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...living in a local crack house while his father served out a two-year sentence for violating probation on cocaine and burglary charges and his mother was AWOL. Michigan prosecutors decided not to charge the boy with anything--he is so young he cannot even comprehend his actions. He received a 90-day suspension from school and possible expulsion. Authorities are, however, charging a 19-year old man living in the house where the boy stayed with involuntary manslaughter. He allegedly left the gun the boy used lying around the house...
...ourselves at risk everyday when we allow children to live in crack houses and are not tough enough on gun-related crime. But while more gun laws might help Clinton salvage his presidency or make some people sleep easier, guns will continue to thrive on the unregulated black market until we make attacking that a national priority...
Liar, beware. In announcing a settlement with the Georgetown crew--who neither admitted nor denied the allegations and promised not to violate securities law in the future--the SEC was showcasing a stepped-up effort to crack down on rampant Internet stock swindlers. With the Net now America's stock-tip central, boiler rooms have become inefficient relics...
...boring philistine, it was about noble and holy art. To stand on the podium and receive bids for a Rubens Crucifixion or a still life by Van Gogh, who died for our sins, was not like buying a vanload of AWOL television sets or a few vials of crack. But, of course, it is just another business. The auction market shifts more than $4 billion a year, and its two powerhouses, Sotheby's and Christie's, control 95% of that. For decades, rising to a climax just before the great art-market crash of 1989, Brits with pinstripe suits...
...shooting beyond $500 billion--account for an unknown level of further market speculation. When home values and stocks rise together, "the gains from each help finance the other," he noted last November. If it turns out that rising home values are being mortgaged to prop up stocks, a crack in the stock market could hit home values hard...