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  • July 2008

    • Lean Times Prove Taxing for State Budgets

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 24, 08 9:29 AM CDT

      Lean Times Prove Taxing for State Budgets

      (Newser) - Reduced sales, income, and corporate taxes are forcing states to cut back on services and consider laying off workers as they look for ways to slash spending and balance budgets, the Wall Street Journal reports. The National Conference of State Legislatures says states face a $40 billion budget shortfall as the US economy continues to wallow. More »

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      recession  • budget deficit  • income tax  • US states  • state sales tax  • social services  • corporate tax

    • Teen Prostitutes Find Help at LA Shelter

      Good Magazine  |  Jul 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT

      Teen Prostitutes Find Help at LA Shelter

      (Newser) - "I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like other social-service types," said one LAPD officer. "Lois sees the big picture." More »

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      teenagers  • charity  • prostitute  • sex crime  • child prostitution  • social services  • women's shelters

    • Dad Caged Daughters While He Worked

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 4, 08 3:05 AM CDT

      Dad Caged Daughters While He Worked

      (Newser) - An Illinois father has confessed to keeping his two young daughters locked in a cage in his truck while he worked, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trash and scrap-metal collector told police that he kept the girls, ages 2 and 5, locked up because he couldn't find a babysitter—and he didn't want them to run away. He was arrested after a woman heard one of the children sobbing. More »

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      Chicago  • child abuse  • child neglect  • social services  • foster homes

  • May 2008

    • Sect Moms Say Kids Scarred

      New York Times  |  May 29, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Sect Moms Say Kids Scarred

      (Newser) - Taking young children away from their parents has harmful effects, say mothers from the polygamist sect in Texas, and numerous studies agree—which is why federal and state guidelines require a “reasonable effort” to keep children with their parents before removing them. Texas authorities don't appear to have done so, mothers and experts say, in taking 468 children from YFZ ranch, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Texas  • parenting  • polygamy  • child custody  • Yearning for Zion ranch  • FLDS  • polygamists  • social services

    • Germany Seizes 'eBay Baby'

      BBC  |  May 24, 08 6:53 PM CDT

      Germany Seizes 'eBay Baby'

      (Newser) - Germany has taken a seven-month-old baby from his parents after they tried to sell him on eBay, the BBC reports. The yet-unnamed child was advertised as “nearly-new” and had a starting price of one euro. “It was only a joke,” the child’s mother said. “I just wanted to see if someone would make an offer.” More »

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      Germany  • eBay  • parenting  • child abuse  • baby  • social services

  • March 2007

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