Jennifer Mee, a Floridian teenager who once gained fame as the "hiccup girl," is now in the spotlight for a different reason. Hee was recently charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting and armed robbery of Shannon Griffin. Griffin's body was found with "several gunshots to his upper body." Mee brought Griffin to a home where two others, Laron Raiford and Lamont Newton, robbed him at gunpoint (Flam). "Jennifer Mee lured the victim to the address...

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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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... ' 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 politics and provided Muslims with a solid foundation for their ... who seek to divide, by economic and social issues, by the demands of democracy itself. Challenges remain, but the US will be there to stand by the Iraqi people as they navigate those ...

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... absolute living hell," Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., and Jason Baldwin were released from prison, where they were currently serving out their sentences for the murder of three second-graders in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found dead in a ditch with their bodies mutilated and hog-tied by their ... that they were driven by satanic ritual, regardless of the extreme lack of evidence that they had to indict the boys. Echols and Baldwin entered an Alford plea on three counts of first degree murder, while Misskelley entered...

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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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... uranium, Russia invading Georgia, NATO fighting Afghanistan, and a war going on in Iraq; you would think that WWIII is about to begin. The world awaits to see who the United States of America chooses as their President because that person could be the deciding factor. Being a superpower comes with great responsibility; that particular country must be involved in every conflict on earth ... deemed to be cooperating with terrorist, therefore making war unavoidable with the country. A few years later, Iran started enriching uranium, claiming it was for energy purposes, and North Korea was t...

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... the montage aired, highlighting the large number of protests they received online. The announcer said the "feature was edited" and "not done to upset anyone" (Chavez). The host, Dan Hicks, read the following statement during the coverage: "It was our intent to begin our coverage of this U.S. Open championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being here in our nation's capital for the third time. Regrettably, a portion of the Pledge of ... who were offended by it (Busbee). NBC's Universal Sports issued a second apology from Chris McCloskey, the Vic...

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The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, 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 ... 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 Alvarez that the singer had "a bad reaction" and needed to be taken to the hospital. However, instead of calling an ambulance righ...

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... his economic plan. Now, when we need the money most of all is the best time to enact these changes. These are ways Obama can raise the needed money. 1. Stick by his plan to end subsidies to the oil companies. Why we are subsidizing one of the most profitable industries in the country has always been a mystery. 2. Change the tax code so that the middle class will have more purchasing power ... the rebuilding of our own manufacturing base. 5. Impose stiff financial penalties on companies that fire or lay off workers and outsource those same jobs overseas. It's about time that we laid down...

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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 ( ... Cain told Fox News (Grinberg). Cain told Politico that he did not recall such an instance, but when pressed later by ra...

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... - both potential history-making moments. Voting turnouts broke some records, and with 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 ... race of 2008, Americans got political online. The Internet gave voters a new, direct link to their candidates. News giant CNN and pop-culture portal YouTube...

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... erupted in protests and rallies as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets demanding social justice. These protestors called for government price controls, equal standards in the outskirts of the country as those in the center, free education from birth, free university tuition, quality healthcare for all citizens, and better salaries and benefits for social workers, police, and public servants. The rallies, which included marches, tents and ... is not the cry of spoiled people, this is not the cry of people who want the country to solve their problems, this is the cr...

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... husband looking for part-time work because he drives a daily 60-mile round trip to work. There's no talk of a summer vacation this year. She's not alone. Whether a household has one or four members, the double-digit rate rise in the cost of groceries this year is eating up discretionary spending, boston.com writer Robert Gavin says. Milk prices averaged a 26 percent increase, he reports ... , and egg prices jumped 40 percent. Even an ordinary red apple costs over $1, and unanticipated low crop yields in the fall harvest will raise commodity prices. Gavin ... spend three times more on fo...

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... 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 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 ... ...

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... servicemen when it exploded and sunk during the attack. A moment of silence will commence the event followed by a "missing-man" formation flight overhead (Lynch). The United States lost 12 ships that day, but only the U.S.S. Utah and the U.S.S. Arizona remain in the harbor, with many of their victims entombed (McAvoy). Many of the remaining survivors are fearful that once the ceremony is no longer celebrated annually, the date will go down in history ... books and largely be forgotten. Kerr, who regularly attends Rotary Club luncheons and visits schools to tell of the event firsthand, r...

