AIG plans on holding another gathering for brokers after 400k Junket

Seeded on Wed Oct 8, 2008 10:42 PM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., castigated by the White House, Congress and Barack Obama for hosting a $440,000 conference days after an $85 billion federal bailout, plans to hold another gathering for brokers next week.

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Political Advertising, a brief regulatory history

Tue Mar 4, 2008 11:43 PM EST

What is the purpose of the media? How is the media regulated? These are questions that many Americans can't answer. They certainly aren't sexy hot topic issues you'll hear candidates talk about.

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Judges reduce time for crack - Roanoke.com

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 7:20 PM EST (The Roanoke Times)

Federal judges in the Western District of Virginia in the past week disposed of at least 13 of what are anticipated to be hundreds of requests for sentence changes, granting reductions to nine defendants and rejecting applications from four others.

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Bill Moyers Gets In the Last Word (washingtonpost.com)

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 7:16 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Moyers represented reason, deliberation, serious questioning of the status quo and, especially, standing as firmly as possible against government encroachment into Americans' private lives.

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Chinese Military Spending Up Sharply - New York Times

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 6:26 PM EST (The New York Times)

China's military budget for 2008 will increase by 17.6 percent to 417.77 billion yuan, or about $58.8 billion, Jiang Enzhu, spokesman for the National People's Congress, China's legislature, told a news conference. This follows a 17.8 percent increase in 2007.

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Delegate Hub- a website paid for by Hillary Clinton

Seeded on Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:52 PM EST (delegatehub.com)

A website defending the right for the Democratic party super delegates to vote according to their own opinion and not on the delegate who wins by popular votes

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Castro's Circle Likely to Hold Power After Resignation - New York Times

Seeded on Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:56 PM EST (The New York Times)

Under the Cuban Constitution, a newly chosen Parliament will choose a 31-member council of state on Sunday, which in turn will chose the next president.

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Company Orders Largest Recall of Ground Beef - New York Times

Seeded on Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:40 AM EST (The New York Times)

There have been videos made of slaughterhouses that would make even the hardiest steak eater think twice. However, most of those videos have been made by groups like PETA or other animal cruelty organizations.

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Limbo for U.S. Women Reporting Iraq Assaults - New York Times

Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:51 AM EST (The New York Times)

a number of American women who have reported that they were sexually assaulted by co-workers while working as contractors in Iraq but now find themselves in legal limbo, unable to seek justice or even significant compensation.

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Marine Arrested Over Japan Rape - New York Times

Seeded on Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:59 AM EST (The New York Times)

A US marine has been arrested on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa. The incident allegedly took place while the marine, 38, and the girl were riding in a car. Further details on the alleged rape have not been released.

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In Turkey, a Step to Allow Head Scarves

Seeded on Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:07 PM EST (The New York Times)

Women attending universities can now wear head scarves.Another battle brews in the war between Turkey's secular old guard and the new more religious political party.

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