Maryland, California taking action to improve dropout rates

By Susan Ferriss

Lawmakers, education officials in some states say it's time to embrace alternatives to removing students from classrooms as punishment.

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"… e more discretion to school administrators to decline to refer students to law enforcement and instead work on solutions to root causes for truancy. Another bill wou …"

Judgment calls on billing make 'upcoding' prosecutions rare

By Fred Schulte

Authorities typically settle, and doctors often continue treating Medicare patients

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"… system. The agency also said it routinely refers cases of alleged fraud to law enforcement, but declined to give specifics.Given the complexities of these cases, it …"

IMPACT: Cabinet officials signal crackdown on Medicare billing abuse

By Fred Schulte and Joe Eaton

Sebelius, Holder signal new scrutiny in wake of Center series

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"… o ensure that providers are coding…accurately.”The letter adds that “law enforcement will take appropriate steps to pursue health care providers who misuse ele …"

"… ent of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are monitoring these trends and will take action where warranted. …"

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Current gun debate may not help beleaguered ATF

By Alan Berlow

Federal gun cops handicapped by weak laws, stagnant budgets and Congressional restrictions

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"… s activists. In a 1995 fundraising letter, Wayne LaPierre, now the NRA’s executive vice president, castigated ATF agents as “jack-booted government thugs.” Six days lat …"

"… ke the ATF a unit of the FBI. “What we want,” said Winnie Stachelberg, executive vice president for external affairs and a co-author of the report, “is to see ATF moved …"

Controversy over cops in schools flares anew

By Susan Ferriss

Push for more police post-Newtown runs up against concern about 'school-to-prison pipeline'

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"… tters that principals and parents used to address without involvement from law enforcement officers.  Civil-rights groups and juvenile court judges — and eve …"

"… nal Association of School Resource Officers, or NASRO, is pushing for more law enforcement in schools. NASRO opposes arming teachers.   Stung by criticism of r …"

"… reased by 71 percent between 2000 and 2004. Only 7 percent of referrals to law enforcement from Denver’s schools, whose students are mostly nonwhite, were for seri …"

"… , 18 percent of the sample, represented 42 percent of students referred to law enforcement. These issues have been aired in two Congressional hearings since Decembe …"

Waste, fraud and abuse commonplace in Iraq reconstruction effort

By R. Jeffrey Smith

$60-billion pipe dream for creation of a Western-style economy

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"… repair its roads and housing; it spent another $9 billion on health care, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance; it spent $20 billion training and re-equippi …"

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