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In this morning's headlines: drugs and unemployment, juveniles, Bernard Kilpatrick sentenced

Morning News Roundup, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011
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Morning News Roundup, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011

Drug test and unemployment bill moves forward

"People who fail or refuse to take a drug test as part of a job search could see their unemployment benefits revoked. The state Senate approved the measure yesterday," Jake Neher reports.

Lawsuit says rape common for juvenile offenders in adult prisons

"The state of Michigan faces a lawsuit alleging it has subjected hundreds of juvenile offenders to a high risk of being raped, by putting them in the same prisons as adults. Attorney Deborah LaBelle says the state has put kids as young as 13 in the same prisons as grown men. A new federal law went into effect in August requiring prisoners 17 and younger to be housed separately from older prisoners," Tracy Samilton reports.

Bernard Kilpatrick sentenced to 15 months in prison

"The father of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for a tax crime. The sentence ordered Thursday was at the bottom of the guidelines," the Associated Press reports.

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