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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two bombings in separate Iraq provinces on Monday killed eight U.S. troops, the U.S. military said.

A boy with a machine gun weeps Monday at the site of a suicide bombing in Kanan that killed a sheik.

A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in Diyala province, which has been a major front in the war during the "surge" of U.S. troops fighting insurgents near the capital.

Earlier in the day, at least five U.S. soldiers on foot patrol were killed and three others wounded in a suicide bombing in Baghdad.

In addition, suicide bombers killed five Iraqis in two bombings in Diyala province Monday morning, including a sheik who helped battle Sunni extremists and his 5-year-old niece.  Watch new suicide tactics in Iraq Â»

Four U.S. soldiers died at the scene Monday's Baghdad blast and one more died later of wounds, the military said. They were with Multi-National Division-Baghdad. An Iraqi interpreter also was wounded in the explosion, the officials said.

Initial reports indicate the bomber was wearing an explosive vest.

"Five soldiers paid the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the Iraqi and American people. I ask you remember these fallen heroes and their families as well as their wounded brethren in your thoughts and prayers," said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff for Multi-National Division-Baghdad.

"We remain resolute in our resolve to protect the people of Iraq and kill or capture those who would bring them harm."

The explosion marks the deadliest attack against the U.S. military since five soldiers were killed January 28 in a roadside bombing in Mosul. Troops killed a Saudi insurgent whose network was responsible for that attack.

Earlier, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said one person was killed and eight people were wounded in a suicide bomb attack targeting a U.S. military convoy in western Baghdad.

It is not clear if the U.S. and Iraqi reports are about the same incident.

Monday's attacks would bring the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq this month to 10. A total of 3,983 military personnel have died in the nearly 5-year-old war.

The attack came after a bomber near Baquba targeted the leader of a security group assisting U.S. troops.

The teen suicide bomber killed a sheik and a 5-year-old, a day after she went to the sheik's Kanan home claiming to need help finding her husband, police and family members said.

The female suicide bomber, 18, blew herself up at the sheik's home Monday morning, police said. The tribal leader was the head of a local citizens group that has been working with U.S. forces to rout out insurgents. The largely Sunni security groups are known as Awakening Councils.

Kanan is east of Baquba, situated in the volatile Diyala province, which has been a major front for the "surge" of U.S.-led troops targeting militants near Baghdad.

According to one of the sheik's cousins, the teen bomber went to the sheik's house Sunday to ask him for help finding her husband -- thought to be kidnapped or detained. The 18-year-old was told to return Monday, the cousin said.

She returned Monday and staged the attack, killing the sheik, his 5-year-old niece and one of his security guards, police said.

The attack reflects both the growing use of females as suicide bombers in Iraq and the targeting of Awakening Councils, which are also known as Concerned Citizens Groups or Sons of Iraq.

The grass-roots groups, which are sometimes led by former insurgents, have drawn more than 90,000 volunteers to their ranks, military spokesman Rear Adm. Gregory said Sunday.

Since November, there have been at least five attacks carried out by female suicide bombers, including a twin bombing at Baghdad pet markets last month that killed almost 100 people.

Insurgent groups, particularly al Qaeda in Iraq, are increasingly using women as suicide bombers because they are less likely to be searched, the U.S. military has said.

About an hour after the attack at the sheik's home, another suicide bomber approached Iraqi security forces in Muqdadiya and blew himself up as the forces began shooting at him.

The blast killed two civilians and wounded 20 others, including two police officers, authorities said. Muqdadiya also is in Diyala province.

In other developments:

â¢ A suicide car bomb exploded Monday outside an upscale hotel in Sulaimaniya, killing two people and wounding at least 32 others, police said. The blast occurred at the Sulaimani Palace hotel, located in the center of the city. It is in northern Iraq's Kurdish region and is a common stop for visiting government officials, businessmen and contractors.

â¢ Two bombings in Baghdad on Monday killed an Iraqi and wounded nine others, an Interior Ministry official said. A parked car bomb exploded near an outdoor market in Shaab, a Shiite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding seven others. A roadside bomb exploded on a highway near a U.S. military patrol in eastern Baghdad, wounding two bystanders.

