... of a small church when a band of pirates opened fire on them (Owens). According to her, one of the bullets struck her husband in the back of the head, knocking him from his jet ski. She attempted to pull his body from the water but was forced to retreat when the shots continued (Lohr). Tiffany's story initially faced a lot of skepticism. Marco Antonio Guerrero ... incident happened the way they are telling us." On CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," Tiffany said she would take a lie detector test to prove that her story is true. "If that's what the authorities think I need to do, then that mig...

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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 ... where (an accuser) and her lawyer were demanding a huge financial settlement. I don't remember a number. But then he said because there was no basis for this, we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settle...

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... concluded that Casey Anthony did not murder her daughter, Caylee, by rendering her unconscious with chloroform, covering her mouth with duct tape to suffocate her, and then dumping her deceased body in the woods as prosecutors claimed. The two-year-old Caylee went missing on June 16, 2008. Casey then partied for the next month before being forced by her mother to ... or solid signs of chloroform or decompositions inside the trunk of Casey's car were produced by the prosecutors, who claimed that Caylee's body was stashed in the trunk. Furthermore, Caylee's exact cause of death could not ...

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... up later. After the argument, Freeman chose not to wait for her ride and instead decided to walk home but never made it (CBS News). On August 3, 2000, her body was found in a wooded area about eight miles from her hometown of Coquille. The autopsy revealed that she had died from "homicidal violence." The only piece of evidence found was a single tennis ... night, police questioned him and received a search warrant to search his car and house. They found that McGuffin had removed the trunk liner from his car, although his father protested that he had removed the liner because of a fuel l...

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... ! News). The sludge burst from its reservoir last week, killing eight people. The European Union and environmental groups are worried that the sludge could spread down the Danube River, resulting in long-term consequences for many nations. Emergency workers are currently trying to build temporary barriers to slow down the sludge before it reaches the Danube River. They will then scoop ... ...

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... age of growing consumer resentment over record profits. The energizing of the Republican Party's Christian base is critical to John McCain's viability - strategists in McCain's camp had urged him to make this surprise announcement because his campaign was "on a losing trajectory." Her stances on all the hot-button issues such as global warming, abortion, gun control, and off-shore ... southern states, it was hinted that McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was actually a secret love child with an African American mistress. Now, McCain is taking advice and strategic tips from the v...

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... Norgrove may have actually been the cause of her death. NATO is further investigating the incident (Imperator). After watching surveillance video, the rescue mission leader decided "it was not conclusive what the cause of her death was" (Vogt). British Prime Minister, David Cameron, defends the decision to attempt the rescue mission, despite its outcome (Imperator). "I am clear that the best chance ... injured (Vogt). Prime Minister Cameron, defended the original reports, saying, "The statements were made in good faith and on the basis of the information that we received. I want to assur...

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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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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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... spokeswoman would not confirm Karzai's announcement (Graham-Harrison). "I can't confirm any specific interactions, but we continue to support an Afghan-led reconciliation and reintegration process that would bring insurgents in from the cold," Hayden said (Graham-Harrison). Taliban reintegration was only possible "provided they meet the Afghan government's long-standing red lines: renounce violence, break with al Qaeda and ... if these preliminary talks progress any further, the progress the country has experienced since the Taliban was ousted from power will be lost (Graham-Harrison)....

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... and inmates escaped (Hadid). Protestors not only disagree with Mubarak's appointment of a vice president, but they want to see him gone as well. "What we want is for Mubarak to leave, not just his government. We will not stop protesting until he goes," said Mohammed Mahmoud, a protestor ... tourist and archaeological sites, including the Egyptian Museum which houses many of the country's most treasured antiquities. The military also closed the pyramids (Hadid). In fact, the Obama administration greatly opposed the crackdown on protestors. They even threatened to reduce their foreign aid ...

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... this, speculation was raised that the case was motivated by politics or money (Troutman). Philistin's main argument in the case is that Keevens' body is missing. Philistin came to the father the day after Keevens death and took the shirt from the baby. However, he refused to take him home because he said he had no money for a burial or a funeral. The missing ... body is not hard to believe, though, because following the earthquake, bodies were poorly handled in the chaos (Troutman). Waggoner's family has not been given permission to visit him in prison. However, they were allowed to pro...

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... 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 recommends a ... change in how awards are made (Andrew and Kuhnhenn). The proposals that did not change from the ... original draft include a gradual increase in the Social Security retirement ag...

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... makers with decisions that effect both offenders and those in criminal justice fields. Without this information, many needed programs would not be initiated and ineffectual programs would continue. A weakness of this database, however, is that is contains only quantitative data, painting only a small part of the profile of an offender, these statistics give mostly demographic information, as a guide, and ... cannot assist in profiling fugitive criminals to give closure to open cases. The information being researched in this brief paper is the characteristics of the parent prison populati...

