Second, the GAO confirmed that amending the good time credit statute to require that inmates serve no more than 85% of the sentence would better calibrate actual time served with the assumptions underlying the sentencing guidelines consulted at sentencing.

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In publishing logs of his credit card spending, the council confirmed Lord Hanningfield had been able to sign off his own spending.

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As Mike pointed out and we confirmed, the biggest contributor to growth in consumer credit in December was government consumer loans, most of which are student loans.

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Dyfed-Powys Police had earlier confirmed the two men were questioned over allegations of the theft of credit card information.

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He confirmed there are no special discounts but that Delta did give passengers a 300-mile credit for the reservation, and call-center agents get points toward perks.

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