American - Journalist | 1960 -
The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - far less than the property value lost on a single day when 17 mansions slid down a hill in 2005 in Laguna Beach, Calif.
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The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.
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History is the best guide to the future.
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There is no accurate or useful 'profile' of students who engage in targeted school violence. Some come from good homes, some from bad. Some have good grades, some bad.
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The Adversity Index was created by msnbc.com and Moody's Analytics to track the economic fortunes of states and metro areas. Each month, the Adversity Index uses government data on employment, industrial production, housing starts and home prices to label each area as expanding, at risk of recession, in recession or recovering.
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New York state ethics rules prohibit lawyers from soliciting gifts from clients 'for the benefit of the lawyer or a person related to the lawyer.'
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Nine of 10 whites in Chicago borrow from top-drawer banks and mortgage companies, which the industry calls prime lenders. They lend to people with A credit ratings, making loans at competitive rates.
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Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lending is 'predatory lending.'
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Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures.
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Subprime lending is growing faster in black areas than in white areas.
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'John Doe' is typically used in a warrant when the accused is known by an alias or by a physical description.
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Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.
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