â¢ Coalition troops north of Baghdad killed five insurgents and detained 19 people in raids, the U.S. military said Monday. The Sunday raids were part of coalition forces' "untiring efforts to remove al Qaeda from Iraq," said Lt. Col. Maura Gillen, a Multi-National Forces-Iraq spokeswoman.

â¢ Several U.S. troops may have been sickened by dirty water intended for hygiene use and supplied to bases around Iraq between 2004 and 2006, according to a Pentagon report released Monday. However, the Department of Defense inspector general's report points out that because the water was not monitored, it is impossible to tell for sure if it was dirty and if it contributed to the troops getting sick.  E-mail to a friend

CNN's Jamie McIntyre, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jonathan Wald contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Getting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley.

Serving time in Missouri's juvenile justice system set Terrence Barkley on the path to college.

It got him out of gangs and headed to college.

While in one of Missouri's juvenile facilities, Barkley became editor of its student newspaper, captain of the football team and made the honor roll.

"I wanted something different for myself or I'd end up in Kansas City doing nothing. I knew I could do something," said Barkley, who is the first in his family to go to college.

Now he's a sophomore studying criminal justice at the University of Central Missouri.

Barkley wasn't scared straight. He wasn't packed away in a crowded facility with steel bars and razor wire. He wasn't under the constant guard of uniformed officers with billy clubs or locked down with hundreds of other juveniles.

Instead, he was sent to Waverly Regional Youth Center, one of Missouri's 32 residential facilities where he wore his jeans and T-shirts. He slept in his own bunk bed in a room that looks more like a dorm than a jail cell. He received counseling and schooling.

While America's juvenile system is often criticized for corruption and abuse, Missouri state officials say its juvenile justice solution has saved billions of dollars and reduced the number of repeat offenders. In the last four decades, the state has transformed its juvenile system into one that defies the traditional prison model.

Known as the Missouri model, the program focuses on therapy, comfortable living conditions and an emphasis on job training and education. Missouri's facilities are serving thousands of young offenders, and they are receiving national acclaim.

Each offender is placed in a small group of 10 to 15, assigned a case worker and sent to school during the day. Offenders also put on Shakespeare stage productions and play sports. They learn about teamwork through camping and rock climbing.

"Young people are really turning their lives around and becoming productive citizens," said Tim Decker, director of Missouri Division of Youth Services. "We've redefined what's possible in the juvenile justice system."

Several states including New Mexico, Louisiana, California and Virginia are trying to emulate the Missouri model. Washington's troubled juvenile detention center, Oak Hill Youth Center, which once housed some of the most serious teen offenders, was shut down in 2009 and rebuilt to copy the Missouri model.

Missouri has changed, too. The state once relied on a punitive system that warehoused offenders in harsh conditions. For nearly a century, the Missouri Training School for Boys in Boonville was a dark place known for beatings, rapes and even deaths. At one point, it was crammed with 650 offenders.

Even judges hesitated sending children to Boonville. It was closed in 1983 and transformed into an adult prison.

"We had a dysfunctional system and we had to change our mindset on how to best work with these kids," said Mark Steward, who helped pilot the Missouri model in the 1970s. Steward heads the Missouri Youth Services Institute, a consulting agency that helps other states implement the Missouri model.

Under the Missouri model, juveniles who commit minor crimes such as skipping school or trespassing are placed in low-security, renovated houses or cottages with 10 other kids. The small group size allows staffers to work more effectively with individual offenders.

Delinquents who commit violent crimes are placed in gated facilities that hold a maximum of 50 offenders but offer the same small group atmosphere and focus on rehabilitation. These offenders are broken into smaller groups and also receive counseling and go to school on site. Most juveniles work on community service projects during their stay.

Instead of serving sentences of weeks, months or years, a juvenile in Missouri can win release through good behavior and demonstrated progress.

Missouri officials say the small group size may be the reason why there hasn't been a suicide in their residences in 25 years. The federal government has reported hundreds of suicide incidents involving juveniles in confinement.

Critics argue the Missouri model's residential centers are too soft on juvenile delinquents and that some youths may never become law abiding citizens.

