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Mar 19 2008 2:02 AM
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To many Americans, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's fiery pulpit pronouncements about race, terrorism and the federal government's alleged war on black youth seemed recklessly provocative. But as Sen. Barack Obama, who for 20 years attended Wright's Chicago church, sought Tuesday to limit the sermons' damage to his campaign to become the nation's first black president, another view of the retired pastor's comments emerged. Wright, supporters in the black clergy said, merely was adhering to traditions of Christianity and the black church.
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Mar 19 2008 1:54 AM
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In the war in Iraq, thousands of American soldiers have fought and died for their country. And alongside these men and women are U.S. soldiers from other countries, volunteering to serve their adopted country. Immigrants have been on the U.S. military's front lines since the nation was founded. And today, the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq serves as a reminder of the 20,000 noncitizens serving on active duty in the U.S. military. Many of these immigrants are stationed in Iraq.
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Jan 17 2008 10:21 PM
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Even though many people use Internet dating to find great relationships, there is still a risk associated with the practice. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 26 2007 11:07 PM
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What a difference a financial crisis makes! Back in July, I looked at data showing that the number of securities class actions in the US had fallen significantly to well below average. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on
Nov 14 2007 11:16 PM
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The government may go ahead with its bid to seize assets from Ken Lay's estate, a judge ruled Wednesday, denying a request from the Enron chairman's widow to stop the effort. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov 06 2007 11:13 PM
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today created an electronic appeals system in death penalty cases to avoid a repeat of the Michael Richard case. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on
Nov 02 2007 12:18 AM
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he Alabama Supreme Court today threw out nearly all of a record $3.6 billion verdict that the state government won against Exxon Mobil Corp. in a dispute over natural gas royalties.In an 8-1 decision, the state's highest court awarded Alabama $51.9 million in compensatory damages. Read the rest of this entry »
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Professor Dawn McLaren , an economist at Arizona State University, has spent the last decade correlating the number of illegal immigrants nabbed crossing from Mexico and the growth of the US economy. According to McLaren, the number of apprehensions is a leading indicator, one year out, of the growth of the US economy. Illegal immigrants hold some of the most marginal jobs, and are the first to be let go during economic downturns. Word of the impending downturn quickly filters throughout the immigrant community waiting to cross...
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Rowad Seleh was behind the counter of Diamonds Market at 11 a.m. Thursday when Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll walked in with several police officers.
Lt. Joe Cecile, of the Syracuse police's community policing division, presented Seleh with paperwork and announced that the city was going to board up the market at 1701 Court St. under the city's nuisance abatement ordinance.
"Take the cash immediately and I mean in the next 15 minutes," Cecile told Seleh.
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Romer Inc. a unit of Sweden's Hexagon AB, and electronics company Faro Technologies Inc., said Monday they agreed to settle all lawsuits between them. As part of the settlement, patent suits pending in California and Florida and a lawsuit involving claims of false advertising, will be dismissed, the companies said in a joint statement. They did not give financial terms of the settlement. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dell Inc.’s sales in India have soared in the past year, but the high taxes the country levies on computers are preventing the U.S. company from expanding investment and operations, Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Dell said Tuesday. The Round Rock, Texas-based company has done well in selling servers and computers to large Indian companies in recent years, but it has failed to penetrate the mass market for desktop computers and laptops. Read the rest of this entry »
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EU regulators said Tuesday they charged several companies - among them Sony Corp. - with running a cartel to fix the price of professional video tape used for television. Though the EU declined to identify the companies, Sony spokeswoman Sylvia Shin confirmed the Japanese electronics company had been charged and would make a formal response to the European Commission. Read the rest of this entry »
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