... needed medical attention - a fact that prosecutors are calling an attempt at a cover-up (Los Angeles Times). Jackson's security guard, Alberto Alvarez, took the stand against Murray, claiming that when he walked in the room, he saw Jackson's lifeless body on the floor and Murray acting incompetent. Murray made a half-hearted attempt at CPR, according to Alvarez, who reported that Murray was using one hand ... sporadically while Jackson was lying on his mattress, a soft surface. Murray then asked, "Does anybody know CPR?" although he was the doctor on hand. Murray then calmly told Alvare...

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... Why can't our children breathe? What is happening in our world to make the very air they need all but toxic to them? According to an article in Time magazine one culprit is undoubtedly global warming. Global warming increases the amount of carbon dioxide in our air. While that is good news for plants since they breathe in carbon dioxide, it's bad news for our children ... growth. Our children's respiratory systems, already struggling to take in oxygen are being forced to filter pollen heavy air as well. Perhaps it's no wonder that 250,000 asthma related deaths are reported to the World...

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... a $5 monthly fee on Thursday, September 29th, Bank of America has received great backlash from the angered customers. In fact, Bank of America, which is the largest bank in America by deposits, saw its stock plummet 2 percent on Friday morning, adding to the 56 percent decrease the bank's stock has experienced this year. Shares are down 44 percent for the quarter. Additionally, the bank faces multibillion-dollar lawsuits and financial losses ... , as well as on cable news channels. Gerri Willis from the Fox Business Network personal shredded her own Bank of America debit card on air, cla...

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... rebel forces had become aggressive toward Georgian cities, Russian troops had slowly been building a huge presence in the region. On August 8, in response to air raids on South Ossetia by Georgia that killed hundreds of civilians, Russia marched full force into South Ossetia and not only chased the Georgian troops out of the state, but also invaded Georgia and embarked on a bitter four-day killing spree that included ... air raids and bombings and displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians while raising civilian death and injury tolls into the thousands. The cause of the conflict goes...

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... the pollutant, they can irritate the lungs, interfere with the supply of oxygen to parts of the body, or further complicate heart and lung issues. So What Are You Breathing? Some of the offending substances are carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide. All of these can contribute to the problems listed above. Of course, all of this depends upon the amount of each substance in the air, how long you are exposed to the levels you come in ... contact with, and any pre-existing condition, such as a lung disease or any heart problems. A pre-existing condition could leave you more...

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Believing himself to be a victim of a smear campaign, presidential candidate Herman Cain suddenly recalled the financial settlement he was a part of years before. In the late 1990's, as the head of the National Restaurant Association, Cain battled two sexual harassment claims involving two different women, although he later remembered the first accusation and denies remembering the second accusation altogether (Oliphant). "My general counsel said this started out where (an ... told Fox News (Grinberg). Cain told Politico that he did not recall such an instance, but when pressed later by radi...

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... allows users to essentially create their own radio stations. Surfing the stations for a good song just went out of style. Can't live without Facebook or Flickr? The iPhone caters to all you social butterflies, too. These social media sources and others are available right in the palm of your hand, so you can take your network of friends, family and colleagues right along with you. And ... you thought having a laptop made your life mobile! The iPhone has made the globe just a little bit smaller, too. In a successful effort to keep pace with the "trend to optimize geographic locations for ...

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... Put Into Practice Geothermal heat pumps in Manhattan that provide heating and cooling for buildings may cost a little more than the usual heating and air conditioning systems initially but end up paying for themselves. The reduced cost of running and maintaining a geothermal pump, as opposed to traditional means of heating and cooling, saves money in the long run and are better for the environment. They provide clean running energy ... . By observing the positive results that those who have already implemented such ... ...

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... attorneys are pressing for a life sentence without parole because of Sowell's mental instability. However, experts believe that it will be difficult for the jury to sympathize with Sowell because of his standoff attitude during the trial. While the jury was plagued with pictures of the dead bodies bruised and battered and then dumped around the house and yard in trash bags. Mary Myers, a psychologist, retired police ... captain, and teacher at the University of Akron, believes that the jurors will not "buy that he ... exactly what he was doing, just like he sat there in that courtroom a...

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... red sludge, Zoltan Bakonyi, is being questioned on the suspicion of public endangerment causing multiple deaths and environmental damage (Yahoo! News). The sludge burst from its reservoir last week, killing eight people. The European Union and environmental groups are worried that the sludge could spread down the Danube River, resulting in long-term consequences for many nations. Emergency workers are currently trying to build temporary barriers to ... slow down the sludge before it reaches the Danube River. They will then scoop out as much as possible. The idea is that the sludge will ...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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... Colleen McMahon after a three-hour hearing in a Manhattan federal court. "The government came upon a man incapable of committing an act of terrorism on his own. I have never heard anything like the facts of this case" (Messana). The men planned to plant the IEDs near two synagogues in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. They also planned to shoot down military aircraft stationed at the Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York using Stinger surface ... -to-air missiles. However, they were given the missile by the informant and never purchased more for themselves. Four men were ... ...

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... the U.S. Open coverage on NBC Sunday, the network aired a controversial, patriotic montage that showed children saying the Pledge of Allegiance. To the disgust of many of the viewers, NBC edited the words "under God" and "indivisible" in the first version and omitted "one nation" as well in the second version. Within hours, social media outlets were flooded with outraged viewers protesting against NBC's omission. NBC's announcer publicly apologized on-air just three hours after the ... montage aired, highlighting the large number of protests they received online. The announcer said the ...