"There are victims who certainly feel more is needed to help the child fully understand the consequences of their actions," said Julie Lawson, executive director of Crime Victim Advocacy Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Lawson said some adult criminals may take advantage of a juvenile system that doesn't appear to be as punitive as the traditional juvenile model. Adult gang members may ask juveniles to take the blame if they know that the punishment won't be that harsh, she said.

Missouri's Youth Services Division staff admits that a small percentage of juveniles will continue breaking the law despite going through the program.

But some research on the Missouri Model has shown promising results. A recent analysis by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that about 9 percent of juveniles in Missouri get in trouble with the law again within three years of their release. By contrast, about 28 percent of Arizona's juvenile offenders were back in trouble within three years.

The program has survived scrutiny from tough-on-crime conservative leaders such as former Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft, who later served as attorney general in the Bush administration.

The Missouri model has saved the state billions of dollars, said George Lombardi, who heads the adult Department of Corrections. He credits the Missouri model's low recidivism rate with slowing prison population growth. As a result, the state didn't have to build three prisons.

More than 370 of the juveniles who went through the Division of Youth Services graduated from high school this year compared to just 40 children when the program began in earnest in 1983, according to state officials.

"I had wanted to go to college" said Kaitlyn Bullard, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Missouri. Bullard, a teen who abused alcohol was sent to a facility for girls in 2005 for behavioral problems."But I just never thought it would actually happen."

Today, she is planning to apply to law school.

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text: student

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text: up

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text: knew

text: I

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text: said

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text: is

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text: first

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text: his

text: family

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text: to

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text: he

text: 's

text: a

text: sophomore

text: studying

text: criminal

text: justice

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text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Central

