... 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 rock concerts, were held ... hurt the average Israeli consumer, but the nation as a whole could end up suffering. The Israelis who cannot afford their bills, typically the younger citizens, are seeking...

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... the media, Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," was 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 t...

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... . 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 ... 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 right away, he collected medical vials and pill bottles and instructed Alvarez to put them in a bag. The most suspicious evidence so far is that Murray asked ... ...

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... five-member board confirmed that Troy Davis will indeed be executed by lethal injection on September 20th. Twenty-two years ago, Davis was tried and convicted of murdering a police officer who was attempting to break up a fight in a fast food parking lot. According to witnesses, Davis shot Mark MacPhail in ... just an hour before the execution was scheduled, but refused to hear the case. His third execution date was cancelled when the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit requested more time to consider new testimony presented by Davis' lawyer (Severson). The case, which wa...

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... was a strong contender for the French presidency before the allegations were brought against him, denies all the charges but admits to consensual relations with the maid (BBC). Diallo stepped forward to give her first interview to Newsweek magazine, where she adamantly stood behind her original claims. ... 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 attorne...

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... and mortgage lender meltdowns, two-paycheck families are busting the budget on necessities. Even conservative spenders are growing weary. During a recent small group discussion, a mother of three held back tears as she described the effects of the dollar's weakening buying power. She and her husband both work and have been steadily employed for the last twenty years. Three years ago, they felt ... low crop yields in the fall harvest will raise commodity prices. Gavin acknowledged that paying for a fill-up remains a shock, but said that rising food costs could eventually have more of an ...

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... phones on society has become huge. One reason that the cell phone has made such an impact on society today is because of the advances they have made with them through modern technology. When the cell phone first debuted, its only function was to make calls. That is not the case today. Now you can hook up to the ... option to text their friends and family, as well. Cell phones have become a part of people, a way to establish a unique identity. It's not just about choosing a color anymore. Users can choose their ringtones, ring backs, change backgrounds, save screensavers, and personaliz...

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North Korea's recent attack on South Korea inspired further work on the three-year old trade talks between South Korea and the United States. The free trade deal has been modified to incorporate certain provisions that were not included in the original pact in 2007 (Wolf). These changes improve the chances for the pact to receive ... legislative ratification. On November 11, attempts to modify the agreement failed because President Barack Obama was at an economic nations summit in Seoul (Ramstad). The free trade deal includes provisions on auto imports, exports and tariffs, the major stumblin...

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... content being completely re-written to sanction and as critics complained, promote same-sex marriage as approved in elementary school text books, those in favor of same-sex marriage looking to defeat Proposition 8 took their opponents to court. A series of lawsuits were filed yet all these legal distractions further clouded the main issue if whether it was constitutionally correct to allow for two ... said that educational content was not necessarily the issue, equal rights was. Discrimination or Free Choice Is the Issue Those in favor of the ban being lifted on same-sex marriage also a...

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Geothermal energy is the way of the future. It is clean. It is always available. In addition, it is already being used successfully. One only has to see its theoretical uses, its ... 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 ... plans to implement changes that will allow for ...

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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 ... later by radio host, Laura Ingraham, Cain suddenly remembered the instance. "The word settlement suggested to me some sort of legal settlement," he explained about the mix-up, "and later as I thought ab...

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... affected are those hired by banks to change the locks and take over homes that have been foreclosed. There have been an increasing number of cases where these companies have actually shown up before the foreclosure process is even finished. Nancy Jacobini, an Orlando resident, locked herself in ... man hired by Jacobini's bank, JPMorgan Cahase. The bank has since admitted its mistake. Jacobini's attorney, Matt Weidner, claims that these instances are examples of financial institutions "running amuck." "What we have right now is lawlessness across the country. Banks and institutions are c...

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... numerous challenges to the law" (Guarino). However, Blackburn refuses to comment on the legality of the bill. "In entering this order the court specifically notes that it is in no way addressing the merits of the motions," she said (Guarino). The Alabama governor assured the press that "this bill ... Georgia, sees Blackburn's hesitation as a good sign for both Alabama and Georgia, citing that state laws interfere with federal laws. "In one of the most conservative states in the US, one of its most conservative judges put a temporary hold on the Alabama anti-immigration law," he said. "...

