in Africa; the W.H.O.’s goal is 20 million by 2015. PrePex can be quickly put in place by a two-nurse team.
Paris to Get Supervised Drug Injection Site
DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: France’s first supervised injection site (SIJ) for hard drug users will open in Paris by this fall, local officials announced Thursday. It will be located near the Gare du Nord train station, an area of open hard drug use and sales and petty crime.
Eurozone unemployment hits another record high
USA TODAY: Unemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro has hit another record high, the latest in a series of ignominious landmarks for the ailing single currency zone.
Democratic Insiders Snooker AG Kane
Protect The Hersheys’ Children, Inc. (PHC), a nonpartisan watchdog group seeking reform of the $10.5 billion Milton Hershey School (MHS) Trust, released an open letter today addressed to Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
A plea to LCSWMA: “Look before you leap!”
Most homebuyers are familiar with a pre-sale home inspection. A home inspection discovers any problems with a property so that any dangers or complications are known to all parties, and can be addressed, before an important transaction is made. Many people wouldn’t think to buy a home without a formal inspection.
Paterno estate to sue NCAA over Sandusky sanctions, lawyer says
The planned litigation also seeks to shine a light on the withering report prepared by former FBI director Louis Freeh, whom the university tapped to lead an investigation into the scandal, and calls into question how and why the NCAA used the report as a basis for its sanctions in July, according to Sollers…<