America's incarceration rate was roughly constant from 1925 to 1973, with an average of 110 people behind bars for every 100,000 residents. By 2000, however, the rate of incarceration in state and federal prisons had more than quadrupled, to 478. America has overtaken Russia as the world's most aggressive jailer. When local jails are included in the American tally, the United States locks up nearly 700 people per 100,000, compared with 102 for Canada, 132 for England and Wales, 85 for France and a paltry 48 in Japan.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 12:00 PM

...it appeared on Friday that police had not moved to evict any of the 2,900 white farmers, and it was unclear if the government would follow through on its threat to throw them off their land and into jail.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 11:22 AM

It should be said that SEER 13 is no more technologically difficult than SEER 12. SEER 12 is simply a bit cheaper to make, and SEER 13 is simply cheaper to operate. Nor is this a classic regulatory battle that pits corporate against consumer interests. The nation's largest air-conditioner manufacturer, Carrier, is in favor of 12. But the second-largest manufacturer, Goodman (which makes Amana air-conditioners), is in favor of 13. The Bush decision is really about politics, and the White House felt free to roll back the Clinton standard because most of the time the difference between the two standards is negligible. There is one exception, however: heat waves.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 11:08 AM

[Marijuana] Party members say they are trying to disrupt the work of drug-sniffing police dogs by sprinkling ground-up marijuana and cayenne pepper around the ferry.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 10:21 AM

Jenkins said Flanders sets a good example for Christians. "He's a very ardent believer...and at the same time he's very humble," he said. "Although he's got very strong beliefs, he's not thrusting them down anyone's throat and he's not being unpleasant about it.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 09:05 AM

"OpenMG X" consists of the following software modules;
1. An encoding module which adds digital rights management information, such as the number of times content was copied or played, to music/movie content and converts them into code at the distributors' end.
2. A server module which distributes digital rights management information on content to the users' end.
3. Client module for developing application software compatible with "OpenMG X" Sony has put the client module (#3) into practice and created "MAGIQLIP", the network music player for PC.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 08:10 AM

During her time in Bosnia as an investigator, Ms Bolkovac, 41, uncovered evidence of girls who refused to have sex being beaten and raped in bars by their pimps while peacekeepers stood and watched. She discovered that one UN policeman who was supposed to be investigating the sex trade paid £700 to a bar owner for an underage girl who he kept captive in his apartment to use in his own prostitution racket.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 06:58 AM

Black employees suffered from racism at Xerox Corp.'s Cincinnati facilities, including complaints of racist slurs and symbols such as black dolls with nooses around their necks, according to a federal commission.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 06:53 AM

WorldCom also said that when the earnings are restated, it would most likely take a write-off of as much as $50.6 billion related to the reduced value of past acquisitions.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 06:47 AM

The "Public Pledge on Self-Discipline for the China Internet Industry" compels signatories not to post information that will "jeopardise state security and disrupt social stability" among other restrictions.

Posted by GeeTee at August 09, 2002 06:35 AM