text: Missouri

text: Barkley

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text: n't

text: scared

text: straight

text: He

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text: n't

text: packed

text: away

text: in

text: a

text: crowded

text: facility

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text: razor

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text: constant

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text: uniformed

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text: of

text: other

text: juveniles

text: Instead

text: he

text: was

text: sent

text: to

text: Waverly

text: Regional

text: Youth

text: Center

text: one

text: of

text: Missouri

text: 's

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text: facilities

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text: jail

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text: received

text: counseling

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text: schooling

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text: 's

text: juvenile

text: system

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text: often

text: criticized

text: for

text: corruption

text: and

text: abuse

text: Missouri

text: state

text: officials

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text: its

text: juvenile

text: justice

text: solution

text: has

text: saved

text: billions

text: of

text: dollars

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text: reduced

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: repeat

text: offenders

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text: last

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text: decades

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text: state

text: has

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text: its

text: juvenile

text: system

text: into

text: one

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text: traditional

text: prison

text: model

text: Known

text: as

text: the

text: Missouri

text: model

text: the

text: program

text: focuses

text: on

text: therapy

text: comfortable

text: living

text: conditions

text: and

text: an

text: emphasis

text: on

text: job

text: training

text: and

text: education

text: Missouri

text: 's

text: facilities

text: are

text: serving

text: thousands

text: of

text: young

text: offenders

text: and

text: they

text: are

text: receiving

text: national

text: acclaim

text: Each

text: offender

text: is

text: placed

text: in

text: a

text: small

text: group

text: of

text: to

text: assigned

text: a

text: case

text: worker

text: and

text: sent

text: to

text: school

text: during

text: the

text: day

text: Offenders

text: also

text: put

text: on

text: Shakespeare

text: stage

text: productions

text: and

text: play

text: sports

text: They

text: learn

text: about

text: teamwork

text: through

text: camping

text: and

text: rock

text: climbing

text: Young

text: people

text: are

text: really

text: turning

text: their

text: lives

text: around

text: and

text: becoming

text: productive

text: citizens

text: said

text: Tim

text: Decker

text: director

text: of

text: Missouri

text: Division

text: of

text: Youth

text: Services

text: We

text: 've

text: redefined

text: what

text: 's

text: possible

text: in

text: the

text: juvenile

text: justice

text: system

text: Several

text: states

text: including

text: New

text: Mexico

text: Louisiana

text: California

text: and

text: Virginia

text: are

text: trying

text: to

text: emulate

text: the

text: Missouri

text: model

text: Washington

text: 's

text: troubled

text: juvenile

text: detention

text: center

text: Oak

text: Hill

text: Youth

text: Center

text: which

text: once

text: housed

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: serious

text: teen

text: offenders

text: was

text: shut

text: down

text: in

text: and

text: rebuilt

text: to

text: copy

text: the

text: Missouri

text: model

text: Missouri

text: has

text: changed

text: too

text: The

text: state

text: once

text: relied

text: on

text: a

text: punitive

text: system

text: that

text: warehoused

text: offenders

text: in

text: harsh

text: conditions

text: For

text: nearly

text: a

text: century

text: the

text: Missouri

text: Training

text: School

text: for

text: Boys

text: in

text: Boonville

text: was

text: a

text: dark

text: place

text: known

text: for

text: beatings

text: rapes

text: and

text: even

text: deaths

text: At

text: one

text: point

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text: was

text: crammed

text: with

text: offenders

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text: sending

text: children

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text: Boonville

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text: was

text: closed

text: in

text: and

text: transformed

text: into

text: an

text: adult

text: prison

text: We

text: had

text: a

text: dysfunctional

text: system

text: and

text: we

text: had

text: to

text: change

text: our

text: mindset

text: on

text: how

text: to

text: best

text: work

text: with

text: these

text: kids

text: said

text: Mark

text: Steward

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text: helped

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text: Missouri

text: model

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text: the

text: Steward

text: heads

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text: Missouri

text: Youth

text: Services

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text: consulting

text: agency

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text: helps

text: other

text: states

text: implement

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text: Missouri

text: model

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text: Missouri

text: model

text: juveniles

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text: commit

text: minor

text: crimes

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text: school

text: or

text: trespassing

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text: security

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text: other

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text: group

text: size

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text: and

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text: work

text: on

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text: service

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text: stay

text: Instead

text: of

text: serving

text: sentences

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text: weeks

text: months

text: or

text: years

text: a

text: juvenile

text: in

text: Missouri

text: can

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text: demonstrated

text: progress

text: Missouri

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text: small

text: group

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text: reason

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text: federal

text: government

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text: hundreds

text: of

text: suicide

text: incidents

text: involving

text: juveniles

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text: confinement

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text: Missouri

text: model

text: 's

text: residential

text: centers

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text: too

text: soft

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text: juvenile

text: delinquents

text: and

text: that

text: some

text: youths

text: may

text: never

text: become

text: law

text: abiding

text: citizens

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text: are

text: victims

text: who

text: certainly

text: feel

text: more

text: is

text: needed

text: to

text: help

text: the

text: child

text: fully

text: understand

text: the

text: consequences

text: of

text: their

text: actions

text: said

text: Julie

text: Lawson

text: executive

text: director

text: of

text: Crime

text: Victim

text: Advocacy

text: Center

text: in

text: St.

text: Louis

text: Missouri

text: Lawson

text: said

text: some

text: adult

text: criminals

text: may

text: take

text: advantage

text: of

text: a

text: juvenile

text: system

text: that

text: does

text: n't

text: appear

text: to

text: be

text: as

text: punitive

text: as

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text: traditional

text: juvenile

text: model

text: Adult

text: gang

text: members

text: may

text: ask

text: juveniles

text: to

text: take

text: the

text: blame

text: if

text: they

text: know

text: that

text: the

text: punishment

text: wo

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text: harsh

text: she

text: said

text: Missouri

text: 's

text: Youth

text: Services

text: Division

text: staff

text: admits

text: that

text: a

text: small

text: percentage

text: of

text: juveniles

text: will

text: continue

text: breaking

text: the

text: law

text: despite

text: going

text: through

text: the

text: program

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text: some

text: research

text: on

text: the

text: Missouri

text: Model

text: has

text: shown

text: promising

text: results

text: A

text: recent

text: analysis

text: by

text: the

text: Annie

text: E.

