RI prosecutes 17-year-olds to save money
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When state legislators passed a law last month requiring that 17-year-olds be tried as adults, they hoped the reduced cost of providing for adult prisoners rather than juveniles would save the state about $3.6 million.
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. - A 17-year-old boy was arrested and police found weapons, ammunition and bomb-making gear in his home after a tip that he was making threats online against his high school, fellow students and an officer assigned to the building.
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A 17-year-old was arrested after authorities received a tip that he was making threats in an online chat room about his high school, fellow students and an
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Also: New Zealand teen runs internet banking scam. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Since the boy is a juvenile he cannot be put in jail. He is now being held in the Economic Offences Wing in New Delhi. The 17-year-old boy, who was reportedly arrested at the Delhi airport, will be produced in court tomorrow.
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San Francisco is considering charging stores 17 cents for each bag to discourage the use of plastic bags.
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Police will produce a 17-year-old school student in a court for juveniles on Monday, after his arrest for the transmission and sale of a video clip showing the boy and a girl having oral sex, police said.
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Cigarette makers have revved up  price promotions in recent years, a strategy they know will  lead to more underage smoking, an economist testifying in the  U.S. government's racketeering trial against the industry said  on Wednesday.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - A teenager who sued the city after claiming a police officer forced her to do jumping jacks while topless has reached a $35,000 settlement, officials said. The City Council unanimously approved the settlement Thursday, City Manager Tom Bonfield said.
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Children too young to be prosecuted were the main suspects in almost 3,000 crimes last year including sexual offences, burglary, harassment and wounding, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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WILSONVILLE, Ore. - A 17-year-old high school student was detained and released after being accused of trying to bribe a teacher to alter attendance records so he could make a drug run...
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City officials are considering charging grocery stores 17 cents each for grocery bags to discourage use of plastic sacks.
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NASHUA. N.H. - An 18-year-old Massachusetts man faces felony theft charges for allegedly emptying several large cereal boxes at a Costco, filling the boxes with electronic equipment and paying the clerk only for the cereal.
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The number of identity theft cases in which the victim is under 18 has nearly doubled since 2003.
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Like an allowance that extends far past adolescence, parents are helping finance their childrenâs lives longer, and depleting their retirement savings in the process.
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A 17-year-old youth is charged with the murder of a father stabbed outside his home.
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The U.S. attorney for the Southern District in New York said on Tuesday he charged 26 individuals with taking part in "a wide-ranging scheme to commit mortgage fraud" at companies that brokered loans with a total face value of at least $200 million.