... the case of the anthrax killer have yet to reach a satisfactory conclusion. Narrowing It Down To catch the killer, the FBI subpoenaed samples of a particular strain of anthrax from labs around the world. They examined these samples for four mutations that would help identify a match to the ... strain that was used to kill five people in 2001. The first sample received ... from Dr. Bruce Ivins was not properly submitted and was destroyed. He was required to give a second sample, but this sample was of a different anthrax strain than the ... Director Vahid Majidi admits that missteps were...

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... is interesting, as it shows how an individual can be lost in a group, losing his individuality and ultimately his life. The idea of this dream as the opposite of what one might imagine or dream of when they think of war and patriotism is just as important to note, as is ... the idea of sleeping and losing oneself by retreating from rational, lucid thought. The narrator in lines 5 and 6 uses both the nightmare allegory and the allusion to losing oneself in the ... battle march. "Men marched asleep...all went lame, all blind." The sleep then is part of the transformation of a soldier, .....

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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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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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... television no matter where you are. Some offer a GPS navigational system to help you find driving directions. Of course, many people would be lost without the option to text their friends and family, as well. Cell phones have become a part of people, a way to establish a unique identity. It's not ... and more. Some people even choose to personalize their key pad with different colors and options for each number on the phone. A cell phone is now such an integrated part of society, it is almost abnormal for someone not to own one. Unfortunately, cell phones have impacted society in a nega...

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... them know that you are going back to school and how this will affect your work. Will you need a special schedule? Will this schooling make you more valuable to the company? Playing up this angle will make for an employer who is glad to do whatever it takes to help you succeed. You will also have to talk to your family or ... the important people in your life. How will this affect them? How are you going to make sure that you set aside quality time just for them? What can they do to support you? Including them and letting them know that you will need ... work and at school while trying ...

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... Congress. He will run for the Democratic Party in the special election scheduled for September 13th. Weprin is a current New York Assemblyman who formerly served as a member of the New York City council. Last year, he was elected to the state Assembly but failed in his campaign for city comptroller in 2009 (Carnia). "It is expected that David Weprin will be unanimously supported by the Democratic parties of Brooklyn ... and Queens," said Evan Stavisky (Koplowitz). Weprin will meet with Queens Democrats on July 7th to file paperwork announcing him as the Party's official pick. Weprin ear...

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... - it's a lot of hoopla over a bang that will likely be less than a fizzle. That's likely what lawmakers had in mind when they enacted the law that requires television stations to make the switch which has been rescheduled for June 12, 2009. While certainly 6.5 million households that now receive signal via antennae rather than from satellite or cable will turn on their sets ... 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...

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... of American youth. The message in the music altered the way its fans thought, spoke, and behaved. The result: A generation of young people who think that gangbanging, violence, the degradation of women and a life of crime is what the cool crowd does. The music is no longer about the music, the story, and the enjoyment of a good beat. Being a fan of dancehall music is now about a reverence for the life it portrays ... . And unfortunately, it's not a life to which most of us would want our children to aspire. The dangerous effects of the dancehall culture aren't just on boys, either ... . ...

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... Britain, in October of 2007, a London High Court judge in an uncommon ruling on what secondary school children could be shown in the classroom determined there were nine key errors in scientific fact. Mr. Justice Burton was quoted as saying that some of these points he determined ... as untrue had been "in the context of alarmism and exaggeration," according to The Times Online Edition of October 11, 2007. However, a look at recent news seems to show that Mr. Gore's ... the "tip of the iceberg." The Associated Press reported on August 27 of this year that "sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is ...

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... the personal physician of the late Michael Jackson, took a turn for the worse after the 911 call was played to jurors on September 29th. Murray chose not to call for an ambulance for nearly thirty minutes after he first realized that Jackson 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 ... ...

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Millions of hotels across the United States nonchalantly discard their visitors' once-used bars of soap every day. In fact, hundreds of millions of soap bars are discarded each year in North American alone. As relatively wealthy Americans, no has thought anything of it - until Derreck Kayongo launched the Global Soap Project (Ruffins). The project began in the early 1990s after Kayongo's first hotel stay in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Ugandan native panicked when he noticed his bathroom soap was being replenished every day despite the fact that he only got one or two uses out of the bars (...

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... in 2007 that there were roughly 1,706,600 minor children in the U. S. living without a parent due to the parent's prison stay. The statistics, also include (from surveys) information on the amount of time these children are in contact with their incarcerated parent, sources of financial contributions to the children's households, caregiver information for the children and more. This type of data can help in ... reducing risk of recidivism due to the desire of incarcerated parents to reunite with their children and other information provided in the BJS can point to issues that may further...

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We are a gadget-loving society. And with the recent launch of the iPhone onto the market, our addiction has only gotten worse. For true believers, the iPhone is much more than "just" a phone, however. This product is changing the way the world - or much of it - lives. The new 3G iPhone even has those non-techies among us are abuzz about this new toy, thanks to its user-friendly ... platform and kaleidoscope of applications to suit every need. Pandora, for example, is a new music application that allows users to essentially create their own radio stations. Surfing the stations for a good song ...