text: Casey

text: Foundation

text: found

text: that

text: about

text: percent

text: of

text: juveniles

text: in

text: Missouri

text: get

text: in

text: trouble

text: with

text: the

text: law

text: again

text: within

text: three

text: years

text: of

text: their

text: release

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text: contrast

text: about

text: percent

text: of

text: Arizona

text: 's

text: juvenile

text: offenders

text: were

text: back

text: in

text: trouble

text: within

text: three

text: years

text: The

text: program

text: has

text: survived

text: scrutiny

text: from

text: tough

text: on

text: crime

text: conservative

text: leaders

text: such

text: as

text: former

text: Missouri

text: Gov.

text: John

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text: who

text: later

text: served

text: as

text: attorney

text: general

text: in

text: the

text: Bush

text: administration

text: The

text: Missouri

text: model

text: has

text: saved

text: the

text: state

text: billions

text: of

text: dollars

text: said

text: George

text: Lombardi

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text: heads

text: the

text: adult

text: Department

text: of

text: Corrections

text: He

text: credits

text: the

text: Missouri

text: model

text: 's

text: low

text: recidivism

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text: slowing

text: prison

text: population

text: growth

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text: a

text: result

text: the

text: state

text: did

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: build

text: three

text: prisons

text: More

text: than

text: of

text: the

text: juveniles

text: who

text: went

text: through

text: the

text: Division

text: of

text: Youth

text: Services

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text: from

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text: school

text: this

text: year

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text: to

text: just

text: children

text: when

text: the

text: program

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text: in

text: earnest

text: in

text: according

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text: state

text: officials

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text: had

text: wanted

text: to

text: go

text: to

text: college

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text: old

text: senior

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text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Missouri

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question: What don't the juvenile residents have?

answer: constant guard of uniformed officers with billy clubs

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question: What does the group use to treat the offenders?

answer: rehabilitation.

text: rehabilitation.

question: What is the Missouri model?

answer: the program focuses on therapy, comfortable living conditions and an emphasis on job training and education.

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question: What does the Missouri model use?

answer: therapy, comfortable living conditions and an emphasis on job training and education.

text: therapy, comfortable living conditions and an emphasis on job training and education.

question: What percentage of youth re-offend?

answer: a small

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question: How many of Missouri youth re-offend?

answer: 9 percent

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(CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the international space station early Wednesday, completing a three-day orbital chase.

"Capture confirmed," the Johnson Space Center in Houston said at 12:06 a.m. ET.

The delicate docking maneuver took place while both spacecraft were circling the globe at about 17,500 mph (28,165 km/h).

Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Monday.

During the two-week mission, the six-member crew will deliver an Italian-built Tranquility node and a seven-windowed cupola to the station, which will be used as a control room for robotics. The mission also will include three spacewalks.

The space station will be about 90 percent complete once the node and cupola are added, NASA said.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Space travel, security threats and increasing passenger numbers are forcing major changes in the way airports are designed.

Elegant space: the interior of the proposed Virgin Galactic spaceport in New Mexico

In fact, when discussing the future of the airport it is now appropriate to consider both conventional air travel hubs we are familiar with, as well as the imminent 'spaceports'.

The rush of interest in setting up 'space tourism' companies has seen proposed spaceport projects in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Alaska and Wisconsin in the United States. Russia, Australia, Sweden and Portugal have also been rumored as potential spaceport locations.

Meanwhile, the air travel industry is continuing to expand operations despite the challenges facing some airlines.

And there are some radical new ideas being developed for future air and spaceports.  See a picture gallery of futuristic airport and spaceport designs Â»

The adventurous views of Dave Evans, chief technologist at business solutions company Cisco Systems, highlight the types of changes we could soon see in airports and indeed the new features we may witness in spaceports.

Speaking at a FAA/NASA/Industry Airport Planning Workshop in 2006, Evans suggested that pilots of the future could fly without hands and from the comfort of their own home (using brain-machine interfaces, in which the human brain actually exchanges electronic signals with a computer).

He also said future airports would have virtual intelligence personnel to perform the jobs of many airport workers; and that people would be able to check-in remotely using a cell phone embedded with a RFID (radio frequency identification) chip.

But what will these new airports and spaceports look like?

Graeme Johns, who is an architect at British airport design company, The Design Solution, believes airports of the future will continue to expand, with bigger security and commercial areas.

Johns, who is involved in projects in London (the new Heathrow T2 terminal), Delhi, Mumbai, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Oman, said many new airports were being more adventurous with designs.

