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My Colleges and Careers is giving away a free iPod Touch, called the “greatest iPod to date” by IGN’s Scott Lowe. To enter click here. Then all you need to do is like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Don’t pass up this opportunity to win one of the most amazing mobile media platforms ever designed. It will be a perfect thing to take with you when you go back to college.

Louisiana Church Checklist: Bible, Gun, Bulletproof Vest

On Tuesday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) signed a controversial bill that will allow guns to be conceal-carried in churches, mosques, and synagogues. Concealed carry permits and training will also apply and, according to the bill, require the officiating church leader to announce to the congregation that there are “individuals armed on the property as [...]

The CSI Effect

Shows like CSI are having an effect on the general public. Criminals are becoming smarter, and so are juries, according to the “CSI effect.” But because we’re accustomed to seeing a clean cut investigation leading to a quick incarceration on TV, juries are having higher expectations for evidence in the courtroom. And it’s having an [...]

TV is Making Criminals Smarter

We’ve all watched shows like CSI in which we witness the crime, investigation, and evidence which leads to the conviction of the criminal, all within the hour. While not entirely realistic, investigators are beginning to wonder if watching these types of crime scene investigation shows are actually making criminals smarter. Pittsburgh police Sgt. Paul McComb, [...]

Criminal Justice Students Gain Valuable Hands-On Experience

Criminal justice programs provide students exciting opportunities to learn and apply their skills in many unique ways, such as working within the criminal justice field with law enforcement and inside a court room. In a program through the University of Birmingham’s Department of Justice Sciences, three students invested several months working on an unsolved cold [...]

Long Island High School Massacre and Bomb Plot Averted

Thanks to an alert social worker and computer forensics, a deadly plot to bomb a Long Island high school and massacre students and faculty has been averted. Christopher Franko, 17, and girlfriend Dana Saltzman, 16, had plans to construct a bomb and gun down Franko’s former high school classmates and teachers on June 10, similar [...]

Over Sharing on Social Networking Sites Can Hurt You

Admit it. Your Facebook or Twitter status has bragged about the sweet trip you’re taking, your latest purchase, and what awesome restaurant you chose for lunch. While social networking can be a really positive way to stay connected, the information you share on your favorite social networking site may hurt you. Take this Arizona man, [...]

Law Enforcement Praised for Preventing Times Square Bombing Saturday

Times Square experienced a bomb scare Saturday night after a T-shirt vendor noticed smoke coming from an SUV parked on 45th St. and Broadway in New York City. After alerting local law enforcement officer, Wayne Rhatigan, he and two new female police officers expedited the evacuation of hundreds of people from the scene while calling [...]

TV’s Hottest Cops

Last year, My Colleges and Careers featured a segment on Hollywood’s Hottest Cops. We’ve decided to do a second edition of TV’s Hottest Cops, because there were some delicious eye candy that we missed the first time around. Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit For the last ten years, [...]

Michigan Fugitive Sex Offender Tracked Down on Facebook

When fugitive sex offender Adrian Hill was apprehended in Lansing, Michigan this month, it wasn’t an FBI database, but the popular social media website Facebook that led to his capture. On Easter morning, Michigan Messenger reporter Todd Heywood was contacted by several concerned local citizens to report that fugitive sex offender Hill was working at [...]

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