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Bernard Madoff says he is dying and is asking a judge for compassionate release from prison, where he is serving 150 years for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, according to a Wednesday federal court filing.

Madoff, 81, has terminal kidney failure and a life expectancy of less than 18 months. When the court sentenced him, “it was clear that Madoff’s 150-year prison sentence was symbolic for three reasons: retribution, deterrence, and for the victims,” the court filing states. “This Court must now consider whether keeping Madoff incarcerated … is truly in furtherance of statutory sentencing goals and our society’s value and understanding of compassion.”

Madoff said in the request for compassionate release that he “does not dispute the severity of his crimes.”

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Bernie Madoff says he's dying and wants out of prison - KRDO

Bernard Madoff says he is dying and is asking a judge for compassionate release from prison, where he is serving 150 years for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, according to a Wednesday federal court filing. Madoff, 81, has terminal kidney failure and a life expectancy of less...
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IMO- stay in jail
 
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GrandmaBear said:
The main ones in our more rural areas are Dollar Generals rule the day. Not Dollar Trees much either. Dollar Generals are pretty good although by nature they carry bigger items than Dollar Tree at a $1 or now $1.25. And so they are stocked high and everywhere sometimes but they still mostly seem better run, maintained and cleaned than any Family Dollar ever has, I will say that.

It is the same in MN. The city has Dollar Trees and Walmarts and Targets I guess so no Dollar Generals. But if you leave the city to the smaller towns, there are often no Walmarts and that's where Dollar General goes in. It is this way everywhere in both states from what I have seen. They mostly go into the towns that have no other options other than maybe a small grocery store.

I didn't even know too many Family Dollars still existed. They started a downhill slide I think long ago or were even bought out by the other..? I forget.
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most of the ones here were bought out by Dollar Tree a few years ago.
 
Guess Who said:
most of the ones here were bought out by Dollar Tree a few years ago.
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That's what I'm probably thinking of then. I knew one of them bought out another. So then they turned into Dollar Trees in most cases I'm guessing. Because around here most Family Dollars disappeared but we did have some new Dollar Trees popping up in the slightly bigger towns/small cities.
 
RoundPeg said:
I went into a badly managed DG yesterday to do my actual paying job. My entire area was blocked by freight carts. If they would stock their shelves and organize their stock room, that wouldn't happen. Actually, there were several aisles completely blocked off. If I was about this much * * more vengeful I would have called the fire Marshall. It's illegal.
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I will say that the few I've been in in the past months have had stock issues and the issue of not enough help. A few also, one I talked with someone in, had cut some of their opening hours. The one here seems to manage pretty well but does have the help issue and stock issue or has had. Around Christmas they put out a big ad that had some things in it imo if I had to go near a store, at least it was not a Walmart and I considered going. My mom stopped first instead for the same reason and none of it was in yet despite the fact Dollar Generals put such and ad out. However, in the times I've noticed this it was all around the time many retail places were experiencing problems.

We also ran into, I think in November, a Family Dollar on the way home from somewhere and needed one item after a long day. We stopped at the one Family Dollar that I mentioned earlier I had forgotten about in a town about 1/2 hour away. The door was locked with a sign they were unloading truck. A couple of people outside said it would be awhile, patrons I think they were. I took that to mean only one employee was on.

We then hit a Dollar General in the next town decided to shop a bit and they announced they were closing in five minutes at like 4 or 5 in the afternoon and we were like what?? On a Friday I think. This is when I talked with an employee and they said they had to cut hours, couldn't get help, etc.

So I guess as you said earlier they all vary. I've never seen one with every aisle blocked though with stocking or even a few aisles. The one you mention clearly needs to do something different then.
 
GrandmaBear said:
That's what I'm probably thinking of then. I knew one of them bought out another. So then they turned into Dollar Trees in most cases I'm guessing. Because around here most Family Dollars disappeared but we did have some new Dollar Trees popping up in the slightly bigger towns/small cities.
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The "Family Dollar" stores here just went out of business. I would love if we had "Dollar General" stores. Even "Haskell, TX" Has one. I was impressed. My great auntie thought that was funny. I bought some things too.
 
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Dallas officials charge man in 1984 cold case murder, nearly 38 years to the day young woman found dead​

A forensic genetic genealogy analysis linked the suspect to the cold case murder this week, 38 years later​


Dallas District Attorney (DA) John Creuzot's office on Friday arrested and charged a man for the 1984 killing of a 21-year-old woman, Mary Jane Thompson.

Edward Morgan, 60, now faces one count of capital murder in Thompson's killing after 38 years following an investigation by the DA's office in collaboration with the Dallas Police Department (DPD) and the FBI.

His arrest came almost 38 years to the day Thompson's body was discovered behind a warehouse on Feb. 13, 1984, after a DNA test linked him to the crime.

"This case is yet another example of the incredible collaborative effort between the Dallas Police Department, the FBI, and the District Attorney’s [Sexual Assault Kit Initiative] Cold Case team. Working together, we continue to solve the most difficult cold cases that Dallas has ever seen," Dallas County Assistant District Attorney and SAKI Chief Leighton D’Antoni said in a Friday statement.

Thompson was last seen on Feb. 11, 1984, when she took a bus to the Trinity Medical Clinic on then-Industrial Boulevard, but it was closed, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Authorities discovered her body two days later behind a building on the 2300 block of Irving Boulevard in the Stemmons Corridor. Investigators had determined at the time that Thompson had been sexually assaulted and strangled with her own leg warmers,
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I'm so glad they are identifying UID's and perpetrators so much these days.
 
Guess Who said:
This should be requirements everywhere
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Florida may require high school students take financial literacy course in order to graduate

Florida lawmakers working on legislation that would require high schoolers take a financial literacy class in order to graduate.
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That's interesting because I took a class similar to that in High School here. It covered everything except investing. The class was not mandatory. It's a great idea. I looked up states with the best educational systems and Florida is ranked third overall and #1 in higher education, NY ranks 22 overall and (which I'm ashamed of.) and 15th in higher education, Massachusetts is #1 overall and 27th in higher education. Alabama is the worst with 50 overall and 47th in higher ed.

Best States for Education 2024

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