"I think there is definitely a move towards more avant-garde designs. People are trying to do things more site-specific rather than keeping to the same old formula.

"Definitely in the Middle East they throw everything at it, also in the Far East there are some large developments. They are all vying for transit passages," he said.

Johns said one of the biggest challenges was balancing commercial space with operational space.

"There's lots of pressure to make larger security areas ... but a big thing for us is trying to move up the commercial side of airports."

Future airports would likely include a better range of shops, he said.

"We are definitely looking at broadening the offering of shops and bringing in things that haven't traditionally been in airports," John said.

If all of this isn't exciting enough for you -- then of course there are spaceports.

Internationally renowned design company Foster and Partners won a competition to build Virgin Galactic's spaceport in New Mexico.

Company founder Lord Norman Foster said the project was one of the most exciting and futuristic he had been involved in

"This technically complex building will not only provide a dramatic experience for the astronauts and visitors, but will set an ecologically sound model for future spaceport facilities."

And what will this magnificent new structure include?

A tunneled entrance, a 'super-hangar' for the space-craft, and retaining walls that form an exhibition documenting the history of space exploration alongside the story of the region, are just some of the features.

So whether or not you have the money to make the space flight, Virgin Galactic's spaceport is going to be a place well worth visiting.

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(CNN) -- World number four Andy Murray continued his superb end of season form, coming back from a set down to beat top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal in the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo on Sunday.

Murray won last week's Thailand Open, as well as last month's Cincinnati Masters, but he looked to be on course for a sixth successive loss against world number two Nadal when the Spaniard powered through the opening set.

But Murray turned things around in devastating style, taking the second set and then outplaying 10-times major champion Nadal in the decider, allowing his opponent just four points in the whole set, to complete an impressive 3-6 6-2 6-0 success.

It was Murray's 21st win from his last 22 matches, his only defeat in that time coming to Nadal in the semifinals of the U.S. Open, and ensured he closed the gap to third-ranked Roger Federer ahead of next week's Shanghai Masters tournament in China.

Murray told the official ATP Tour website: "I've played well in the last few months in Cincinnati and then the U.S. Open and I now need to carry on that form into Shanghai.

"I need to keep up the wins and hopefully I'll get to the No. 3 ranking. It's not the ultimate goal, but it's the target I set myself for the last few tournaments of the year."

He added: "It had to be some of the best tennis I have ever played in the third set. I've played some good matches against Rafa in the past but it was just very consistent. I didn't make too many mistakes and played well at important moments," he added.

Nadal, who is again seeded to meet Murray in the final in Shanghai, conceded that his opponent was too strong for him on the day.

"Andy's serve worked fantastic at important moments. He played unbelievable and made no mistakes in the third set when he played very aggressive and hit a lot of winners."

Meanwhile, Czech Tomas Berdych claimed his first ATP Tour title in nearly two-and-a-half years with a 3-6 6-4 6-1 success over Croat Marin Cilic in the final of the China Open in Beijing.

Third seed Berdych was securing his sixth career title but his first since winning on the clay courts of Munich in May 2009.

In the women's final, 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland overcame a second set hiccup to defeat Andrea Petkovic of Germany, seeded nine, 7-5 0-6 6-4 to claim her seventh career title.

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Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- To most people these days, an "app" is something you download on your smartphone to help you do a specific task -- say, find a good nearby restaurant.

But big tech companies, seeing how applications have boosted the appeal of gadgets such as Apple's iPhone, are starting to view apps as low-cost enhancements for a broader range of products, from netbooks to TVs and beyond.

At the International Consumer Electronics Show here this week, microchip maker Intel launched an app store geared towards netbook computers. Not to be outdone, Samsung announced it will open its own app store for HDTVs, Blu-ray players and mobile phones.

Even unlikely players such as Ford Motor Co. are getting in on the app act. Ford announced Thursday that several applications, including one that will read aloud Twitter tweets while you're driving, will be available on many of its vehicles later this year.

What's driving this sudden app movement?

"Mobile computer chips have gotten so powerful and affordable, and it's so easy to get on the Internet, that it doesn't make much sense to ship a gadget with dedicated, stagnant functionality," said Brian X. Chen, who covers technology for Wired.com.