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... 's motives were agreeing to interviews during this stage of the investigation. "As a prosecutor, the rule is you want your witness to speak in the courtroom, and not to the media," she said. "Interviews raise problems for prosecutors - even if the story is consistent, each interview gives the defense more possible details to cross examine her with. A mistake or a slip of the tongue becomes 20 minutes of cross examination in a courtroom" (Trevelyan). Bradley Simon ... , a Manhattan criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor agreed that Diallo's breaking the silence is a risky ...

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... he believes are participating in a conspiracy against the government. Since the campaign began, thousands of citizens have been killed, although the exact number is hard to define because Syria has banned all international media. In fact, the army typically fires at citizens who attempt to film any of the action. Undeterred, the general public is still taking to the streets to protest the government. Frustrated by the fact that their actions have not made ... any impact on the protests, the Syrian government has become even more violent in order to get their way. Joshua Landis, a Syria ...

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... . While a woman this size has a chance of meeting a "chubby chaser" on the internet, the chances of finding such a man in real life in her locale are slim to none. Most men will overlook the wonderful things about Christina and never give themselves the chance to fall in love with the woman she is. Stuart, a fairly corpulent man himself, is a bit of a shy computer geek whose prospects for relationship were ... equally hampered before logging on and finding the love of his life. 3) Faster sifting with less invested- In real life, ... real life, a couple can slow intimacy down by involving...

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... , and layered camisoles have been popular over most of the first decade of the new millennium, but unlike decades gone by, for the first time in the history of modern fashion, all worlds have collided to create the hodgepodge that is fashion in 2009. Whereas in the 1980s you would be chastised for wearing bell bottoms, now they are as in style as they are out. Fashion has gone cliquey ... rather than global, and more than ever before people, at least in western society use fashion to communicate the sort of ... like "Birkenstocks, flannel shirt, Khaki shorts, and short hair". (Feminists ...

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... redefined. In our current world, leaders are the ones who sell the tickets for the journey, while the managers are the ones who drive the bus to the destination. Leadership is something you know when you see it, but is very hard to describe. Leaders have the power to make people do what they want and need them to do. By the strength of their personalities, they are able to motivate others ... support and stimulate action. When the organization confers the power of leadership onto the individual, this gives them more power and influence. Styles of leadership vary. Some may choose to give...

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... to commit further crimes. The number of years of imprisonment is based on the gravity of the crime committed. Other forms of punishment include bail or fines, probation, house arrest, and community service among others and the most serious is the capital punishment which may employ lifetime imprisonment and death penalty. Styles of Leadership in Criminal Justice Different theories and styles govern the leadership in criminal justice: trait theory, style theory, and situational leadership ... high priority cases or controversial cases. This shows that the head gives importance to his tea...

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... offender who was convicted of murdering 11 women, faces the death penalty unless his defense team can successfully convince the jury that Sowell was provoked by post-traumatic stress disorder 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 ... just like he s...

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... to set a meeting for 12:00 noon, that meeting might take place anytime between noon and about 6 p.m., without the dignity of a phone call. Setting a time there means you made the list, but it doesn't mean the hour of day is set in stone. In western society however, time is incredibly important. Workers lose jobs and students find themselves in hot water for being even one minute late ... . There are consequences for disregarding the clock. Some observers would answer the question of why this is true with some platitude about how it is disrespectful to make people wait for each other, or ...

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... , began last week and has largely centered around the incriminating emails Huguely sent to Love before the incident stating, "I should have killed you." Huguely faces first-degree murder and five other charges if he is found guilty of killing Love (FOX News). Huguely entered Love's apartment in May of 2010, where he alleged bashed Love's head against the wall until she passed out and eventually died ... . The defense claims that Love's death resulted from cardiopulmonary failure after taking prescription Adderall and consuming alcohol ... ...

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... focus on removing "barriers that make it harder for you to compete - from the tax code to the regulatory system" (Dennis). In an attempt to reconcile the differences between his administration and the US Chamber of Commerce, Obama walked the block to the Chamber headquarters. Once there, he joked "I'm in the interest of being more neighborly. Maybe we would have gotten off on a better foot if ... got off on a bad start after the Chamber spent tens of millions of dollars fighting Obama's health-care bills, opposing key elements of the financial regulation law and helping to deliver the ...

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