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Obama seeks to change crack sentences »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is asking Congress to close the big gap in prison sentences for dealing crack versus powdered cocaine, a law that critics ...
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Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry »
Posted by: engineer 6 months ago in News
The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of ...
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Don't blame technology, blame the parents »
Posted by: iamamaniac 11 months ago in Science & Technology
According to the annual survey of connected kids by ChildWise, five- to 16-year-olds in the UK are spending up to six hours of their day ...
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The 5 Worst McCrimes Against Humanity (and the Planet) »
Posted by: socialexpert 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
McDonald’s, the world’s largest food chain, is a staggering company. The figures speak for themselves: over 26,500 outlets in 119 countries serving ...
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Pinochet stripped of immunity in torture, kidnapping cases »
Posted by: berkeley 11 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The president of the Santiago Court of Appeals, Juan Escobar, said the justices voted 13-5 to lift Pinochet's immunity, but the ruling must be ...
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Was your hotel/motel used as a meth lab? Don't use the coffee maker »
Posted by: AmyVernon 10 months ago in News
When motel owners find evidence that one of their rooms has been used to cook up meth, they're discouraged from reporting contamination because of ...
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Obama orders task force to fight financial crime »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will issue an executive order on Tuesday creating an administration-wide task force to crack down on financial fraud following a ...
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Anti-war cafe opens in the shadow of Fort Hood »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Less than a mile from the gates of 53,000-troop Fort Hood, the cafe is a place where soldiers, many of them fresh off of ...
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10 Celebrity & Film True Stories You Might Not Know »
Posted by: pasttime 3 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
It can be interesting to learn facts surrounding the lives of celebrities, sports figures, and the incidents surrounding the origins of famous film. Similar to ...
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"Google Mistrials" Become More Common as More Jurors Look to the Web »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 9 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Recently I wrote that a mistrial may be declared in a civil case because a juror was using Twitter to broadcast trial information while the ...
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Government cracking down on mortgage scams »
Posted by: engineer 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON – Top federal and state officials on Monday announced a broad crackdown on mortgage modification scams, accusing "criminal actors" of preying on desperate borrowers caught ...
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Man allegedly stabs brother over pork and beans »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 8 months, 1 week ago in News
GILLIAM, La. – A sheriff's deputy said a 54-year-old man stabbed his 63-year-old brother during an argument in their kitchen over a can of pork ...
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Pardon sought for first black heavyweight champ »
Posted by: vizion 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Senator John McCain wants a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson , who became the nation's first black heavyweight boxing champion 100 years before Barack Obama ...
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NJ jurors convict Fla. man in 'fat defense' trial | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle »
Posted by: gbudavid 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
In this undated photo released by the Trenton, NJ prosecutor's office on Oct. 28, 2009, Edward Ates is shown. Jury deliberations got under way ...
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South Africa to fast-track World Cup crime hearings »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 4 weeks ago in News
South Africa is to set up special courts to quickly deal with crime committed during the 2010 World Cup.
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