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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... ," said company chairman, Guillaume Pepy, at a ceremony held at a station in Bobigny, a Paris suburb. Officials and Jewish dignitaries were in the audience. Pepy also announced that they would be handing the station over to local authorities for a memorial to the 2,000 Jews shipped from there to Nazi concentration camps (The Age). The apology came after years of litigation from legislators, survivors, their ... descendants and some American Jewish organizations, who argued that the company had never acknowledged or apologized for shipping 76,000 European Jews to the Franco-German border ...

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... changing the widely accepted view of oil reserves. In stark contrast to the Middle East's hot climate, Hammerfest, Norway is home to the fifth largest exporter of oil and the third largest exporter of natural gas on earth. The "Snow White" undersea reservoir, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle ... in Hammerfest, the northernmost city in the world, pipes gas from the sea bottom (Reiss). Despite being one of the world's leading exporters of both oil and natural gas, Norway is now being closely scrutinized for research purposes. As Washington prepares to revamp offshore drilling safety ...

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... found his weekly trips from Chicago into Ohio to be suspicious. While the investigation found enough evidence to convict and sentence Volkman, he still maintains that he was simply acting as doctor and not as a drug dealer (CBS News). "The typical drug dealer does not care how much drugs a ... client buys, how often he buys, or what he does with his drugs," Volkman said in a court filing (CBS News). The court thought otherwise, finding that Volkman never made an attempt to test out an alternate plan of action including physical therapy, surgery, ... more than a cash cow to them," said ...

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... player, George Huguely V, for allegedly murdering his on-again off-again girlfriend, Yeardley Love, 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 ...

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... of oil lying there beneath the seabed. Currently Georges Bank is a protected area due to overfishing in the 1970's. This area's ecosystem is already in a delicate state with only the haddock bouncing back from being over fished. Can the benefits of drilling for oil and natural gas possibly outweigh the risk of further damage ... the 57 million barrels of confirmed oil there and the 72 trillion cubic feet of natural gas we would have enough fuel to keep the country going for count them folks 2 days! Another article in the USA Today by Rick Jervis, William M. Welch, and Richard Wolf discu...

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... with the added words "the defendant is to report to Probation upon release" and "nunc pro tunc," which allowed the amendment to work retroactively (Boston.com). Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, is currently working to dismiss the amended order that he says falsely claims that he and Anthony were both at a hearing on Monday. "From what I can see, it is a fraud," said Cheney Mason, one ... of Anthony's defense attorneys. "We will be addressing that with all due speed and with aggression as the law, procedures, ... all," said Jo Ellyn Rackleff, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Cor...

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... 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 ... ambulance right away, he collected medical vials and pill bottles...

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... undermining the rights of the country's Arab minority (Sherwood). Critics believe the oath invites discrimination towards non-Jews (McGregor-Wood). The oath is expected to be passed into law in the next few months and will affect several thousand people a year (McGregor-Wood). It will ... take the oath, although it has since been decided that the oath will only be required of future citizens. "I think this is an important step forward. Obviously this is not the end of the issue of loyalty in return for citizenship, but this is a highly important step," Lieberman said (Sherwood). Binyami...

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... Assemblyman who formerly served as a member of the New York City council. Last year, he was elected to the state Assembly but failed in his campaign for city comptroller in 2009 (Carnia). "It is expected that David Weprin will be unanimously supported by the Democratic parties of Brooklyn and Queens," said Evan Stavisky (Koplowitz). Weprin will meet with Queens Democrats on July 7th ... due to population losses. The winner of the special election winner will serve out the remainder of Weiner's term, which ends in January 2013 (Carnia). Weprin could run for a full term afterwards, but he...

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U.S. security has seen a dramatic increase since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Although the airlines have been cooperative so far, British Airways is finally voicing its frustration as the security becomes ever so tighter. As many of the traveling public would agree, chairman of British Airways, Martin Broughton, criticized the airport checks proposed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for being "completely redundant." At an annual conference of the U.K. Airport Operators Association in London, Broughton explained that the TSA is requiring foreign airports to increase checks on U...

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... of the middle class. He saw an equitable tax system, and a health care system where no one would ever die for lack of medicine or treatment. No one expected him to do all this in four years. It was almost a given that we would give him eight. Then the mortgage industry crashed, and the economy tanked with it. Barack Obama will now ... structurally better schools. Maybe the tax code will get fixed, maybe not. A lot of what he dreamed he could make happen will have to wait. There will be no paying down the deficit, at least not anytime soon. Unlike Bill Clinton, Obama is coming into an ec...

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... and the military were unable to agree on specific promotions at the High Military Council meeting. Erdogan specifically announced that the 250 soldiers awaiting trial would not be considered for promotion. Erdogan announced a replacement for General Chief of Staff Isik Kosaner. General Necdet Ozel is now the commander of ground forces (Butler). Barkey applauds Turkey's ability to follow other countries' procedures. "In ... by civilians. Turkey is now like any other country where if you disagree with your bosses, you resign," he said (Tuysuz). In some ways, the generals' resignations mark ...

