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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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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... to be anyone other than who they are. Without a change in attitude, this trend will continue, as the parents of today were the first recipients of equal rights and have not changed, because of it. Even if mothers and fathers hope that their daughters will grow up to shatter the glass ceiling in a male-dominated career or their son will be a wonderful father, who will help ... have not changed attitudes about gender neutrality in the world toward the next generation. Legislation has changed in this movement to help have safeguards in place for equal rights, but if no one believes or teac...

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... 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 ... , and we form social relationships online. And, in the presidential race of 2008, Americans got political online. The Internet gave voters a new, direct link to their candidates. News giant CNN and p...

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... these affairs. While in Paris, 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). Sh...

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... relative to current sales. The current supply of new homes on the market is 3.9 months; among the lowest ever. The confluence of circumstances that created this rapid appreciation of home prices has attracted the attention of non-owner households, bringing more of them into the market. Obviously, the fundamentals of supply and demand, with price as the equilibrating force, are well at work in the housing market. Measuring housing affordability by the ratio of mortgage payments to income ... unemployment rates across almost all countries except Greece. The largest falls are recorded in I...

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... punctuality, together with good grammar and – some surprisingly, cleanliness, are veritable hallmarks of good manners today (Kelly, 2006). This point was also made recently by Alexander (2006) who notes that, "Punctuality is one of the modest virtues hitherto regarded as good manners" (p. 18). Unfortunately, it would seem that the importance of being on time is both a cultural as well as generational perspective. For example, older Americans ... may place a much higher regard on being punctual than younger people. As Galatzer-Levy and Cohler (1999) point ... ...

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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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... 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 it will be difficult for the jury to sympathize with...

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... 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 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 ... that landfills will pick up about 6 million energy hogging televisions and over the course of a few years, electronic sellers will benefit from a boom in the sales of converter boxes and new t...

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... industry be next on the government bailout list? Not likely. Despite the woes over the decline in the economy, travel is down only slightly compared to previous years. In fact, according to a study by an independent group representing travel agents, while 68 percent of Americans would describe the economic conditions as "terrible", only 22% of that 68% has actually cancelled a flight, or plans to reschedule at ... only 15% have cancelled or delayed travel plans as the result of a sluggish or receding economy. In a time when gas prices have recently peaked before dropping to more reasonab...

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... constitutional ban on the union of same-sex couples in the state. Amendment 2 would classify a marriage as a union that is only allowable between a man and a woman. To overturn the amendment, less than 60 percent of votes against it would be needed. Amendment 2 received 62 percent of votes of support, denying those in same-sex unions the opportunity to enter into a legally binding marriage contract. Many supporters of the ban ... 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 kee...

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... , government had cracked down on food safety violations, backed by a state media campaign. However, recently cases were revealed using milk laced with melamine, pigs fed with performance enhancing drugs to watermelons juiced up with growth-stimulating chemicals. In the short time between September and April, Chinese courts convincted 106 individuals accused of violating food safety regulations, ... including two who received life in prison in the "melamine milk" case (Jiang). Chinese officials fear that these recent questions will further harm the reputation of China's food safety regula...

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... escapees back through psychological, 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 ... scale. Adolf Hitler was brilliant. Stalin was brilliant. They were geniuses. But there were also on a certain level stark, staring mad," said R...

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... incomes who filed a tax return and did not owe tax over the amount of the rebate have or will receive a check from the federal government. The rebate checks are distributed to citizens in hopes that they will spend them on goods and services and keep the economy moving. With millions of the checks already distributed, no one is quite sure if this theory has worked, as many people were ... to assist in trying to give the housing market a boost. First time home buyers, who have the ability this year to choose from more houses on the market at lower prices, can receive up to $7500 as a tax...

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... , The News of the World editor, provided Payne with the phone that was later hacked, under the guise that the phone could help her with her campaign 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 investigated the phone scandal. "I have noth...

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... being ignored by government (Barstow). However, for the majority of the Tea Partiers, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have run government properly. They were outraged when Democrats passed a $1 trillion health care bill at a time when the country's deficit was rising too fast. On the other hand, they have also criticized Republicans for contradicting the conservative principles that the party was founded on by spending too much money when they were ... Partiers' attacks in a recent meeting with Congressional Republicans. He complained that depicting him as a would-be despot on...

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... 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 considering he is the man who will have to decide whether or not to order ... Joshua Teitelbaum, Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University (Kalman). This battle of the accusations has also shed light on Israel's censorship laws, which giv...

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... waters. Straw mats were also placed along the beach to help soak up the oil. Thousands of officials, oil company workers, and volunteers flooded the beaches with nothing more than rubber gloves and chopsticks (MSNBC.com). Steiner, who has experience in this area after working on the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989, applauded the efforts, "Very low-tech. The thing is that it worked," although he ... did express fear for the possible health concerns that ... workers might face resulting from their exposure to the oil (The Huffington Post). Although this most recent spill is nowhere near the m...

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... 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 ... ...

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... 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 States. His concerns were well warranted, as there was no pressing need for .....

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... 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 worked for Motorola as well ... that he couldn't rightfully determine that she meant to betray the United States. Prosecutors attempted to highlight her as part of a much broader Chin...

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... Portugal, Belgium, and Ireland, believing that the financial crisis in Europe would soon recover and his stocks would pay off exponentially (Protess). These deals that Corzine believed would ultimately save the company proved to be its downfall. Federal regulators were alarmed at the riskiness of these deals given that MF Global was already on the decline and had no room for error. ... Once these deals were discovered, two ratings agencies downgraded the company to junk given the shakiness of the European economy. However, MF Global replied, "We ... believe that it bears no implication...

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... despite his strong opinions in these areas, Obama again failed to take a personal stance on same-sex marriages (MSNBC). U.S. soldier, Stephen Hill, who is currently completing a tour in Iraq, submitted a video asking about the repeal of the law that banned open gays from serving in the military (MSNBC). "Do you intend to circumvent the progress that has been made for gay and lesbian soldiers in ... and should in no way treat them with anything but the highest regard." However, he did add that the candidates were most likely caught off guard, which could have been the reason none of them ...

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... 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 off on a better foot if I had brought over a fruitcake ... going to make up for it." The two groups got off on a bad start after the Chamber spent tens of millions of dollars figh...

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