Proposed foster care overhaul balances counseling, costs

Proposed foster care overhaul balances counseling, costs
AUSTIN — A yearlong review by a blue-ribbon panel recommends giving private contractors in the Texas foster care system more authority to arrange care and counseling for youngsters and providing incentives for doing a good job. The proposed ove …
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MANVILLE: Party brightens special kids’ holidays
Special needs children and their families were invited to the Manville Hillsborough Elks Lodge for a fun filled holiday party on Sunday.
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Wilmington on DVD: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Night of the Hunter, Salt, Easy A
A sequel to Oliver Stone’s 1987 Wall Street , this show plunges us back into the seductions and pitfalls of the casino mentality on the trading floors and the stock market, of inside guys making huge, quick profits and the dangerous games and ruinous consequences of playing with other people’s money, other people’s lives — and not giving a damn about it.
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