... citizen, stole trade secrets from CME Group. Many officials are worried that the Chinese government has many spies attempting to steal business secrets (Kelleher). US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald highlighted the importance of the matter to the US government and the strides that are being taken to eliminate the problem. According to him, the Jin case is "a successful example of how we can work with victim corporations to prosecute these cases while ... take the theft of trade secrets very seriously," he continued, nothing that they "respectfully disagreed" with the judge's conclusion that...

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Hu Jia, a Chinese dissident who was also an activist involved in environmental affairs and AIDS sufferers, was recently released after spending three and a half years in prison. In December 2007, Hu was arrested and then convicted just five months later for "incitement to subvert state power," a term frequently used in trials against critics of China's authoritarian Communist government. Hu was originally an environmental campaigner, eventually taking ... -government views. Chen Guangcheng was recently released after spending four years in prison for exposing forced abortions and forced steril...

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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 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 ... 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-he...

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... cars sounds like progress, but what is it all about? Without facts to back up these buzz words you will not really know if you are on the cutting edge or if it is more of the same old stuff. So what are they and why do many people think that they are the answer to concerns about pollution? So What Are Alternative Fuels? Alternative fuels ... being widely used now? One of the most obvious issues is cost. Newer technologies often cost more and the electric car is no exception. The battery must be recharged for long periods of time which makes for a convenience issue. Now, cars can be used...

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... not to say that all of the buzz generated in Town halls is fake. It is to say that it is expertly staged and manipulated. While some pundits would have you believe that everyone who shows up at a town hall is planted by a special interest group, the facts are that the majority of the people at any town hall are real life residents of the town who come to learn ... and to make their minds up about healthcare reform. In fact, it is unlikely that there are "plants" in every town hall. Obviously ... healthcare, make sure you get the facts before you buy into either party's rhetoric. Ask yo...

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... who own a cell phone personalize it in a way that is unique to them, with favorite songs, pictures 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 negative way, as well. Some people believe they have become impersonal; allowing people to text instead of actually talking to one ... another. Cell phone usage has increased the number of auto accident...

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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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... with a respiratory problem was considered sickly and kept indoors to preserve their health. I know because my little brother suffered from allergy related asthma. Summers were a terrible time for him. Today juvenile asthma is almost as common as acne. Nor is it just asthma as frightening as that is. Toddlers are increasingly being diagnosed with allergies and sinusitis. Why can't our children breathe? What ... is happening in our world to make the very air they need ... our air. While that is good news for plants since they breathe in carbon dioxide, it's bad news for our children who ...

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... 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 accuser) and her lawyer were demanding a ... , but when pressed later by radio host, Laura Ingraham, Cain suddenly remembered the instance. "The word settlement suggested to me some ...

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... also pledging to devote new investment in infrastructure and education and a 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 ... in. But I'm going to make up for it." The two groups got off on a bad start after the Chamber spent tens of millions of dollars fighting Oba...

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... and pirates saw the latter holding a Ukrainian ship ransom for $20 million. That money, which has been as high as $30 million in some cases, has helped to finance the war in Somalia, according to some reports. Groups like Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. had designated a terrorist organization, are on the receiving end of some of these funds. According to Roger Middleton, author of a key report on the situation, "at the ... moment it's a five-six problem [on a scale of one to ten] with the potential to be a seven or eight You're lookin at nine, ten, if it starts to ... 000 ships pass each ye...

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... indeed play a role in the prospect of a Barack Obama presidency. But let's examine it more closely. The fear factor is not race based, but based on values and judgement. The values 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. It was a bill ... that Obama voted for. The syllabus is readily available to ... read and includes such teachings as 'it feels good ... ...

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... to heat the water used in those buildings. This clean, renewable resource is available anywhere and at any time. Geothermal Energy 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 posi...

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... the subject of many jokes, parodies, and even some serious discussion. In Great 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 critics are and will continue to be pr...

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... domestic travel than that suffered from the current economic crisis. While a lot of jobs have been lost and many have lost their homes or are in danger of losing their homes, it seems that the bulk of Americans are more plagued by the promise of woe than the reality thereof. Internationally, the economic news for the travel industry is even better. 43 percent of international respondents to the same survey stated that they ... saw economic conditions as "terrible" and of those, only 15% have cancelled or delayed travel plans as the result of a sluggish or receding economy ... ...

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... 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 [its ... , taking and managing photos and video, playing music and finding your way around (oh, and making phone calls, in...

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... election was unlike any other, in a number of ways. There was the possibility of a female vice-president pitted against the possibility of an African-American president - 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 ban...

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... This program is a clear incentive for companies to monitor and attempt to decrease their contributions to greenhouse gasses and the greater problem of global warming. Plans, Plankton, And Trees People who produce less in the way of greenhouse gasses or who take steps to ameliorate the situation could be rewarded monetarily. For example, a number of landowners in Arkansas have received $126,000 for their trees ... . Trees can "sequester" a certain amount of carbon dioxide and take a step in the right direction. ... then the individual would be compensated for the leftover credits. They w...

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... the Charlotte area are the Bloods, Crips, and MS13s. All of these of course are dangerous, but the MS13s seem to be the worst at the moment. It has come to the attention of local as well as federal law enforcement that the MS13s are being sent trainers. Their gang is one that is controlled from El Salvador, and it has been decided by those in charge that the local organizations might need a little ... more training in drug trafficking, racketeering, extortion, etc. So the higher ups in the ... organization are sending those that can train in these areas, which of course does not look g...

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... 3,000 people will begin the medication in addition to the 66,000 New Yorkers who already take the pills (The Washington Post). "The New York City health department is a little bit ahead of the curve," said Dr. Michael Saag, who previously served as the chairman of the HIV Medicine Association. "In my opinion, the rest of the country will follow, and I think it will be pretty quick" (The Washington Post). Saag described the current screening for HIV ... , which uses a CD4 count to measure the strength of the immune system, as an ... ...

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... (Barstow). One thing most of the Tea Partiers do have in common though is the fact that most had previously been uninvolved in politics. Not until the recession hit did many of them feel the need to contribute their input. After seeing the jobs lost, the homes foreclosed, and the retirement funds depleted, they felt an increasing need to know the root cause and who to blame for it. ... Many believe that their constitutional rights are being ignored by government (Barstow). However, for the majority of the Tea Partiers, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have ... complained that d...

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... 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 of us. To help encourage spending and inject life back into the economy, the retail ... industry recently asked the government for tax holiday periods, periods during which shoppers could buy items tax ... from seeing a horizon. Although there are things the governmen...

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... looking to sign for their freedom on the dotted line. In these tighten-your-belt times, more and more couples are opting to stay unhappy together over doling out money they don't have for the pricey endeavor that is divorce. These days, salaries are stagnating, more and more people are losing their jobs, and the value of our homes is creeping ever downward. That is not an ... ideal economic situation in which to be spending thousands of dollars to bid your marriage goodbye. Moreover, although economic difficulties can ... top dollar, and often couples will end up owing more on their mo...

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... foreign oil-producing soil can make it difficult to drill and ship crude, causing prices to rise. The latest surge in gas prices is due to a combination of these and other factors. A key reason in this case, however, is that in the spring of 2007, Washington enacted a piece of legislation that would incorporate more ethanol into transportation fuels. The upshot of that was that daily oil imports would be slashed ... by 1.5 million barrels by 2017. Between October of that year and April of 2008 this new ethanol blend gas was between ... ...

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