... 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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... and other mental illnesses. Sowell, who is an ex-Marine, abused the bodies after the women had died, and then stashed their bodies around his house, prompting neighbors to complain of a foul stench, which they believed was coming from a neighborhood sausage shop. On July 22nd, he was convicted of 11 counts of aggravated murder and more than 70 other charges, including abusing corpses and ... kidnapping. The defense attorneys are pressing for a life sentence without parole because of Sowell's mental instability. However, experts believe that ... exactly what he was doing, just like he sa...

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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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... 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 ... now, I'm going to show Bank of America what I think of their fees. The $5 fee may not seem like a lot, but it's the principle of the thing - mo...

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If you buy a man a horse and call it transportation in a world full of cars and freeways, you do him no favors. This is the sort of thinking that is killing analog television. The effects of the full switchover to digital television broadcasts are likely to be as catastrophic as the Y2K phenomenon proved to be - it's a lot of hoopla over a bang that will likely be less than ... 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 benefi...

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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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... division between Olmert, Barak, and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, who was not asked to return for the customary fourth year of service. The bombing of the site in Syria was generally welcomed by Israelis because it has such close ties with Iran. "They were trying the beginnings of a nuclear weapons program, that's pretty clear. Any nuclear facility built by Israel's declared enemies ... -- and by that I don't mean countries in the Persian Gulf -- is cause for concern ... ," said Joshua Teitelbaum, Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern...

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... drive them to market. Over time, the family fortune turns to orange groves (gold growing on trees), a common, if not cliché theme among Florida's oldest families. What makes the novel work is not so much its straight forward plot. It is the realism involved in what the family faced through the years, the common struggles of those who lived through the pioneering days of Florida's rich history. Floridians especially can ... easily relate to stories of malaria and mosquito swarms. They can relate to hurricanes ... ...

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... is no "pot of gold" waiting for them at the end of their rainbow. In fact, according to Jeff Nabers, president of the IRA Association of America, "All Social Security really has is a big jar full of I.O.U.s. There is no treasury full of Social Security deposits," he says. In a recent meeting in Denver, senior Social Security Administration commissioners met with the board of directors of the IRA Association of America to discuss the growing importance of educating Americans about ... not pretty. "The average check is about $1000 now. With inflation continuing to skyrocket upwards of 12%...

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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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... instead recommends a change in how awards are made (Andrew and Kuhnhenn). The proposals that did not change from the original draft include a gradual increase in the Social Security retirement age to 68 by 2050 and 69 by 2075. The cost-of-living for the programs will decrease, and the cap on income subject to Social security taxes will increase. The plan also calls for an increase in the price of gasoline by fifteen cents ... per gallon. The federal worker pay will ... ...

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... fact as a "global warming tipping point" and speculate that by the end of the season, it could be a record-breaking year. With this trend, within 5-10 years, the Arctic could be free of ice in the summer. NASA ice scientist Jay Zwally said, "It also means that climate warming is also coming larger and faster than the models are predicting and nobody's really taken into account that change ... yet." Reports are coming in that large amounts of methane gas are being released into the world's oceans from the melting of long frozen Arctic sea ice. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and is e...

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... business in the US. He introduced a bill seeking to require all companies competing for US high speed rail contracts to reveal any role they might have had in deporting Jews and others to Nazi death camps in the war. "No company whose trains carried innocent victims to death camps should have the right to lay the first inch of track in this country," he said (The Age). Mr. Pepy denies that the US ... key details. Freedman said that the Nazis originally requisitioned trains from the French. Later, however, the French helped coordinate the deportation of the Jews and always had a choice a...

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... into his new job, he inherits a mountain of challenges both domestic and foreign. The fact that his victory has been met favorably by many corners of the globe is a point in his column, however. He is, at the moment, being touted as "the world's president". A Change is Coming There is little doubt that Barack Obama is at the virtual opposite end of the spectrum from George W. Bush on most issues. ... Because of that, it is likely that Obama's ... approach to things like the United States" military presence in countries like Iraq or ... ...