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... its leader, Osama bin Laden. After the Taliban regrouped from the initial attack just weeks after the September 11 tragedy, they fought back against the government, U.S. troops, and other Western allies in Afghanistan. After the recent capture of bin Laden, Karzai began pushing peace talks, although his efforts had not yet allowed the government and insurgents to meet, but representatives have been in touch (Graham-Harrison). "Peace talks are going ... on with the Taliban. The foreign military and especially the United States itself is going ahead with these negotiations," Karzai said d...

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... week. Many of the Republican Party presidential candidates demand that the U.S. quit fighting in Libya and question the depth of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. However, the opposing side of the Republican Party criticizes the growing isolationist agenda within the party, resulting in a widening division among the once unified party on foreign policy issues (Parsons). The controversy sparked just after a NATO airstrike went tragically astray, killing nine people and injuring 18. The air raid missed the intended target of a military missile ... 's four-decade rule. Even after 11,500 NATO...

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... where the air was clean, everyone who wanted a job had one, our manufacturing base was rebuilt and working on producing green energy products. He saw our schools gaining the status as the best in the world, and our children having every opportunity to pursue higher education. He saw us all driving fuel efficient or hybrid cars, or taking the new high speed rails that would be the base of the ... mass transit system he was in favor of. He saw the rich no longer lining their pockets off of the misery of the middle class. He saw an ... and for all, and punish those who would desert Americ...

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... rape, a shadow hanging over them. Their lives have in fact been forever tainted. This group of the original civil rights activists did what they had to do... in the 60's and 70's. And they were right to do so...then. But they live in the past as their rush to judgement clearly shows. Fear does indeed play a role in the prospect of a Barack Obama presidency. But let's examine it more ... of Barack Obama are questionable when he supports sex education for 5 year olds in kindergarten. Before you say that it was only because it would teach children about sexual predators, look at the facts....

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... many have realized, food prices at grocery stores across the country are increasing out of control. This is due to increased shipping costs from the higher fuel prices. Because of this, many have returned to buying certain things locally. Food grown in a person's home town doesn't have the added shipping fees, and 'produce' is one of the main commodities benefiting in the economy. Local farmers have always struggled due to ... customers are not confined to one area, so they incur large shipping fees that they then pass on to their customers, the grocery stores, in the form of higher pri...

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... as a continuing crisis or problem in Turkey. Without a doubt, the events of yesterday were extraordinary in their own right, but it is all back on track. It is not right to speak of a vacuum," he said (Tuysuz). Three of the men who resigned were the commanders of the air force, army, and navy. All were also part of a group of soldiers, approximately 250 in number, who are suspected of plotting coups and are currently awaiting ... trial. Although these three were also scheduled to retire in a month, they were also up for promotion. However ... ...

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... with less competition for market share, will also have to face laying off more and more of their employees the longer the recession continues. As 2009 begins to unfold, the retail industry could see a dramatic decrease in its workforce. Starting with part-time workers and trickling down to those in full-time employment, the risk of losing one`s job will be a very real threat to more and more ... go shopping again, could easily run up a considerable amount of debt, having the opposite effect on the economy than that which is desired. The holiday season may be over, but our collective mon...

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... Street regulations. Although Corzine has not been accused of any wrongdoing just yet, as head of the brokerage firm, it is his duty to assess and manage customer accounts each and every day (Protess). "It's kind of considered the third rail of the brokerage industry that when you're holding your customers' funds in their names, you don't touch them - even in an emergency situation when you're running short ... of cash," said Darrel Duffie, a Stanford University Graduate School of Business professor (Brush). Corzine originally took the head job at MF Global after unsuccessfully running f...

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... Al-Samaee, a leading youth activist in Taiz. "Killing innocent civilians always leads to war crime charges and that is what we are seeking for Saleh" (Jamjoom). The day before, 21 Yemeni soldiers were killed when Yemen's air force dropped bombs on the city of 20,000 near the Gulf of Aden (Sudam). Fighting raged on Sunday in Zinjibar, prompting government forces to launch airstrikes ... against Islamic militants. Furthermore, the nation's largest cell phone network, SABAFON, was ordered to shut ... down reportedly because of violations and unpaid fines over the past few years. However, ...

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... Bryan Almonte, all 17; and Brian Cepeda, 16. They were arraigned on hate crime charges. They were seen in the courtroom with their heads down as their relatives wept. The charges they face include robbery, assault, sexual abuse, and unlawful imprisonment as hate crimes. None of the eight entered a plea. Peitars and Caraballo were granted bail at $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash while ... attorneys, Paul Horowitz and Fred Bittlingmeyer, represented all eight suspects at the hearing, although they do not expect to represent all eight during the entire process (The Berkshire Eagle). A ninth s...

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... voice to raise a stink. Their sets will merely become trash. One overall affect, then of the decision to do away with analog television for the United States is that landfills will pick up about 6 million energy hogging televisions and over the course of a few years, electronic sellers will benefit from a boom in the sales of converter boxes and new televisions. Television is a privilege, not a right. Change is coming ... , and as the car replaced the horse, and faster cars replaced the model T, change is on the horizon for television. Its affect will make TV better. Information will tra...

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... the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated our everyday lives in countless ways: We bank online, we shop online, we work online, and we form social relationships online. And, in the presidential race of ... 2008, Americans got political online. The Internet gave voters a new, direct link to their candidates. News giant CNN and pop-culture porta...

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