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Text Box: I found a website that can locate crime reports for a lot of major cities. It’s called, Spot Crime. The site can be accessed at: Once at the site, pick your state, then the city from a list of the major metropolitan areas in that state. A real time interactive map will come up with local maps, crime reports and classifications.

Text Box: Classifications are: Theft - The act in which property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent. Burglary - The criminal offense of breaking and entering a building illegally for the purpose of committing a crime in that building. Robbery - Using force or intimidation to take property away from another person in the presence of that person. Assault - A physical attempt or

Text Box: threat to use violence with the intent to do harm to another. Arson - The crime of intentionally setting fire to a building or property of another or the burning of one's own property to collect insurance. Shooting - The act of firing a weapon in order to hit, wound, or kill someone or something. Vandalism - The intentional destruction of or damage to the property of another. Arrest - The seizure of an alleged or suspected offender to answer for a crime.

Text Box: What’s your verdict? Trial court decision: The law is valid. Appeals court decision: The law is invalid as it arbitrarily discriminates against the most seriously injured victims of medical malpractice. (decided by a panel of three Judges of the Supreme Court of Illinoins 1976)

Text Box: In response to the increase of medical malpractice claims, a law was passed limiting the damage claimes to $500,000. A four-year old child was badly injured due to a doctor’s negligence. The guardian of the child sues for $2,000,000, saying that the law limiting damages in invalid. Is the law valid?

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Text Box: device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at your expense. Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards until an employee re-issues the card to the next hotel guest. At that time, the new guest's information is electronically 'overwritten' on the card and the previous guest's information is erased in the overwriting process. But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept in a drawer at the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT! The bottom line is: Keep the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them. NEVER leave them behind in the room or room wastebasket, and NEVER turn them in to

Text Box: the front desk when you check out of a room. They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal information on it that could be easily lifted off with any simple scanning device card reader. For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and discover you still have the card key in your pocket, do not toss it in an airport trash basket. Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the electronic information strip! You can also use a small magnet and pass it across the magnetic strip several times. Then try it in the door, if it does not work it erases everything on the card. Information courtesy of: Pasadena Police Department

Text Box: Ever wonder what is on your magnetic hotel key card? Answer: a. Customer's name b. Customer's partial home address c. Hotel room number d. Check-in date and out dates e. Customer's credit card number and expiration date! When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner. An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a scanning

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