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... , said that eight to 10 abductions occur daily, and major league baseball players are specifically targeted because they get paid large salaries in U.S. dollars. "What happens is that Venezuelan baseball players, because they come from humble, low-income backgrounds, even though they earn a lot of money, they don't have that mentality of protecting themselves, of ... contracting private security services, bodyguards and security rings," Garcia said (Matuszewski). The U.S. State Department also stepped in to remind travelers to use caution. Venezuela experiences one of the top five highes...

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... Jason Baldwin were released from prison, where they were currently serving out their sentences for the murder of three second-graders in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found dead in a ditch with their bodies mutilated and hog-tied by their own shoestrings. Police immediately suspected Echols, Misskelley, and Baldwin ... CNN). Echols, who was given the death sentence because he was believed to be the ringleader while the other two allegedly involved were sentenced to life in prison, said he was "very much in shock, very overwhelmed....

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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 to file paperwork announcing him as the Party's official pick. Weprin earned the ... losses. The winner of the special election winner will serve out the remainder of Weiner's term, which ends in Januar...

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... Rubin). NATO helicopters came to the aid of the Afghan security forces killing three suicide bombers on the roof. A fourth bomber was killed in the beginning of the attack, but it is unclear whether he detonated his bomb or was shot by the security forces. However, several ... were armed and there were at least two explosions which we believe were the suicide vests detonating. Then Afghan National Security Forces who were in the hotel and were clearing the hotel worked their way onto the roof and were securing the roof" (Rubin). Samoonyar Mohammad Zaman, ... However, this recent attack...

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... Israel's right do defend itself and to knowingly violate Israeli law" (JTA). "The flotilla has nothing constructive. There is nothing humanitarian or anything that has to do with Palestinian welfare in the organizing of this flotilla," said Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor. He added that the flotilla participants are "extremists" (Chick). The U.S. Department of State spokeswoman ... the participants are taking "irresponsible and provocative" actions and urged them to use "established and efficient" measures to get aid to Gaza (Chick). The Foreign Press Association ...

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... (Clark). "It's the same story with a few crucial additions, the most important of which is you," Rowling said in her announcement on YouTube that ran simultaneously with her news conference in London. "Just as the experiences of reading requires that the imaginations of the author and the reader work together to create ... the story, so Pottermore will be built, in part, by you, the reader. The digital generation will be able to enjoy a safe, unique online reading experience built around the Harry Potter ... books. Pottermore will be the place where fans of any age can share, participa...

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... include .com, .org, .info, .edu. and .net (Stevenson). This new rule will allow major corporations and companies to register almost any word, in any language, as their domain ending (Gross). "Icann has opened the Internet's naming system to unlease the global human imagination. Today's decision respects the rights ... of groups to create new Top Level Domains in any language or script. We hope this allows the domain name system to better serve all mankind," said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive ... Officer of Icann (IBTimes). Icann is a nonprofit group, founded in 1998, that...

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... that the storage tank had a capacity of 27.7 million gallons and had just refilled. According to them, more oil has been collected in the cleanup process than was reported to have been leaked. The explosion occurred after workers continually injected an agent to strip sulfur from oil after ... an oil storage tank was replenished by a tanker. Afterwards, workers released oil from other tanks in the area to prevent another explosion (The Huffington Post). Cleanup efforts were much more immediate than those that followed the Gulf incident. 40 oil ... officials, oil company workers, and vo...

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... they had fulfilling careers that did not require them to attend on-going courses. One woman, a doctor, returned to school to enhance her writing and to weave her creative side into her professional side. Another, a lawyer, took classes initially out of curiosity and ended up switching ... career paths entirely. There seems to be a yearning toward learning what is out there, when a career person becomes so specialized in their respective areas and loses the ability to integrate other disciplines and modes of study into their lives. Besides ... report compiled by Goldie Blumenstyk on beh...

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... true, that could be done within 16 months of his taking office. Obama will also have to address the problem of terrorism. Historically, transitions in the American government, when the government is assumed to be at its weakest, have been prime striking moments for terrorists to launch attacks. Even the ... passed that will allow security clearances to be "fast-tracked" for the incoming government. When Obama receives his first security briefings after being sworn in, the talk will be centered on terrorist threats and potential triggers, as well as how the FBI is working to halt future at...

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... , President Bush signed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. Initially designed to give low and middle class taxpayers a little relief in light of real estate downturns, rising inflation and high gas and food prices, the act has been further expanded since that ... 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 ... people were forced to use th...

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