Photo courtesy College of Law As firms grapple with the significant cost increases associated with the Affordable Care Act, the possibility emerges that employers would harass or retaliate against employees in order to avoid the law’s financial penalties,… Read More ›
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Dominque Strauss Kahn to face trial for pimping / in connection with an alleged prostitution ring at a Lille hotel
French former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face trial on pimping charges along with 12 others in connection with an alleged prostitution ring at a Lille hotel, the local prosecutors’ office said on Friday. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was answering questions in… Read More ›
Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence/ Will pay $200,000 fine
Source: Reuters – Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:19 AM Author: Reuters * Third company to plead guilty over Gulf spill * Halliburton to pay $200,000 fine * $55 million to be donated to fish and wildlife group By Jonathan… Read More ›
Halliburton admits destroying evidence of oil disaster in Gulf of Mexico
Photo: EPA Halliburton Energy Services has admitted destroying evidence relating to the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said. A Justice Department statement said Halliburton – which constructed the cement casing of… Read More ›
Japan eyes first-strike capability, Marines in defense policy update
By Linda Sieg National Jul. 25, 2013 – 05:10PM JST ( 41 ) TOKYO — Japan is likely to start considering acquiring the ability to launch pre-emptive military strikes in a planned update of its basic defense policies, the latest… Read More ›
BofA: Bank of America or Bank of Abortion?
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – A Bank of America branch manager told a pregnant teller she could “have an abortion” or “give the baby up for adoption,” then fired her two months before her due… Read More ›
Delta Air Lines forced a wheelchair-bound passenger to crawl onto and off its planes and across tarmacs?
Delta Wasn’t Ready When he Was By PURNA NEMANI ShareThis HONOLULU (CN) – Delta Air Lines forced a wheelchair-bound passenger to crawl onto and off its planes and across tarmacs, while Delta employees, “fearful of liability,” watched, a man claims… Read More ›
Rich Move Assets from Banks to Warehouses
(Sm)art Investing By Christoph Pauly To avoid paying taxes, the rich are emptying their bank accounts in Switzerland and investing in art. This has spawned a new business of storing such works tax- and duty-free in warehouses across the world…. Read More ›
Math Behind Leak Crackdown: 153 Cases, 4 Years, 0 Indictments
July 20, 2013 By SHARON LaFRANIERE Soon after President Obama appointed him director of national intelligence in 2009, Dennis C. Blair called for a tally of the number of government officials or employees who had been prosecuted for… Read More ›
‘Retaliation Campaign’ Erdogan Punishes Protesters in Turkey
By Oezlem Gezer and Maximilian Popp Following mass anti-government protests in Turkey, Ankara is now taking revenge on its critics. Activists and demonstrators are being investigated and intimidated, while journalists are getting fired and insubordinate civil servants transferred far afield…. Read More ›
Obama’s pick for No.2 at Homeland Security investigated over helping Chinese executive get a U.S. visa for company run by Hillary Clinton’s brother
Alejandro Mayorkas under investigation for helping get an international investor visa for a Chinese exec Clinton’s brother Anthony Rodham is president and CEO of the company The visa allows foreigners into the U.S. if they invest $500K to $1m in… Read More ›
USC student claims police told her she was NOT raped because the attacker didn’t orgasm
Dozens of USC students have filed a federal complaint against the school for allegedly mishandling sexual assault and rape cases In one case, a young woman said campus police dismissed her rape report because the attacker did not orgasm Another … Read More ›
Quants: the maths geniuses running Wall Street
Forget Gordon Gekko. Old-style City traders are being replaced by maths geniuses who use super-computers to beat the markets. But are ‘quants’ a force for good or evil? Photo: Getty Images <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end… Read More ›
CIA Murder Claims Are Credible, but Too Late / Poisoned a a bioweapons scientist with LSD in 1953 ?