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Following a series of political assassinations of Afghanistan's political leaders, the United States' military officers have seen dramatic improvement in securing the country. Following the assassination of Osama bin Laden, President Obama announced the hasty drawdown of the extra "surge" troops he ordered to finish off the al-Qaeda regime. However, there have been several recent acts of violence that have some officials worried. Following the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president's half-brother, a suicide car bomber attacked a police headquarters, killing twelve policemen and a ch...

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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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... you can find an open source alternative (or a couple of them). For example, instead of using Microsoft Office you can use Open Office, instead of CorelDraw you can use Inkscape, instead of Adobe Photoshop - Gimp, instead of Internet Explorer - Mozilla Firefox or Chrome etc. And these programs can do everything (or nearly everything) you previously did with your old software. The fact that the code is ... , if you have any problems you can ask for help from the community of users and developers of these programs and usually you should get help quickly. On the other side, not everything is...

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... genetic differences, proving that boys and girls have different preferences for toys and that even parents believe, at times, that if boys chose to opt out of sports, for instance, and spend time journaling or baking, there would be concern. Just as there a scientists, who believe that homosexuality in genetic, ... 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 ...

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... a Wonderful Life" during a run on the bank, Jimmy Stewart's character explains that he doesn't have the cash on hand to pay out all of the bank accounts of the account holders. Their money is spread into things like the loans on each other's houses and businesses. What Jimmy doesn't talk about is a ... thing called "Money factoring". Money factoring is very complicated and runs on a variety of algorithms, regulated by a lot of policy and more law than you even want to think about, but the concept is simple enough to grasp. Money factoring essentially makes it ... enterprise that most peo...

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While we are busy bailing out the banks, the real estate and construction industries are still in free fall. That's great for people who have money, terrible for those who depended on the money from those industries to support their homes and ... Wall Street and the banks and how greed brought them down. We did not hear about how greedy the construction and real estate sales market was. All of the blame seemed to be put on the financial sector, when in fact, these two industries were actually complicit in pushing for more lenient guidelines so that ... industry had pushed for and bought bigg...

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... a result of a revision to the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law, the amount that banks are allowed to charge merchants for accepting debit was cut by more than 50%. To counteract the reduction in profits, banks installed many new fees on services that were previously free. However, ... the charge on debit card usage garnered the most widespread backlash as it affected the greatest number of customers (Fitzpatrick). "Consumers have clearly said this is a no-go," said Patricia Hewitt, an employee of Mercator Advisory Group Inc. who specializes ... In fact, Senator Durbin sent John Stumpf,...

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... and gives it to retailers, but retailers have announced no plans to pass on the savings to customers (The Chicago Tribune). However, even Durbin disagrees with the bank's decision to maintain profits by charging customers. "Bank of America is trying to find new ways to pad its profits by sticking it to its customers," he said (The Chicago Tribune). The backlash from ... , claiming, "Right here, right 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 - more and more coming out of my pocket" (Halzack)....

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... the university "strongly condemns the anti-Semitic remarks made by Helen Thomas" (Collins). As a daughter of Lebanese immigrants in Detroit, Thomas is believed to have had problems with Jews. She was the first female officer of the National Press Club and the first female member of the White House Correspondents Association. After reporting on every president since Eisenhower, Thomas made a name for ... herself by being aggressive in her interviews. In her lifetime, Thomas has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, as well ... remarks into a camera, these words were ca...

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... 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 ... that those people will not have enough voice to raise a stink. Their sets will merely becom...

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... 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 benefits for even straight couples who are not yet married. The campaign, SayNo2, ... for the ban would end up being very close. Opponents of the ban also were supported greatly by accepting individual donations from the wealthy, and support from the Human Rights Campaign, a powerful gay-rights organization...

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... has to travel before it gets on your plate is 1,500 miles. That travel could be by container ship, by truck or by train. Regardless of the mode of transport, carbon emissions are created to get that food to you. Eating locally reduces those carbon emissions. If a farmer drives 30 miles into the city ... are used than if those turnips were shipped from Mexico. There are other reasons why consumers choose to eat local foods. The most important of these is the transparency of the production process. You can see the farmer that grew the tomato or see the cow that ends up in your freezer. Dome...

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