Wash. officials to explain changes after escape

Washington state officials are planning a news conference Friday afternoon to announce new precautions they're taking after a schizophrenic killer escaped while on a field trip.

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Sheriff to bill Wash. state $37K for inmate hunt

The Spokane County sheriff says he'll bill Washington state $37,000 for the cost of hunting down an insane killer who walked away from a county fair field trip arranged by his mental hospital.

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The Trouble with Recovering a Broke Economy

One of the silent killers of the economic recovery may be a program the President first introduced in Phoenix back in February.

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The video pretty much speaks for itself.

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California - Central Coast Writer To Be Nationally Aired On WNB West on September 21st, 2009

(Press Release) California - Central Coast writer to be nationally aired on WNB West on September 21st, California - Central Coast Writer To Be Nationally Aired On WNB West on September 21st, 2009.

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Opponents of same-sex marriage reject it on religious and moral grounds but also on practical ones.

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Madhoff's Lesson-Diversification

The headlines have become all too numbing to most of us now, 39 bank failures in 2009 thus far. 25 the year before; compared to just three in 2007, and none in the previous two years.

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Obama's mistake was falling for a culture war diversion.

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Seven employees of a state-run home for the mentally disabled in Texas have been suspended for staging fights between residents who were forced to shove, punch and strike each other, authorities said.

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Excerpt: Channel-surfing behind bars is about to get more expensive. Florida is poised to spend about $100,000 in tax money to upgrade 1,500 prison televisions so they'll work Feb. 17, when the nation switches from analog to digital broadcasts.

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Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for addiction to their mobile phones, Spanish media report.

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Make Bankers Pay?

Imagine a world that wasn't threatened by greedy bankers and financial institutions. Imagine a world where financial institutions were actually responsible for what they did and could be held to a standard besides thievery.

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"Islamic banking is nothing more than an attempt by Islamists, with backing from Middle Eastern financial institutions and their Western partners, to scare Muslim Canadians into believing that they should pay more to the banks and demand less in return, as an act of religiosity …

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Of the many fates that can befall great works of art - fire, flood or war - few have endured such woes as an important 17th century painting put on public show in London yesterday for the first time in centuries.

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An increasing number of people are trying to reconnect with family members sent to live in institutions decades ago, advocates for the disabled say.

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Joan Bakewell laments the irretrievable loss of confidence in an organisation that was a touchstone of trust

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