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Alaska Voters Punished Murkowski for Not Being Angry, Hostile Enough
Members of a divided and hostile Congress are being punished for not being angry and hostile enough.
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SPATWATCH: General Rebuked for Seeking 'Weaponized Gospel of Jesus Christ'
Mother Jones' Adam Weinstein reports that soldiers at Virginia's Fort Eustis were recently punished for refusing to attend one of the many Christian evangelical events sponsored by the commanding base general and "self-professed 'reborn' officer, ...
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Paris Hilton Looking at Hard Time if Convicted of Cocaine Possession
If convicted of a low-grade felony, under Nevada law, Hilton could be punished with a maximum of four years in jail.
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Israeli rabbi's scathing remarks against Abbas, Palestinians draw ire (3)
"Yosef's remarks are not an expression of opinion, but a criminal act that should be punished," Arab Balad Party chairman, Jamal Zahalka said on Sunday and called on the Israeli attorney- general to open an investigation into Yosef's statements, ...
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Azerbaijan - Security guards who attacked journalists go unpunished
Reporters Without Borders condemns the authorities' refusal to investigate an attack on two newspaper journalists, Yeni Musavat reporter Elmin Badalov and Milli Yol deputy editor Anar Gerayly, by a wealthy businessman's private security guards. The two ...
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David Brooks: Raising an Economy Like a Child Abuser
How disappointing to see David Brooks argue that economies are like children: Liberals spoiled the economy rotten! Now it needs to be punished. So we should be like the Germans who practice "austerity."Brooks ignores a huge and critical difference,...
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Australia's capital sets 40 percent carbon cut law
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The government of an Australian territory said on Thursday it will enact tough carbon cutting laws, a step that comes after a national election that punished the ruling Labor party over lack of action on climate change.
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FIFA Drops Probe Into N.Koreas Alleged Abuse of Team
FIFA announced Wednesday it has closed its inquiry into widespread reports that North Korea punished its soccer team and coach after their poor showing at the World Cup. The decision was based at least in part on a letter from the North Korea ...
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Human Rights Watch condemns sentence against Lev Ponomaryov
Moscow- Human Rights Watch Thursday condemned the prison sentence against prominent Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov as politically motivated. The 68-year-old was being punished for his democratic principles, the organization's vice-deputy ...
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Judiciary to rule on ear biting charge
Wests Tigers forward Jason Schirnack is hoping the rugby league player who chomped on his ear will be suitably punished at the NSW Cup judiciary.
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Soldiers Get Punished for Opting Out of Evangelical Christian Concert...
Huffington Post , via Christian Nightmares :For the past several years, two U.S. Army posts in Virginia, Fort Eustis and Fort Lee, have been putting on a series of what are called Commanding Generals Spiritual Fitness Concerts. As Ive written in a
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Football: FIFA drop North Korea World Cup probe
NYON, Switzerland: A FIFA investigation into claims that members of North Korea's World Cup squad had been punished following their failure to win a match has been dropped, world football's governing body said on Wednesday.
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Beijing Battles Nine-Day Traffic Jam
This must just be great for the environment: A 62-mile-long traffic jam has punished Beijing drivers for nine days, highlighting China's worsening car congestion. A surge of traffic from heavy trucks August 14 first slowed traffic on the Beijing-Tibet...
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Pentagon Investigating Christian Concert Coercion [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]
The Army has launched an investigation into the allegations that soldiers at Ft. Eustis in Virginia were punished for choosing not to attend an ostensibly voluntary Christian concert intended to improve their "spiritual fitness." The Associated Press ...
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Soldiers Punished for Refusing to Attend Christian Rock Show
The Army is not supposed to promote religion. Why have there been so many incidents of higher-ups pushing Christianity?
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Power of women protest movements
True equality will only have been achieved when women are punished as harshly as men for their misdemeanours, says Lisa Jardine.
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Soldiers Punished for Refusing to Attend a Christian Rock Concert
This post first appeared on Booman Tribune.There is so much that is just so wrong with this story I dont know where to begin:The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian bands concert .
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S Korean regulator punishes Kookmin officials (at Financial Times)
South Korea s financial regulators have punished Kookmin Bank KB and its current and former officials for decisions that led to $948m in losses at the country s biggest retail lender.
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U.S. Soldiers Punished For Not Attending Christian Concert
editor - Talk To Action contributor Chris Rodda is Head Researcher for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
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Troops: Skipping Christian concert got us punished
The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band's concert at a Virginia military base were banished to their barracks and told to clean them up.
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Cramer s Mad Money - Crossing the Rubicon (8/19/10) (at Seeking Alpha)
Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV program, Thursday August 19. Cree( CREE) , Rubicon( RBCN) Cramer discussed two` profoundly misunderstood' and unfairly punished plays on LED lighting: Cree( CREE) and Rubicon( RBCN). ...
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Will Anyone Be Punished For Citibanks $40 Billion Subprime Lie?
Finally, some good news on Wall Street accountability. A federal judge is holding up the SECs effort to let Citigroups top executives off the hook for misleading their own shareholders about $40 billion in subprime debt.If Citi executives did what .
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Dan Collins: At a Queens Precinct: Protecting the Connected, Forsaking the Honest
Welcome to Ray Kelly's police department where cops get punished, even if they are in the right, and the connected are protected. At the 113th precinct in Queens, a prime example is Captain Matthew Travaglia, the executive officer, who is also a ...
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John Atlas: Federal Appeals Court Reverses Court Decision That Barred Congress from cutting ACORN's Funds
Despite a slew of independent investigations exonerating ACORN of misdeeds, on Friday, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned federal court Judge Nina Gershon's decision that cutting off ACORN's funding punished ACORN without a trial. ...
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Iran s new deceptions at sea must be punished (at Financial Times)
In recent weeks, the UN, the US, the EU and others partners have announced new sanctions to hold Iran accountable for conduct surrounding its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
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North Korean Soccer Team Punished for World Cup Failure
In June, the North Korean soccer team dropped out of the World Cup without a point after conceding 12 goals in three games. Since the players returned home, they have been publicly shamed, according to reports. The manager has been forced to become a ...
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The Marc Hauser Maneno. Truth Will Out. [Greg Laden's Blog]
A fairly accurate and well done, and more up to date, account of what has gone on with the Marc Hauser investigation is here, in a piece punished in the New York Times by Nicholas Wade: In Harvard Lab Inquiry, a Raid and a 3-Year Wait.It is very ...
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Meyer wants rule-breaking agents, players punished
Florida coach Urban Meyer believes there's one way to deter rogue agents from having improper contact with players: Punishment. Urban Meyer - Coach - Florida - United States - Florida coach Urban Meyer
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Spending Posts Now a Liability for Lawmakers
Members of Congress who once won voter loyalty for sending money back home are now being punished with election losses.
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Redmond O'Neal Graduates From Rehab
Farrah Fawcett may have been proud today.Redmond O'Neal, the late actress' son with Ryan O'Neal, was in a Los Angeles courtroom today, not to cop a plea or be punished, but...
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