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Daily Archives: October 5, 2010

CRS: China’s Steel Industry and Its Impact on the United States: Issues for Congress

China’s Steel Industry and Its Impact on the United States: Issues for Congress, Rachel Tang, Analyst in Industrial Organization and Business, September 21, 2010 “China’s steel industry has grown significantly since the mid-1990s. China is now the world’s largest steelmaker and steel consumer. In 2009, China produced over 567 million tons of crude steel, nearly… Continue Reading

A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009

Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009, by Kathleen M. Ridolfi and Maurice Possley “To more fully document the scope of the problem, the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) engaged in a comprehensive analysis of publicly available cases of prosecutorial misconduct in California, reviewing more than 4,000 state and federal appellate rulings,… Continue Reading

State-Specific Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adults – United States, 2000-2009

State-Specific Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adults – United States, 2000 -2009, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)September 10, 2010 / 59(35);1125-1130 “A diet high in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk for many leading causes of death (1–3) and can play an important role in weight management (4). Healthy People 2010… Continue Reading

TRAC: Unlawful Denial of Records Blocks Public Understanding of Immigration Enforcement

“The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) October 4, 2010 charged the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency of serious legal and procedural violations in its withholding of performance data about how the agency is enforcing the immigration laws. The deficiencies, detailed in a letter TRAC sent the agency {October 4, 2010], involve ICE’s violation of… Continue Reading