... for the law. Payne was later informed that her name appeared on Glen Mulcaire's list, the private investigator hired by The News of the World. The list contained about 4,000 people rumored to be targets of the tabloid's phone scandal (Somaiya). "The last edition of The News of the World made great play of the paper's relationship with the Payne family," said Tom Watson, a parliament member who ... some controversy concerning Leveson's reliability in the matter because he has personal relationship with Elisabeth Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's daughter, and her husband, Matthew Freud (Somaiya). ...

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... drilling, in particular, has become issue as voters seem more concerned with the lightening of their pocket books. The way each candidate addresses the oil question will be vitally important to his campaign and how he handles the rising oil prices will ultimately characterize his presidency, if elected. John McCain has an interesting stance on offshore drilling. It's interesting because he has, for ... one reason or another, changed his outlook on the issue. For the longest time, McCain was opposed to any idea that purported drilling just off the coast of the United ... , West goes on t...

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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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... 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 bank online, we shop online, we work online, an...

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America is a country that is torn between doing what is safe and perhaps in the best interest of the nation versus what is the easiest way to accomplish the list of demands that faces almost every American on a daily basis. Sometimes the Federal Government has to step up to the plate and mandate some laws and take some action but once they do is there any way ... astronomical, advertisements everywhere claim that speed kills yet most people are headed for the fast lane to make that next appointment regardless of the cost. It was not until the 1970's when the government intervened and took awa...

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The ever-present isolationist strain in the Republican Party grew even more apparent in the face of the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's policy towards Libya. One side of the Republican Party, led by House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other congressional leaders, argue that the U.S. involvement in NATO's bombing campaign now violates the War Powers Act after hitting the 90-day mark on June ... damage site while victims were still being pulled out of the wreckage. The Libyan government uses civilian facilities, including mosques and children's parks, to camouflage weapo...

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... House. However, many leaders fear that his measure would pass with backing from an unlikely coalition of liberals and conservatives. This would send the wrong message to allies engaged in other conflicts with the United States. The other option was proposed by Speaker John A. Boehner, which called for President Obama to paint a clearer picture for Americans on why we are engaged ... without Congress' express approval (Steinhauer). Some leaders are concerned that Congress could vote against American support for the operations in Libya. "It sends an unhelpful message of disunity and uncer...

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... long as the government continues prolonging the order of detention. New acts of terrorism now include but are not limited to: Encouragement of terrorism, Dissemination of terrorist publications, Preparation for terrorist acts, and training for terrorism. Of that list the most disturbing seem to be the first and second based on the lax interpretations that may be allotted. Encouragement of terrorism means "a statement that is likely to ... be understood by some or all of the members of the public to whom it is ... was later released, but detained for two days before informed as to what ...

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... booed by the audience (MSNBC). "You want to be commander in chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it's not politically convenient," Obama reprimanded during the annual dinner of the Human Rights Council, the largest gay rights organization in the nation. "We don't believe in standing silent when that ... when gay people couldn't serve the country openly, who reject the progress that we've made," Obama said. "We're not about restricting rights and restricting opportunities. We're about opening up rights and opening ...

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... 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 accuser) and her lawyer were demanding a huge financial settlement. I don't remember a number. ... when pressed later by radio host, Laura Ingraham, Cain ...

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... 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 and cruelty, high pressure marketing tactics, character assignation, and threats. Miscavige was reported to have taken ruthless ... control of the organization after Hubbard's death and assumed chairmanship of the Religious Technology Center, the highest govern...

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... . While certainly 6.5 million households that now receive signal via antennae rather than from satellite or cable will turn on their sets on the day of the switch to see snow, the fact is that those folks represent about 2% of the American populous, and tend to be people who don't consider television to be a priority or who may find greater productivity as the result ... of the death of their television signal. While some might argue that the switchover unfairly affects the poor, people who cannot afford neither new televisions, nor the ... the United States is that landfills will pick ...

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... himself with his own human nature and true aloneness in the world. The fact is that men cannot be collectively conscious of the natural world, in so forth that the realization of the forces of nature and a natural state of being scares one when they realize they are alone. Men are, therefore, stuck in a position of staying a part of a machine of their own making, an unnatural force ... individual who is growing self-conscious. At the same time it is consciousness of nature, which first appears to men as a completely alien, all-powerful and unassailable force, with which men's relations a...

