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At first, the response from Felini’s higher-ups was far from enthusiastic. “My commanders said, ‘These women are too far gone. They don’t want help,’” Felini says. “I said, ‘Well, we’ll do one operation and see.’ The first night, 18 prostitutes walked up to us [at the command post].” The Prostitute Diversion Initiative became a monthly event, and soon after, Criminal District Judge Lana Myers got a state grant to preside over a felony court specifically tailored for prostitutes who wanted a different life and were willing to work for it. A misdemeanor court led by Criminal District Judge Peggy Hoffman followed. Two years after Felini launched the initiative and the courts got on board, 375 women have been arrested during operations or walked up to the mobile command post voluntarily; 200 were found eligible for immediate drug treatment or alternative sentences and roughly half opted to attend. Of those, 21 completed the initial 45-day treatment program and remain drug-free and out of prostitution. There’s not yet definitive researc …

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Then there’s the papers:  The Miami Herald, right, splashes the Haiti quake on its front pages for a readership that includes a large number of Haitians. The Los Angeles Times reports that California ACORN will hold to its traditional agenda, but is breaking with its embattled parent organization. The New York Times profiles former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., D-Tenn., who is testing the waters for a possible run for the Senate from New York. The Dallas Morning News says the new George W. Bush policy institute will co-produce a weekly TV show called Ideas in Action for public television and some cable stations. The Seattle Times says local Vancouver activists plan to showcase another side of the city during the Winter Games to note chronic homelessness, open drug dealing, prostitution and mental illness only blocks from the Olympic venues.

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… Sees 2010 rev $84 mln to $86 mln vs est $83.41 mln
Jan 13 (Reuters) – Rick’s Cabaret International Inc (RICK.O) forecast a 2010 earnings range, whose lower end was in line with market expectations, as the adult nightclub operator expects a boost from popular events like the Super Bowl held in Miami and the NBA All Star Game in Dallas.
The Houston-based company sees a profit of between 95 cents to $1.05 a share, on revenue of between $84 million and $86 million.
Analysts on average were looking for a profit of 95 cents a share, before items, on revenue of $83.41 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Rick’s Cabaret, which in September bought Cabaret North, an upscale gentlemen’s club in Texas to boost its presence in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market, also said the outlook assumes continued organic growth.

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… Expletive],” said Marian, rolling her eyes.
“I just don’t listen to you,” he told her, laughing.
When the Gibsons moved into their stately prairie-style house in Old East Dallas in 1970, they received a swing as a housewarming gift, and they promptly installed it.
Soon, Harry started sitting out on the porch after work. Colleagues joined him. Then, neighbors and friends.
As the Gibsons got involved in local Democratic politics, it wasn’t unusual for an elected official or candidate to take a seat on the porch. In 1998, the Gibson home was the millionth door that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Garry Mauro knocked on during his campaign.
Jean Ball, a former neighbor, said she has met a bunch of characters on the Gibson porch, including a stripper who had worked at one of Jack Ruby’s clubs.

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It’s not entirely clear to me that Reid, in his remarks, was not adopting the speech of a person who might feel the way he described, rather than the way he himself feels. And if the latter, the only thing he might apologize for is the use of the antiquated term “Negro,” which some find offensive given its roots in the slave trade (among other reasons).
Implying that Obama’s response to Reid’s comment, as some have done by comparing them, should be consistent with his response to earlier comments by Trent Lott (Strom Thurmond was right to oppose civil rights, which are the cause of many of the problems we have today [to paraphrase]) and Don Imus’s (the Rutgers championship basketball team is composed of ugly prostitutes), is itself more offensive than Reid’s comment.

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