TIME OUT: State officials say prison officials may have overstepped their authority in awarding early release to two dozen lifers in the state's prisons. But that authority may just be written in state law and the release may be unavoidable. (N&O)
NINE DIGITS: Social Security numbers for nearly every doctor in North Carolina were stolen this summer, but many just recently found out about the security breach. (N&O)
NOT WITH US: Conservatives in Watertown, N.Y., are working furiously to defeat a Congressional candidate that they say isn't conservative enough to call himself a Republican. (NYT)




Re: Early release may be inevitable
You mean, to call HERself a Republican. Dede's a woman.