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge dismissed claims that the CIA dosed a bioweapons scientist with LSD in 1953, killed him and made it look like a suicide. Eric and Nils Olson say their father, Frank Olson,… Read More ›
Goldman Sachs in spotlight over ‘aluminium price-hike’ scandal
Financial giant is accused of exploiting rules over metal warehousing in order to manipulate commodity prices James Moore Tuesday, 23 July 2013 Goldman Sachs is at the centre of another potential London-linked scandal after US watchdogs kicked off investigations into… Read More ›
Pressure mounts on Obama as he REFUSES to pay his interns (while campaigning to raise the minimum wage)
By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 21:17 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 21:48 EST, 22 July 2013 As President Obama campaigns to increase the minimum wage, his own interns aren’t getting paid a cent to work a minimum of 45 … Read More ›
In search of fair babies, Indians chase Caucasian donors for IVF
Shobita Dhar, TNN Jul 21, 2013, 04.06AM IST (Dr Manish Banker, director…) Mayuri Singhal, 36, married into a fair-skinned family. She herself is what is often described in matrimonial columns as ‘wheatish’. When she couldn’t conceive, she walked into… Read More ›
TSA to charge passengers $85 for the privilege of keeping their shoes on through airport security checks
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:46 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:49 EST, 22 July 2013 The TSA has put a price on a security pat down as they are now allowing more people to bypass parts of… Read More ›
A close Bond: how the CIA exploited 007 for gadget ideas and public relations
The real-life CIA copied outlandish gadgets from Goldfinger and From Russia With Love, according to a University of Warwick analysis of declassified letters and interviews revealing the bond between Ian Fleming and Allen Dulles. However the relationship between the former… Read More ›
Report: Senate immigration bill includes nearly $300 million in slush funds for immigrants’ rights groups, in language drafted by the former policy chief for one such organization
The National Council of La Raza is likely to benefit from grant money set aside in an immigration bill drafted by its former policy director Legislation passed in the Senate would exclude three-time DUI offenders from a path to citizenship,… Read More ›
Exclusive: New blue-chip dirty tricks scandal revealed after 12 years of silence
Unpublished official report shows industrial-scale ‘blagging’ on behalf of insurance, financial services and legal companies Ian Burrell Saturday, 20 July 2013 The vast scale on which private investigation agencies have been used by the financial services sector to illegally raid… Read More ›
Japan to deploy ships after China detected drilling in disputed waters – report
Published time: July 18, 2013 16:50 An aerial view shows a Chinese facility under construction (top R) for natural gas exploration and a large crane ship are seen near what Tokyo claims to be the median line between the… Read More ›
Scandal for American justice: FBI could be at fault in 27 death row cases
Unprecedented federal review rules that the FBI may have exaggerated forensics in case of Willie Jerome Manning – a decision that puts other convictions in doubt Spencer S Hsu Thursday, 18 July 2013 An unprecedented federal review of old criminal… Read More ›
Putin’s Biggest Critic Convicted
By Benjamin Bidder in Moscow Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption blogger and one of the leaders of the Russian opposition, was sentenced to five years in prison after a trial that has troubled observers. Alexei Navalny was no longer expecting an… Read More ›
Jimmy Carter: ‘America no longer has a functioning democracy’
Posted By Katie McHugh On 8:56 PM 07/17/2013 In Politics Former president Jimmy Carter condemned the effect U.S. intelligence programs had on U.S. moral authority in the wake of NSA revelations brought to light by leaker Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel… Read More ›
IRS lawyer says scandal was overseen by D.C., names names
Posted By Patrick Howley On 9:32 PM 07/17/2013 In Politics Top IRS officials in Washington, D.C. planned and oversaw the agency’s improper targeting of conservative groups, according to the 72-year old retiring IRS lawyer who will testify Thursday before the… Read More ›
At least 22 Indian children killed and 25 are ill after eating school dinner ‘made from unwashed ingredients covered in insecticide’
Sick children taken to hospital in Patna, capital of Bihar state in India Deaths spark violent protests, with four police cars burned Probe finds food had traces of insecticide used on rice and wheat crops By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 01:35… Read More ›
Suspected drug smuggler has been deported back to Mexico ELEVEN times in the last 3 years
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:35 EST, 17 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:05 EST, 17 July 2013 An alleged drug smuggler who was recently busted with more than 220 pounds of marijuana in his car will likely be deported … Read More ›
First Vatican envoy to Malaysia sparks Muslim anger over ‘Allah’ / state government would not allow the word Allah to be used by non-Muslims in their holy books
The Vatican’s first envoy to Malaysia has opened a storm of controversy by apparently supporting the use of the word “Allah” by Christians, prompting a rebuke from the government and condemnation from nationalist Malay groups in the majority-Muslim… Read More ›
N.Korea has everything in place for new atom test: US expert
N.Korea needs more tests to “miniaturise” bomb, an expert said. -Reuters Wed, Jul 17, 2013 Reuters VIENNA – North Korea has strong technical reasons to carry out another nuclear test but may be hesitating because it would anger China, a prominent… Read More ›
Revealed: The great outsourcing scandal as firms ‘cut corners’ to cream profits off public
Private firms ‘gaming’ £100bn of government services, says think-tank Oliver Wright Thursday, 18 July 2013 Private companies providing public services are routinely “gaming the system” to make money for their shareholders at the expense of the taxpayer, a major new… Read More ›
The natural world, photographed by Sebastião Salgado – sponsored by one of the world’s worst polluters