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... addictive. It is commonly used as a recreational drug for the intense euphoria it induces. Once the person becomes addictive to heroin, due to person's tolerance, it becomes harder and harder to achieve the same euphoria. This is where the vicious cycle starts, the addict "lives to use and uses to live." Obtaining their drug is the most important thing in addict's mind and life. ... re-synthesized it 23 years later. Hoffman works with the Bayer, a pharmaceutical company in Germany. Hoffman was tasked to produce codeine, which is less potent and addictive, however, the experiment produced ...

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... home countries to train in a place that is foreign to them? The answer can be found in general expertise, the desire to train with the best in a particular sport, and even an attempt to escape persecution. A Matter Of Expertise Many foreign athletes flock to the U.S. to train because of the reputation that the U.S has for expertise in Olympic sport in general. Its overall history of being a ... major competitor in the Olympics and supporting its athletes draws foreign athletes who wish to learn from this tradition and benefit from this support. In ... many cases, the facilities for tra...

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... fix it? What Are Carbon Credits? Carbon credits are a unique idea wherein companies could be held responsible for the production of greenhouse gasses. They set targets for emissions and if they fail to reach said targets then they purchase extra carbon credits to bridge the gap. This program is a clear incentive for companies to monitor and attempt to decrease their contributions to greenhouse gasses and ... they were to exceed that limit then they would have to pay for more credits. However, if all credits were not used then the individual would be compensated for the leftover credits....

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... , neither of them having likely seen the white of an enemy's eyes in battle. To say Grant "fought" was to say that men fought for him, men that knew full well the costs that might be incurred, who knew well the general's penchant for creating bloodbaths in battle. Still, they fought. They fought, not for the chain of command, but for the leader. When Eisenhower sent troops to storm ... the beaches of Normandy, he knew full well that thousands were never coming ... because of complete trust in an inspired and inspiring leader. History books are filled with the stories of brave men who fo...

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... (or nearly everything) you previously did with your old software. The fact that the code is available for everyone has another advantage - the bugs and security problems are fixed faster because there is a large community of programmers all over the world who work on these problems. Because of that these programs stay stable and secure for the end-users. And finally, if you have any problems you ... can ask for help from the community of users and developers of these programs and usually you should get help quickly. On ... the other side, not everything is great about the open-source a...

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... CNN and pop-culture portal YouTube collaborated on two debates between the candidates, so that potential votes could ask the candidates the questions they wanted answered. Never before has that been done. Because YouTube is such an enormously popular website across a diverse demographic and because the new arrangement allowed for the people's voices to be heard, more and more people got ... involved. People who wouldn't have normally watched a traditional debate, where the questions are pre-determined by political ... experts tuned in to hear the candidates weigh in on what the America...

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... , as most will remember, is a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics, and is often found in hospitals and other health facilities. The new initiative is a plan to reach out to the general public in the places that they communicate most in an effort to give everyone a better understanding of how MRSA is spread, how to prevent it, and what to ... , and using various other media sources to get the word out. It is the belief of CDC as well as other medical personnel that the more informed the public is about MRSA, the better control can be kept on its spread. "Recognizing the...

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... emotional, spiritual, and physical force if need be (Lengel). In 2009, two of the church's top members, Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder, went on record for the first time since leaving the group. From the inside circle, Rathbun and Rinder both saw the abuse being dealt by the church. Their first report listed several issues involving Scientology's highest leaders, particularly David Miscavige ... , who succeeded L. Ron Hubbard as Scientology's leader. The issues included physical abuse of staff, mental abuse ... , Hollywood director of "Million Dollar Baby" and "Crash," left the church af...

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... a novel for both Floridians and history buffs and it gets at the essence of the human condition. No one is perfect. Everyone is flawed. Those we think are perfect are still susceptible to the forces of nature and of God. While many of the struggles faced by MacIveys are now the stuff of history, the choices they make, the feelings they endure, the challenges they overcome, and the means by which they ... overcome them ring as true today as they did in 1984, and 1968, and in 1868, when the story first begins. There is a ... fluidity of humanity that leaves the reader identifying with the...

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... injury tolls into the thousands. The cause of the conflict goes back to the fall of the former Soviet Union, the division of states, and then the succession of certain states from Georgia, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia. According to the Associated Press, NATO came out in support of Georgia after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev refused to comply with a cease-fire order brokered for the two nations by France. The conflict is ... far from over, as debate over who started it in the first place continues. According to Georgian officials, Russia started it by mobilizing tens of thous...

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... , the government will come out of this with an enormous amount of loans, including interest, that will be due to the U.S. The government will be paid back for their help plus interest, when they are able to sell off the loans in a more stable economy at a profit. It really isn't a bad idea on the U.S.'s part when you think about it. They are helping in the present by contributing ... to the stabilization of the banking industry, and will earn their money back ... plus more in the long run. So those that are ... ...

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