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... homo- or heterosexual parents. (Note that many states allow homosexual couples to adopt children, but not to legally marry). The definition of marriage has got some opponents struggling up in arms, too. Traditionally, the definition of marriage is the union of a man and a woman. For them, it is the term "marriage" that is the stumbling block, not the legal rights the status confers. This ... would be satisfied to allow same-sex couples to have the same legal benefits of married couples, without actually conferring upon them the status of being "married". The term this camp would prefer ...

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... existence already that denies same-sex couples to marry. They worry that the wording of the amendment is too vague and that there will be problems for both straight and gay couples who are not married and only involved in a civil unions. Social conservatives got their vote after millions of dollars were used for the ballot drive to attempt to keep the court system from ... legalizing gay marriages in the state of Florida. The opposition was also funded well, with a goal of portraying Amendment 2 as an overacted and unneeded ban, saying that it could throw legal doubts over partner benef...

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... trade secrets from her former company, Motorola Inc., but was acquitted of charges of economic espionage for China. Jin illegally downloaded 1,000 of the company's proprietary documents, which included important business secrets before trying to board a plane to Beijing. Federal agents found the files on her computer and other electronic devices during a random security search at the airport (Kelleher). Jin simultaneously ... government has many spies attempting to steal business secrets (Kelleher). US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald highlighted the importance of the matter to the US govern...

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... 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 corpses and kidnapping. The defense attorneys are pressing for a life sentence without ... it will be d...

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... in our people, a belief in the principles that have made America's economy the envy of the world." He then continued on to promise that his administration will "help lay the foundation for you to grow and innovate" while 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...

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... until it is determined that the book does not contain any state secrets (Fendel). Relations began to sour when Barak forced Olmert into resignation as prime minister when accusations of financial and administrative impropriety began to flood in (Kalman). According to some recently published excerpts, Olmert revealed many state secrets in his books, many ... of which concern Barak. Olmert accuses Barak of being indecisive and timid, as well as trying to prevent "daring security operations" while Olmert held the position of prime minister. These accusations look particularly bad on Barak ...

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... an unacceptable level, for there are still men and women who batter, victims who stay in an abusive relationship or return to one, and children who reap the harvest of violence. In order to understand the cycle of violence or prevent it, we should examine the psychological and sociological factors found in the players and roles of this tragic drama: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE The most common factor in the ... to violence. This exposure ordinarily begins in the home of both abuser and victim, where, as children, they are either victims or witnesses of violence. The outcome of this exposure, c...

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... , she advised the Greek government to come to terms with the political differences that exist and approve the austerity measures that are currently preventing the country from receiving their next installment loans from the IMF and EU. Additionally, she lectured Greece's creditors, which consist mostly of French and German banks, on their ability to compromise (Rooney) "It must be done in ... a concerted, collective way," she said. "All the lenders must come to the bedside of Greece and Greece must itself take charge in a responsible manner" (Rooney). She is also a surprising successor b...

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... to redeem themselves, MF Global, headed by Jon S. Corzine, the former New Jersey governor, attempted to seek an agreement to sell a majority share of the company to a rival brokerage firm. Unfortunately for the company, the deal fell through, and they were forced to file for bankruptcy instead. An immediate investigation ensued to discover whether MF Global used customer's funds to support its ... MF Global intermingled customers' money with company funds breaks a fundamental rule of Wall Street regulations. Although Corzine has not been accused of any wrongdoing just yet, as head of th...

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... Progress. At the same time, median family income was declining faster for the minority groups than for whites (The Huffington Post). "The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times of Hispanic households," wrote a market analyst (Chung). While these reports revealed some startling figures, they also provided a few reasons for the discrepancies between ... as an asset. In fact, the richest households garner much of their wealth from stock, while middle and lower class families gain their wealth from housing. In a recent speech, Obama acknowledged ...

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... 's anger more, there is no doubt about it," said Landis. "Clearly the regime believes they have got to use more force and they have to get on top of this before it expands into more towns and gets beyond the capabilities of the security forces to be in all places at all times" (Derhally). Countries from around the world have stepped up to condemn ... force will end the crisis" (Derhally). Despite early attempts to reconcile with al-Assad and make him an anti-Israel alliance with Iran, President Obama and Washington now condemn the leader after he showed that "he is completely incapable a...

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... servicing standards (Schwartz). Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo suffer the most from bundling troubled home loans and selling them as sound investments. They will claim 40 percent of the industry's mortgage-related losses - $25 billion of that could belong to Bank of America, the most of any of the major banks. Prior to this settlement, Bank of America paid out or ... second quarter to cover the payout. As soon as the settlement is complete, Bank of America is going to redirect its efforts its redirecting investor attention away from the scandal and on to the ...

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