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Thousands of inmates are sitting in America’s jails because they can’t make bail, which sometimes is set at as little as $50. Housing them while they await trial is estimated to cost taxpayers $9 billion this year alone. NPR’s Crime and Punishment Correspondent, Laura Sullivan, joins Talk of the Nation to discuss the business of [...]
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Technology and the Haiti earthquake
The “text Haiti to 90999″ campaign has raised a lot of money, despite the fact that modern technology has allowed more than one Haiti earthquake hoax to spread. Twitter bred a couple of hoaxes, including UPS to Haiti free shipping and airlines flying doctors to Haiti for free. However, the positive [...]
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Jobless claims fall at a higher than expected rate
The Labor Department reported that new claims for unemployment fell to their lowest levels since September, 2008. The seasonally adjusted claims fell by 22,000 to 432,000 which represents a larger than expected drop. This looks good for the long term. New jobless claims have fallen for 17 [...]
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Interest rates are still pretty low as we enter 2010, but I remind people that high nominal rates aren’t always better. Would you rather earn 3% with no inflation or 7% with 5% inflation? In any case, most of us have a chunk of cash and we should still try [...]
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