Colleges Cutting Deals With Financial Institutions to Issue Financial Aid

But many colleges, struggling to offset cuts in state funds and under pressure to keep tuition down, are finding new ways to strike deals with financial institutions, by turning student IDs into debit cards and allowing lenders to take over disbursement of financial aid. FULL ARTICLE HERE

How Louisiana Became #1 in Incarceration Rate

How Is A Prison Ran to Make Profits?

For five years, the mighty Harris County Jail in Houston and the mundane LaSalle Correctional Center, 238 miles away in Louisiana, carried on a long-distance relationship built on mutual dependency. The Texas jail, the third-largest in the United States after those in Chicago and Los Angeles, was bursting at the seams. It had the federal Justice Department looking over its shoulder, and it was under enormous pressure to reduce overcrowding...FULL ARTICLE HERE

Lil Boosie Found Not Guilty As Web Of Corruption Unfolds

The 2012 Lil Boosie trial was one of the most prolific news stories in rap music for the year. Carrying on for nearly 2 years, the rapper has been in prison since 2010 for the alleged murder of fellow Baton Rouge rapper 'Lil Nussie' real name, Terry Boyd.

After Marlo Mike Louding, the shooter of Lil Nussie was caught, police forced him to make a false confession. According to the teenage gunman, police wanted him to blame rapper Lil Boosie because they have some sort of vendetta against the 'Loose as a Goose' rapper...FULL ARTICLE HERE

Never Too Young For Retirement Planning

Even teenagers who get a regular paycheck can open a Roth IRA. The message from the first retirement milestone is clear. The sooner you get the magic of tax-free compound interest working for you, the better. "The earlier you get started, the easier it is, not just to accumulate funds, but because it gives you more time to think about what your retirement will look like," says Tad Fryer, a manager for Charles Schwab in St. Louis...  FULL ARTICLE HERE