Natural History Museum under fire for accepting cash from mining giant Gavin Haines Wednesday, 17 July 2013 The acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado says his images currently on display at the Natural History Museum seek to depict the “stunning mosaic of… Read More ›
Revealed: Serious Fraud Office chief who worked at home spent £100,000 on travel costs
Phillippa Williamson was allowed to run up bill in deal criticised as ‘quite astounding’ by MPs Nigel Morris Wednesday, 17 July 2013 Taxpayers spent £100,000 in travel and hotel costs for the former head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)… Read More ›
Free school meals kill Indian children / May be related to not washing the pesticides off the food
At least 20 dead and dozens taken to hospital after eating midday meal at primary school in village of Masrakh Associated Press in Patna guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 July 2013 01.09 EDT Children eat school meals at a New… Read More ›
Malaysian couple told to surrender for uploading on their Facebook page a picture depicting them eating bak kut teh, or pork rib soup during Ramadhan
Malaysian sex blog couple told to surrender The Star/Asia News Network Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 PETALING JAYA – Malaysia’s Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has asked a pair of controversial sex bloggers to surrender themselves to the… Read More ›
World’s oldest calendar dating back more than 10,000 years discovered in Scotland
The monument is made up of 12 pits that appear to mimic moon phases This would have made it possible for residents to track lunar months It was discovered in Warren Field near Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire The discovery predates… Read More ›
Greek MPs vote in favour of charging ex-minister over tax-cheat list
Source: Reuters – Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:51 AM Author: Reuters ATHENS, July 16 (Reuters) – Greek lawmakers voted early on Tuesday in favour of pressing criminal charges against former finance minister George Papaconstantinou in a scandal over a list… Read More ›
Japan mulls nationalising unclaimed islands
National Jul. 16, 2013 – 06:52AM JST ( 32 ) A Taiwan fishing boat is blocked by the Japan Coast Guard near the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands, September 2012AFP TOKYO — Japan may nationalise any unclaimed remote islands in… Read More ›
Japan seeks to ‘nationalize’ islands
With an Upper House election looming this weekend, the Japanese cabinet plans to strengthen territorial claims on hundreds of remote islands in the East China Sea. -China Daily/ANN Tue, Jul 16, 2013 China Daily/Asia News Network With an Upper House… Read More ›
RT source: Israeli strike on Syria was carried out from Turkish base
Published time: July 15, 2013 04:00 Edited time: July 15, 2013 13:00 Israel used a Turkish military base to launch one of its recent airstrikes against Syria from the sea, a reliable source told RT. Israel has been under… Read More ›
NHS hit for millions by overcharging ‘scam’
Drug companies exploit loophole in the law to hike prices by as much as 2,000 per cent Sanchez Manning Sunday, 14 July 2013 Drugs companies have been accused of “highway robbery” of the NHS by using a legal loophole to… Read More ›
Greenwald: Snowden has enough information to cause US govt ‘worst damage in history’
Published time: July 13, 2013 20:09 Edited time: July 14, 2013 13:33 AFP Photo / Vasily Maximov Former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden possesses dangerous information which could potentially lead to America’s “worst nightmare” if it is revealed, according… Read More ›
Unemployed Spaniards head to Morocco for work
Spain and Morocco have traditionally held close ties. Spain has the second largest Moroccan community in the world, while presence of Spanish entrepreneurs on Moroccan soil is not new. But the severe crisis in the Spanish economy has resulted… Read More ›
Israel attacks Syria to destroy Russian-made ‘Yakhont’ anti-ship missiles
Photo: RIA Novosti It is for the first time that Israel has used its state -of-the art submarine fleet to hit a facility on Syria’s territory. According to today’s issue of “The Sunday Times” of London, in the early hours… Read More ›
Zimmerman whistle-blower who claimed prosecutors didn’t give defense team all the evidence from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone is fired
In his termination letter Ben Kruidbos was accused of violating state attorney office policies and procedures He had informed the defense team that they hadn’t received all the images and text messages retrieved from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone The missing… Read More ›
Chinese court executes man for fraud and illegal fundraising without telling family: media
AFP Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 BEIJING – A Chinese court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions, sparking anger online, local media reported Sunday. Businessman Zeng Chengjie was executed on Friday after… Read More ›
Obama White House does not disclose presidential directives even when they are unclassified.
Presidential Directives Mostly Withheld by White House : If one is looking for a copy of a Presidential Policy Directive issued by President Obama, the last place to turn is the White House website. In most cases, the Obama White… Read More ›
Homeland Security secretary Napolitano resigns for senior post at CU
Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona, is being named as the next president of the University of California system, in an unusual choice that brings a national-level politician to a position usually held… Read More ›
Entire government of Luxembourg resigns after spying and corruption scandal forces its prime minister to quit
Jean-Claude Juncker was Europe’s longest-serving leader, with 18 years as prime minister He was secretly record by his own spy chief, Marco Mille By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:20 EST, 11 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:27 EST, 11 July 2013… Read More ›
Equalities minister sees no need for law against caste discrimination
Her leaked letter urges Hindus to submit evidence to help get legislation scrapped Emily Dugan Thursday, 11 July 2013 Landmark legislation to ban caste discrimination in Britain is being deliberately scuppered by the Conservative equalities ministers in charge… Read More ›
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