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... that would allow more foreigners into the country. They wanted to be able to better track who was coming into the United States. To that end, a requirement was added to the law that would require major international U.S. airports to install exit tracking. The visa waiver program is critical to the successful formation of international allies, especially in the global community of the 21st century. Although the program is still being met with ... some resistance, the countries that are participating are working to ... ...

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... . 13 local police stations are opening their doors soon. The first of which just opened to the joy of those in the area. Many came for the event, even though there was a dust storm in the area, and watched as the doors were opened to the al Answar Police Station in al Secour. The town of al Secour is lucky to be the first of 13 to open in a process that can take time. Coalition forces must ... with very high marks coming from its teachers. "Overall, the Iraqi public believes that the Iraqi police are a force that can and will protect them," said Bloom, who attributes the decline in viole...

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... that 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 ... ...

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... less than $200. Of course, you still need the batteries and other accessories, but according to these sites, you can purchase these pretty cheaply on auction sites. It would probably take about 8 of these cells, plus accessories, to provide enough power for the average home. To reduce the power load, you could ... use CFL bulbs, laptop computers, smaller appliances, and hang your clothes to dry. If you supplemented your solar with wind power, you wouldn't need as many cells. The ... aluminum foil. They are good for slow cooking, and larger ones can be used to bake bread. If you live in...

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... already hooked with heroin and their lives are ruined. History of Heroin The heroin comes from morphine which is a natural substance extracted from seedpod of opium poppy. The opium poppy was discovered and cultivated in Mesopotamia about 3400BC. It was until the 19th century that the chemical analysis of opium was revealed. Most of its content could be ascribed to two ingredients, codeine and ... morphine. An English chemist named C.R. Alder Wright was the first person who processed the heroin in 1874. He made an ... ". Bayer introduced heroin to the market to cure morphine addiction, ...

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... her news conference in London. "Just as the experiences of reading requires that the imaginations of the author and the reader work together to create the story, so Pottermore will be built, in part, by you, the reader. The digital generation will be able to enjoy a safe, unique online reading experience built around the Harry Potter books. Pottermore will be the place where fans of any age can share, participate in, and rediscover the stories" (Clark). Rowling ... even announced that the seven original ... ...

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... girlfriend. "I love you," he told her. "By the time you get this, I will be gone" (Bailey). The Department of Defense has yet to confirm his death because of a policy of a 72-hour waiting period after notifying family members (Grondahl). Jones' death falls close to the one-year anniversary of the death of Staff Sergeant Amy Seyboth Tirador. Tirador was shot in the back of the head while walking to her evening shift on ... a US military base Camp Caldwell. After investigating, the Army closed the case as a suicide, although her mother is still working hard to challenge this. "I'd gently ...

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Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was recently in America this week for the UN General Assembly being held in New York City. The problem with this is, that puts her right in the fire, so to speak. She and her country have defaulted on billions in debt owed to U.S. creditors. President Kirchner has repeatedly ignored the U.S. federal court system and supposedly removed any of her country's assets to outside the U.S. and away from collectors. With her being in New York this week for the UN talks, U.S. bondholders' have become more upset due this obvious slap in the face to the U.S. Justice s...

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... Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced the official end to the United States' mission in Iraq on December 15th - nine years after US forces stepped foot on the foreign ground. US troops initially staged a war to rid Iraq of the weapons of mass destruction that they were thought to possess, but after almost a decade in the hostile country, no such weapons were found. Instead, the nine-year invasion revamped American ... more prosperous nation," said Panetta (Shanker). "After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become...

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... a "date which will live in infamy" (Lynch). The official ceremony will be hosted by the National Park Service and Navy Region Hawaii on the lawn of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, beginning at 7:40 AM Hawaii time. Thousands will attend the ceremony, but the number of Pearl Harbor survivors gets smaller every year (Lynch). Unfortunately, because of the dwindling number of survivors, and the ill health and old age of the remaining ones, this ceremony will ... he passed away recently at the age of 90. However, a special ceremony was held earlier in the week. Soucy requested that his ashes...

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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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