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In Columbia, South Carolina, a jail guard at the MacDougall Institution was arrested March 24 for allegedly conspiring with inmates to smuggle cellphone, cigarettes, and marijuana into the jail. Guard Jatuane Malik Huggins, 24, supposedly got $1,500 for his efforts, but now faces a charge of furnishing contraband to inmates. And he s been fired.
In Fort Myers, Florida, a guard at the Charlotte Correctional Institution was arrested last Thursday for plotting to smuggle drugs into the jail. Guard Leslie Spencer, 48, allegedly agreed to smuggle three ounces of methamphetamine, three ounces of MDMA, a small amount of synthetic marijuana, and two cellphones into the prison and provide it to an inmate in exchange for a payment of $400. It was a sting operation by the FBI, and now Spencer faces a charge of attempted possessi
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so let s begin this morning with family. where else? we want to start by welcoming part of our tv family, carmen wong-ulrich the author of upcoming book the real cost of living. and wendy walsh is a psychologist and blogger. sarah, spending this time with your family can be extraordinarily stressful before you walk out the door. not my family, of course. but when you walk out the door, you ve got to be ready. you ve got to be ready. think about this, right? before you sit down for your lunch or dinner, think about what s going to make you annoyed. we all regret when it comes to the holidays, you become who we are when we re kids. you can t control people s behavior, but you can control how you react. i know so-and-so s going to do this, don t be surprised by it, roll with the punches. my dad always says fido, forget it, drive on. and when you say take a deep breath, don t be afraid to kind of walk away. stepping into the bathroom. anything to just step away from it wh
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she has been on this show 24 times. here s a sampling of some of those appearances. why do we like you? i m not sure. and i won t give you the formula even if i was sure because i wouldn t want anybody around here to replicate it for a while until i m finished with it. people from brooklyn grow one a certain common sense, if it doesn t ring true, it s not true. you want me to be honest with you, i m always honest, larry. i think people would be disappointed with me if they asked me a direct answer and i didn t give a direct answer. larry: welcome back to judge judy live. i couldn t do what you do, i could not. i could don t what you do. i am not a good interviewer. i don t liable to rule by committee. i like sort of an autocratic way of dealing with things. why be frustrated when you can be the queen. larry: who needs it? what s it like when you look back? do you ever pinch yourself? because you have a second career, you were a family court judge in new york. i