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The jury of seven women and five men began its deliberations Tuesday morning. The jurors returned to the courthouse Wednesday and continued deliberating until about 2 p.m., when it informed the court it had reached a verdict. more

But Pontillo said he didn't feel any sense of vindication. Since federal and local investigators began to probe into his business, AJ's Bail bonds, Pontillo's wife died, he says he lost his business and he used up a lot of his financial assets to mount a legal defense. read more"

"This is a nightmare that's just over," Carson said in the courthouse hallway. "Nobody ought to forget what went on." more

The report from Brookings “Are College Students Borrowing Blindly?” cites some shocking figures, based on two data sets. The first, a survey conducted in spring 2014, included responses from first-time, full-time freshmen who applied for financial aid at their college, a “selective four-year public university in the northeastern U.S.” The second is the most recent result of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, a nationally representative analysis of first-year, full-time undergraduates with federal loan information available in the National Student Loan Data System. read more"