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The Winner Institute of Arts & Sciences will be serving up its last batch of students this summer. via Sharon Herald

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“We got a copy of it and were as shocked as anybody else to get it, but it just reiterated what we have been telling folks”

Nearly 100 female inmates from Hawaii being held at a private prison in Kentucky say they don't want to come home. via Kypost.Com

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Manufacturer and designer of aircraft engines Pratt & Whitney, a business unit of United Technologies Corp , announced on Tuesday that the company's PW4000 Advantage70 development engine has commenced flight ... via Airport Business

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NATCHEZ - Corrections Corporation of America has formally told Adams County officials of a 564-bed expansion of its private prison, pushing the total number of beds there to 2,232. The expansion is expected to ... via Hattiesburg American

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“They're working on it. They have a plan. Obviously, we'll be monitoring their staffing. Things can always be better.”

The Turkey Point nuclear plant is safe and secure despite security guards at the facility being caught sleeping on duty, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said during a visit here Tuesday. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

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“We capture events because of an accelerometer trigger we have built into our device. Based on hard-braking, hard acceleration and swerving we trigger video recordings of [what happened] just before, during and just after a risky event”

PORTLAND, Ore. &#151 The most successful driver-assistance systems today are not real-time, like the EyeQ system-on-chip from STMicroelectronics and Mobileye, but, instead, offer reports on dangerous driving ... via EETimes.eu

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Corrections Corp. of America , a provider of corrections management services to government agencies, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit rose to $35 million, or 28 cents a share, from $32.6 million, or 26 ... via Market Watch

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“The C-CURE 9000 security and event management system, when paired with the iSTAR eX controller, provides our customers with an access control and intrusion detection solution that secures communication without an additional encryption device”

Software House, a leading access control brand of Tyco International, announced Tuesday its C-CURE 9000 Event Management System has attained the U.S. Government's Federal Information Processing Standards ... via Security Technology & Design

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“You try to understand that every organization has one rogue cop, or one bad apple, but the breadth of involvement [at Garza] is worse than it was at Nixon”

Thu May 08, 2008 The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is busy determining what to do with all the kids from the FLDS, but meanwhile, another group of children under TDFPS care is alleging ... via Seattle Indymedia Center

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A security firm that contracted with Miami-Dade Transit overbilled the agency more than $6 million dollars for time its guards did not actually work, according to a county audit released Thursday. via The Florida Times Union

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A security firm that contracted with Miami-Dade Transit overbilled the agency more than $6 million dollars for time its guards did not actually work, according to a county audit released Thursday. via The Florida Times Union

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Marsh & McLennan Cos. swung to a loss during the first quarter, hurt by a reassessment of the value of its Kroll Inc. via MarketWatch

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UTC Power, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., will sell eight fuel cell systems to an Oakland, Calif., bus system. via Hartford Courant

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There is a three-day strike starting today at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California. via Seeing the Forest

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“I am sitting at home without an income. They just want to frustrate me. "But I can't keep quiet, I have to fight”

By Karen Breytenbach and Sapa Former Goodwood police station Commissioner Siphiwo Hewana briefly appeared in the Parow regional court on Wednesday for allegedly interfering with the drunken driving arrest of ... via Daily News

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“Somewhere in this decision it looks like we may have overlooked the fact that the other count of murder was affirmed”

A convicted murderer inadvertently released from a Tennessee prison in April was apprehended Saturday in Atlanta, authorities said. via Political Gateway

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“If you're going to do hardball with Sikorsky, I would suggest that doing it in the media is probably not the best place to do it.”

Canada is pressing Sikorsky Inc. to fulfill a $5 billion contract for 28 helicopters amid reports the U.S. firm wants more money, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Wednesday. via Ottawa Citizen

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“I couldn't do my job without it. Response time is almost cut in half now that we have this technology.”

Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group, a leader in advancing security and well-being, today announced that the Benton County Sheriff's Office headquartered in Bentonville, Ark., has ... via Intelligent Enterprise

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“Marsh made it clear very quickly that it is not interested in selling Kroll at the moment. It gave a very perfunctory 'thanks but no thanks'.”

Marsh & McLennan has rejected approaches for its financial detective agency Kroll, but is understood not to have ruled out a sale, as its chief executive reviews the business. via The Independent

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- Garda World Security Corp. (TSX:GW) has appointed former U.S. ambassador Derek Burney to a new international advisory board for global risks group.

The five-member panel includes experienced political, military, business and energy leaders from Canada, Britain and the United States.

The other panel members are: U.S. General George Joulwan (Ret.), NATO's former Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Candax Energy chairman Adrian Loader; Sir Richard Mottram, former permanent secretary of Britain's civil service; and Derek Pannell, managing partner of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (TSX:BAM.A). Read more

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Tyco International Ltd. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit tumbled 67 percent, as it had substantial profits from now-discontinued operations a year ago.The diversified manufacturer, which split ... via KansasCity.com

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