Can you be too old to change fields? Ask Kitty

My , about my experiences in nursing and the ongoing demand for nurses today despite the troubled economy, seems to have touched a chord. A number of nurses wrote in to share their love of the profession, but I also heard from people outside the field who are attracted to it, yet concerned that it may be too late in life for them to take it up.

6

7

Crime fell 4.4 percent nationwide in the first half of 2009 with the murder rate dropping a startling 10 percent, according to statistics released Monday by the FBI.

3

3

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 5:48 am

2

1

An 18 year old young man was arrested on a felony charge for pointing a laser at a sheriff helicopter. The helicopter at the time was searching for a possible burglary suspect.

1

1

A Tennessee police captain has been suspended for using the N-word due to an internal investigation.

1

0

Reward offered for man wanted in rape, prostitution of minors By Lynne Terry, The Oregonian December 15, 2009, 9:15AM Portland police are looking for a 33-year-old man who is wanted on warrants linked to forcing prostitution, sodomy, rape and sex abuse.

1

0

The LAPD was recently auditted, and can not account for $2.6 million dollars in examined transactions. Furthermore, there are other policies that the LAPD ignored.

1

2

Friday, December 11th, 2009 8:40 am

1

0

Friday, December 11th, 2009 8:30 am Jeff Blackburn, an attorney who has helped spring dozens of Texans from prison for crimes they did not commit, is under scrutiny for privately profiting off some of the exonerated by claiming a portion of the state restitution paid to them, re …

1

1

NAUGATUCK, Conn.—A Naugatuck borough police officer has been arrested on allegations he extorted more than $50,000 from a woman for the past six years.

1

0

It has been called "After the War on Drugs." "After the War on Drugs" is a comprehensive plan to solve the issues the Drug War cannot solve and has not. The plan is an alternative to interdiction.

1

1

An officer has died as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol.

4

13

Although the officer was arrested, he is now suspect of "corruption of a minor." However, the suspected officer did not commit the crime while on duty. The following is what the news source is reporting:

1

0

Is 'Minnesota Nice' Dead?

Minnesota news items from the past year give one pause when one considers that the natives have long prided themselves on being 'Minnesota Nice'. Minnesota is supposed to be a place where the whole state is just like the fictional Lake Woebegone of National Public Radio fame.

5

20

The European Union is to renew its call on the United States to abandon the "cruel and inhumane" practice of capital punishment. Speaking in Washington, high-ranking officials from the EU will challenge all countries - including America - still employing the death penalty to fal …

6

15

'Dear Zachary' documentary tracks tragedy of murder of Dr. Bagby and son

When a woman scorned killed a young doctor and later her toddler son, she not only left a small Pennsylvania town bereft of a beloved family doctor, she turned a set of California grandparents into activists for changes in Canadian bail bond law.

3

4

We'd all like to help the police to do their job well. They, in turn, would like to have a massive database with DNA profiles from everyone who has been arrested, but not convicted of a crime.

5

6

EXCERPT: Motorists unable to afford payments on pricey cars and gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles in this recession are turning to a time-tested financing solution: matches. Insurance cheats are torching their vehicles in remote deserts. They're pushing them off cliffs.

1

1

The use of closed-circuit television in city and town centres and public housing estates does not have a significant effect on crime, according to Home Office-funded research to be distributed to all police forces in England and Wales this summer.

5

3

In recent years, many media reports about men in vans attempting to snatch children off the streets has played on a parent's greatest fear.

4

2

I admit, I really admire Spitzer's knowledge. He sure was brilliant and it is sad to see that the first question being asked during any of his interviews now are related to his prostitution scandal.

6

4

The FBI has used a secret form of spyware in a series of investigations designed to nab extortionists, database-deleting hackers, child molesters, and hitmen, according to documents obtained by CNET News.

1

1

Student paramedics from the University of the West of England have visited secondary and special schools to give first-aid skills training, utilising three real-life topics relevant to young peoples' everyday lives as part of an Aim Higher campaign.

1

1

A prominent criminologist has warned of a violent backlash against police because of the shooting death of teenager Tyler Cassidy in Melbourne last week.

1

1

You probably wouldn't want to have a tea party in the doll house unveiled yesterday at Point Park University. But the 3-foot replica of the house where Lizzie Borden is said to have axed her father and stepmother in 1892 is perfect for Point Park criminal justice students.

0

0

An escaped convict has been tracked down after nearly 40 years of freedom.

1

0