State Roundup: S.C. Plan Would End Benefits To 30,000 Disabled Residents; Judge Bars Calif. From Cutting Elderly From Day Care; Mass. Faces Lawsuit

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   California-based College Hospitals has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle charges that two of its campuses improperly discharged and transported about 150 psychiatric patients to homeless shelters in downtown Los Angeles, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's office announced on Wednesday, the
2. Sociology Professor Reveals That It's Who You Kill That Matters
   A defendant is much more likely to be sentenced to death if he or she kills a "high-status" victim, according to new research by Scott Phillips, associate professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver (DU)...
3. Mind Calls For Regulation Of Counsellors And Psychotherapists, UK
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4. 88,000 US Citizen Children Lost Lawful Immigrant Parent To Deportion: Children Left Behind Suffer Psychological, Behavioral Problems
   The United States government has deported the lawful immigrant parents of nearly 88,000 citizen children in just a decade, according to a new report released from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis law schools...