"Add an Internet connection and a software platform open for third-party programmers to develop for -- i.e., open an app store -- and you can enhance the capabilities of a gadget, thus future-proofing it, at no cost."

Sales of the apps, which typically cost a few dollars apiece, also create a new source of revenue for the device's manufacturer, Chen said. And consumers win, too: They get more value out of their product without having to keep buying new hardware.

Software applications have been around for decades, but it took the recent success of the iPhone and Apple's App Store -- with their can-do slogan, "there's an app for that" -- to make apps sexy on the consumer level.

Developers have created more than 100,000 apps for the store -- at no cost to Apple, which takes a cut of revenues. Less than 18 months after the store launched in 2008, owners of the iPhone and iPod Touch have downloaded more than 3 billion applications.

Rival smartphone makers such as Palm and Research in Motion soon followed with app stores of their own. It's now standard for Web properties such as Facebook, Google and eBay to have mobile apps that let users share updates or make purchases on the go.

The number of people who use Internet-enabled mobile devices is expected to pass 1 billion by 2013, according to industry analysts, meaning that demand for apps will only grow. And as more people grow accustomed to using apps to quickly check the weather or send a tweet on Twitter, more manufacturers will develop apps-ready products, experts say.

On Thursday Intel launched a beta version of its app store, called the Intel AppUp center, for netbooks, the smaller, simpler cousins of laptops. About 100 apps, in such categories as entertainment, games, health, social networking, are now available for download at www.intelappup.com.

The beta store will host apps for both Microsoft Windows and the open-source Moblin operating system, which target the popular netbook computer category powered by Intel's Atom processor.

"Apps have been defined in people's minds as these little things that run on the iPhone. Our focus is on getting lots of smart people to think of the netbook as a device they can target [for developing apps]," said Peter Biddle, who run's Intel's Atom software program.

Eventually, Intel and its partners expect to expand the store to include applications for smartphones, TVs and even consumer electronic appliances.

Meanwhile, Samsung is betting that as television merges with the Internet, more channel-surfers will enjoy being able to order a movie from Netflix or scroll through photos on Picasa without having to leave their couch.

Samsung is calling Samsung Apps "the world's first HDTV-based application store," although it's not expected to launch until later this year. Samsung has opened the store to third-party developers and hopes to have more than 150 apps available for download by the end of 2010. Many content partners have already signed up.

"There's going to be an application for everything," said Samsung product training manager Jermain Anderson, who envisions guys sitting around a living room, playing Texas hold 'em poker on a big-screen TV while holding their virtual cards on their smartphones.

Suddenly, a TV becomes more than a TV -- it's also a computer screen and a gaming console.

"The idea is to make everyone's life more convenient without them having to go to more than one place to do it," Anderson said. "Down the road, the app store will bring a lot of different Samsung products together."

Soon, apps will even be coming to the highway. Ford has signed agreements with three partners: the Pandora music service, Stitcher Internet radio and OpenBeak, which helps users send and receive messages via Twitter. Drivers will not be able to read the tweets on the dashboard -- instead, a computer voice will say them aloud.

The three apps would live on users' smartphones but would be controlled in the vehicle through Ford's SYNC system, which allows motorists to operate mobile devices through voice commands or steering-wheel controls. The apps will be available later this year for any Ford vehicle with a SYNC system.

"When we saw the apps craze ... [we realized] there's a consumer demand there," said Alan Hall, a technology communications manager at Ford. Hall was quick to say that Ford would not approve apps -- such as video games -- that might distract the driver.

"Apps are becoming the norm for how people quickly and easily access the information they want," Hall added. "People are used to getting information on demand. They have a digital life outside the car -- they should have a digital life inside the car."

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question: What products are companies making apps available too?

answer: netbooks to TVs and beyond.

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question: When will Ford make apps available for new vehicles?

answer: later this year.

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answer: netbook computers.

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answer: later this year.

