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At least 48,895 federal convicts — one of every eight — had their prison sentences reduced in exchange for helping government investigators, probe shows. ATLANTA – The prisoners in Atlanta's hulking downtown jail had a problem. They wanted to snitch for federal agents, but they didn't ...

By Justine Frederksen  - 12/12/2012Ukiah Daily JournalAn inmate from the Parlin Fork fire crew takes a break from... (Brian Maneely/ Ukiah Daily Journal)Fences pulled out, grass getting raked. The ball fields at the end of Gobbi Street are getting a good scrubbing this week and should be ready so...

By Angela Colley | Money Talks News – Thu, Nov 29, 2012 In 2011, 62.3 percent of people had a credit score between 749 and 300, according to the MyFICO blog, managed by the Fair Isaac Corporation. Most people in that range fell between 650-699 (12.1 percent) and 700-749 (15.5 percent). Those ar...

With patience, and the right tools, you can overcome an inaccurate report By Kelly Dilworth If you've already spent the past several months -- or even years -- trying to scrub errors from your credit reports, it may feel like you have no choice but to live with t...

Got a mistake on your credit report? The law is on your side to get it fixed By Kelly Dilworth It's not always easy to correct errors on your credit reports. However, don't give up just yet: You have a decades-old law on your side that requires credit reporting agencies and data providers to co...

By Kelly Dilworth If you're not careful, you could unknowingly undermine your consumer rights -- as well as the ability to successfully challenge your case -- when disputing credit report errors. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, credit reporting agencies such as Experian, Equifax and TransU...

Some people go to extremes to try and improve their credit scores, adopting tactics that can seem, well, a bit unusual. What's even odder is that a few of them actually work. Here's a look at six such ideas -- good, bad and in-between. 1. Pay what you don't owe T...

Burly ex-cop fills days behind bars working out and reading books BY Clem Richardson / New York Daily News - June 13, 2012Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is now known as Inmate No. 84888-054 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Md.Bernard Kerik's unpreced...

By Kevin J. Kelley  -  December 5, 2012Tim NewcombTwo staff members of a local housing action group were attending a recent training session for prospective volunteers at Chittenden Regional Corrrectional Facility, a women’s prison in South Burlington, when the subject of banned publications c...