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  • High School Drop Out? Most Likely Will Do Time!

    Posted by: The Connector

    A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all dropouts, and particularly African-Americans, are far more likely to wind up incarcerated or unemployed than those with a high school diploma. 

    Compiled by researchers at Northeastern University, the report shows that high school dropouts are roughly six times more likely to become incarcerated than high school graduates. But the more startling statistic was that between 2006 and 2007 around 23 percent of 16- to 24-year-old African American male high school dropouts were incarcerated or otherwise institutionalized at some point, compared with 6.3 percent of all dropouts.

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  • Pena’s 38th HR helps Rays beat Tigers (AP)

    Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Gabe Kapler(notes) chases a double hit down the left-field line by Detroit Tigers' Adam Everett(notes) in the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, in Detroit. The Rays defeated the Tigers 11-7.

    Carlos Pena and the Tampa Bay Rays headed into September on a high note. Next up, a key series against the Boston Red Sox. Pena hit his AL-best 38th homer and drove in four runs to help the Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 11-7 on Monday for a split of their four-game series. Tampa Bay scored six times in the first inning against the AL Central leaders, capped by Pena's two-run drive.