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question: Where did Intel launch their new app store for netbooks?

answer: At the International Consumer Electronics Show

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(CNN) -- Facetime with Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates Airlines talks strategy and adresses rumours about the airline.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates Airlines is at the center of Dubai's aviation industry. As the world witnesses an unprecedented economic downturn, Emirates has embarked on a $4 billion expansion plan. MME speaks to Sheikh Ahmed to find out about his strategy, and address rumors about the airline itself.

In focus -- Risky business

Northern Iraq holds great potential, which is largely underdeveloped and the country is thirsting for investors. But, there are risks, with the potential for conflict on three fronts. There are other risks too, according to Herish Mohammed, Head of the Board of Investment of the Kurdish Controlled Region -- an ancient banking system, lack of insurance policies and corruption. But as one American entrepreneur put it -- it's not just about the money, it's about the adventure.

Watch the show this week at the times (GMT) below:

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(CNN) -- African-American farmers hoping for government settlement money in a racial bias case met with lawmakers Wednesday and called on Congress to come up with a way to fund the $1 billion deal.

Litigation known as the Pigford Case established a longstanding pattern of discrimination at the U.S. Agriculture Department against African-American farmers who had applied for farm loans and support from federal programs.

Under the terms of an involved process overseen by a federal judge and dating to 1999, qualified farmers could receive $50,000 each to settle claims of racial bias. In addition, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said those farmers may pursue a claim for actual damages from the bias and potentially receive up to $250,000.

Ralph Paige, executive director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, said Wednesday that he believed that Congress was "very close" to coming up with a way to pay the settlement, which covers as many as 80,000 African-American farmers.

"These farmers have suffered much, much too long, and it's time that this thing get behind us. We can settle Pigford once and for all and send a clear message to the country that we are on the right track as a nation," Paige said at news conference.

"We're talking about much more than the money. We are talking about remedying past discrimination," Paige said.

A March 31 deadline to appropriate the funds has passed, and farmers now may withdraw from the settlement and pursue independent litigation against the government. Congress now has a target date of the end of May to come up with a plan.

"We spend a billion dollars on a jet to go bomb somebody. We're talking about a billion dollars to help feed our country, and I just don't see why Congress and the president can't go ahead and find [the funds]. It is an emergency," said Gary Grant, with the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association.

Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, said there is a "total commitment" from President Obama and the majority party in the House and Senate to make sure the settlement is taken care of. Butterfield represents his state's First Congressional District, which is home to Timothy Pigford, who filed the class-action lawsuit more than a decade ago.

Butterfield said lawmakers need to work out how to pay for the settlement under the PAYGO rule, meaning Congress must balance any increased spending with equal savings elsewhere. The other option would be to designate the settlement as an emergency, which would be exempt from PAYGO.

Lawmakers are looking for an appropriate piece of legislation in which to include the settlement to avoid adding to the deficit, Butterfield said.

"If we cannot find the appropriate vehicle, then I would certainly support declaring this settlement as a national emergency and adding it to the next supplemental that may be on the House floor," he said.

Farmers have until May 31 to withdraw from the pending class-action settlement and pursue an independent claim against the government if they feel their chances would be better for a payout. If they choose to stay in the class, they will wait as a group to apply for the promised monetary damages.

Vilsack has said there's no question the damages are due for African-American farmers. In a statement last week, he said, "I have met with and talked to key stakeholders and members of Congress reiterating the administration's ongoing efforts to close this chapter in the history of the department."

CNN's Paul Courson and Kristi Keck contributed to this report.

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question: What do advocates want lawmakers to do?

answer: come up with a way to fund the $1 billion deal.

text: come up with a way to fund the $1 billion deal.

question: What does lawsuit say?

answer: Litigation known as the Pigford Case established a longstanding pattern of discrimination at the U.S. Agriculture Department against African-American farmers who had applied for farm loans and support from federal programs.

text: Litigation known as the Pigford Case established a longstanding pattern of discrimination at the U.S. Agriculture Department against African-American farmers who had applied for farm loans and support from federal programs.

question: what is the payment plan for

answer: racial bias case

text: racial bias case

question: What does Butterfield say?

answer: there is a "total commitment" from President Obama and the majority party in the House and Senate to make sure the settlement is taken care of.

text: there is a "total commitment" from President Obama and the majority party in the House and Senate to make sure the settlement is taken care of.