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The public unveiling of an extremely controversial proposal involving the budget deficit is scheduled for release on Wednesday. The new plan, constructed by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, is a revised draft of the plan proposed earlier this month, that also resulted in great controversy. Changes to the second draft include higher domestic cuts than the original version, as well as a decrease in the health ... care savings from overhauling the medical malpractice system. Unlike the original proposal, the revised version does not call for a cap on medical ... malpractice awards, but instead ...

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... of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, could be serving a maximum sentence of life in prison if he is convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity (The Wall Street Journal). The charges stem back to 1998, when Haradinaj was a commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army fighting against Serbia for independence (CNN World). In March 2005, Haradinaj was indicted along with two other members of ... Journal). Two years ago, the men were acquitted of murder. All charges were dropped against Haradinaj and Balaj, but Brahimaj was sentenced to six years for torture. However, The Hague war crimes tribun...

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... go from a little known athlete, to becoming rich by using his new found fame for endorsements for various products, because Bryan Clay has more important missions in life. That doesn't necessarily mean that nobody will offer him big deals, or that he won't take any. It does mean, however, that Bryan Clay is more concerned with helping underprivileged students and sharing his Christian faith than he ... . With such high finishes in so many events, Clay won the decathlon, despite being 23rd in the 1500 meters. Bryan Clay is one successful athlete who demonstrates he is concerned with more t...

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... adding jobs and gaining market share against international competitors (Nicholas). Despite the gain in that industry, the state of the economy poses a major threat to Obama's campaign for the 2012 presidential election. Recent figures placed unemployment at 9.1%, an increase for the second month in a row. May reports found that 14 million people were out of work and at least 45% of those had been ... predict another recession just in time for election season. According to a poll conducted by CNN, 58% of respondents disapproved of Obama's handling of the economy compared to just 41% of r...

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... clamoring for bailouts? Why can't they just live off of their savings and weather the storm? The answer is boring, but it is also the harsh reality faced by those who make money by loaning money. Competitive lending practices of the last 15 years have kept interest rates at bay. In the 1980s home owners were faced with interest rates on their mortgages that ... both law and competition keep mortgage companies from charging enough interest to offset those who default on their mortgage loans. The result is that the number of mortgages that can default before sending a mortgage broker into...

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... extremely simple. Accountability means saying what you mean, meaning what you say, and doing what you say you're going to do. In short, accountability is taking responsibility for your words and actions. While the concept is simple, developing the discipline and the skills may not be. By losing touch with what is truly important, and judging yourself and your work by what others say, you can easily lose ... on time. Being super-organized saves your most valuable asset - time. Automation and delegation are your friends. Know when to spend money. Spending money on things that save you tim...

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... real estate downturns, rising inflation and high gas and food prices, the act has been further expanded since that time and offers a variety of incentives for both businesses and individuals. The overall goal of the Act is to "jumpstart the economy." Individuals and couples filing Federal Income Tax Returns for 2007, even up until the late filing deadline of Oct. 15, 2008, may qualify ... for up to $2400 in rebates (for a family with four children and $70,000 in adjusted gross income). Other rebate amounts are $300 for qualifying individuals with at least $3000 ... rebate have or will ...

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... billions. In fact the amount to bail out the current crisis of Wall Street is around $700 billion. With this country already in a great deal of debt, the fact that it is taking on more, is of great concern. However, what people need to see is that in the short term the federal government is taking on a large debt, but in the long run they could actually be ... gaining a large sum. What the U.S. is doing is not paying off these banking companies debt, but assuming the loans as ... their own. In other words, the government is becoming a part of the bank. In the future, as the economy sta...

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... , 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 the military?" Hill questioned, after explaining ... 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 happens" (MSNBC). "We don't belie...

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... found and arrested right outside of Fort Hood with just one of the explosive devices police believe he was planning on detonating in a restaurant that many soldiers visited before attacking the Army post itself. Greg Ebert, an employee of Guns Galore, noticed Abdo's strange behavior while he was ... , shotgun ammunition, and a semi-automatic pistol magazine. Furthermore, he had come to the gun shop in a taxi - which is pretty unusual for Killeen, Texas. Abdo even questioned what the smokeless gunpowder was as he bought 6 pounds of it. After making his purchases, Abdo ran out on his rece...

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... in a room with no access to know the passing of time. That room would have no clocks, no schedule, and no daylight to guide his way. In a matter of days, the sanest of men would go quite mad. Humans tend to be people of schedules, reliant on time to know what to do and when to do it. Various societies throughout the ... history of man have treated time differently, and even today there is a disparity between cultures regarding the importance of time. Anyone who has ever met with anyone outside of western culture ... a hole in the bag? Deadlines and schedules are more arbitrary than we ...

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... . How? Who amongst us doesn't have a weird quirk that could be made fun of, said the wrong thing at one time or spent too much money? It's what makes us human and, as a result, love Sarah Palin. So guess what? The pain Palin is enduring now will only help her come 2012. It is this year that a new election for president will be run. Many voters are saying ... now that it should be hers and even printing up t-shirts. What does this all mean? It means that president-elect Barack Obama will ... have a run for his money if he plans ... ...

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