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Koster seeks closer monitoring of ex-Mamtek CEO

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:23:11 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri prosecutors want a judge to let them keep closer tabs on the former head of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly.

Budget panel wants to see Corrections plan

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:19:48 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - The Legislature's budget committee wants more details from the Department of Corrections before it approves millions of dollars to pay additional workers to do GPS monitoring, create a new office for internal investigations and perform information technology upgrades.

DC nightclub owner pleads guilty in GPS case

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:08:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - A former Washington nightclub owner charged with operating a cocaine distribution ring who got a new trial following a Supreme Court verdict pleaded guilty Wednesday and will spend 15 years in prison.

UK police to track dementia patients using GPS

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:31:59 -0400

LONDON - A British police force is hoping to save time and money by giving a few dementia patients GPS tracking devices, a technique already used by health and welfare agencies but condemned by some campaigners as "barbaric."

Beleaguered caregivers getting help from apps

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:52:34 -0400

NEW YORK - As her mother and father edged toward dementia, Nancy D'Auria kept a piece of paper in her wallet listing their medications.