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Olivia Welch

Ex-Massachusetts chemist gets 3 to 5 years in tampering case - 0 views

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  • Olivia Welch on 25 Nov 13
     
    (CNN) -- A former Massachusetts crime lab chemist accused of mishandling evidence affecting hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of criminal cases was sentenced Friday to three to five years in prison after pleading guilty to 27 counts.
  • jamie003 on 05 Dec 13
     
    She should get longer in my opinion. She messed with evidence and hid things probably to her benefit.
whitneytoms

4 Reasons Obama's New Dark-Money Rules Won't Stop Dark Money - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 05 Dec 13
     
    Great article. The amount of $$$ spent to get our politicians into office is spiraling out of control. SuperPACs and "dark money" sources make it impossible to see who the candidates are getting financial support from.
Bryan Pregon

WikiLeaks Haiti: Let Them Live on $3 a Day | The Nation - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 04 Dec 13
     
    "Contractors for Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Levi's worked in close concert with the US Embassy when they aggressively moved to block a minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest-paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables."
alewis516

Innocent man: How inmate Michael Morton lost 25 years of his life - 1 views

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  • letisia rodriguez on 04 Dec 13
     
    It's just goes to show that trials need to go on longer, investigated more, and acquitted right.
Bryan Pregon

Where is the world's most corrupt nation? - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 04 Dec 13
     
    "More than two thirds of the 177 countries included in the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index scored below 50, where 0 indicates the country's public sector is seen as highly corrupt and 100 as very clean."
  • nlarsen15 on 04 Dec 13
     
    Interesting way to rank the countries. I could see those 3 nations as the "most corrupt." Then again, there's probably stuff going on behind the curtain in other nations that we don't know about. Wouldn't surprise me :P
Rani Athay

New York troopers given big SUVs to peer in on texting drivers - 1 views

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  • Rani Athay on 25 Nov 13
     
    Even for a state trooper, it's not easy to spot drivers who are texting. Their smartphones are down on their laps, not at their ears. And they're probably not moving their lips.
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  • ashleyrhodes97 on 25 Nov 13
     
    I think that the SUV's will be good for catching drivers texting. If the word gets around there will probably be less accidents and less desire to text while driving.
  • jsteenbock23 on 25 Nov 13
     
    I think this is more of a scare tactic. People seeing those big SUVs will stop texting knowing that they are looking for texters.
  • chrislegg263 on 25 Nov 13
     
    i think that suvs will be a good thing to stop drivers that are texting
  • megan floerchinger on 26 Nov 13
     
    I think the drivers will still text, because there can't be cops everywhere watching for it. Especially if there are more serious problems going on.
  • Ellie Croson on 26 Nov 13
     
    The SUV could be helpful
  • maceep on 26 Nov 13
     
    Good idea, but I think they should have used a different method than just buying SUVs for all New York Troopers
  • McKenzie O'Brien on 26 Nov 13
     
    I think drivers are still going to text while driving because they don't care. You can't have cop everywhere because one, there isn't enough and second because there is more important thing then set at every street.
  • Lauren Nahnsen on 02 Dec 13
     
    I don't think it matters because texting is a second offense. Which means that a trooper cannot pull you over just because you are texting. You have to commit a first offense and get pulled over to be charged for the second offense.
  • jkeller068 on 02 Dec 13
     
    I agree with little Miss McKenzie on this one!(: Teenagers will be teenagers..until something happens to them or to someone they know..they won't change.
  • jamie003 on 04 Dec 13
     
    It depends on which state you are in, if its a second offense or not. In some states such as New York its a first offense.
nlarsen15

Obamacare Website Fixed? - 0 views

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  • nlarsen15 on 03 Dec 13
     
    They say the Obamacare website is now free of bugs that have been plaguing it since the beginning of the site. Some critics still say there are plenty of bugs; but only time will tell to see how fixed this site really is...
  • deahnna on 04 Dec 13
     
    I don't believe they've really fixed it, but if they don't get it set up soon, people will have to start paying large fines for the care that they may or may not need at the fault of the government.
Bryan Pregon

Iowa Lawmaker Still Seeking Medical Marijuana Law - 2 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 01 Dec 13
     
    "Legalizing medical marijuana will again be debated in the upcoming legislative session, though Iowa lawmakers have so far been loath to embrace a policy that is finding acceptance elsewhere."
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  • Kelsie Gubbels on 02 Dec 13
     
    I don't think this will happen..
  • ashleyrhodes97 on 02 Dec 13
     
    If it's gonna happen then their should be strict "laws" to follow for it. Although it probably wont happen.
  • Jordan Freeaman on 02 Dec 13
     
    I think that if it does not happen now it is inevitable for the legalization of marijuana. The government has noticed that when it was illegal the money made a year in the "business" is in the billions. The government does not want to miss out on that much money to conclude.
  • maceep on 02 Dec 13
     
    I think they should go for it, just because it eases some symptoms for some diseases and that's good for the people suffering from those disease. So why not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  • jsteenbock23 on 03 Dec 13
     
    I think it would be better for the government to legalize marijuana because we have spent millions trying to stop the distribution of the drug with nothing to show for it. The government should legalize it so instead of wasting money trying to stop it we can make money, or spend the money on more pressing matters.
whitneytoms

Michelle Obama Wears Prabal Gurung Dress For Barbara Walters Interview, Of Course - 1 views

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  • jkeller068 on 03 Dec 13
     
    Personal opinion: I couldn't be a president, someones always for or against you which works in many ways..Its just too much stress.
williamdoner

Boat sinking in the Mississippi River is discharging oil - 0 views

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Government news cnn oil Mississippi river

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  • williamdoner on 26 Nov 13
     
    (CNN) -- A vessel carrying about 100,000 gallons of petroleum products struck a submerged object and was sinking in the Mississippi River on Monday night. Officials closed a section of the river near LeClaire, Iowa, to deal with the oil that was discharging from the towboat, the Coast Guard said.
  • deahnna on 03 Dec 13
     
    This shouldn't even be a problem. They should move faster to get the boat out before the oil destroys more ecosystems.
Abaigh Plummer

The Knockout Game Is Stupid, Stop Doing It - 0 views

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  • Abaigh Plummer on 26 Nov 13
     
    The latest victim, a 24-year old Orthodox Jewish man in New York was walking home when he overheard his potential attackers daring each other to knock him out. The assault is being considered a hate crime.
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  • jamie003 on 26 Nov 13
     
    What is the point of doing that? You're hitting a person that did nothing wrong!
  • chrislegg263 on 26 Nov 13
     
    i dont get the point of that game
  • williamdoner on 26 Nov 13
     
    I don't understand what is the appeal of being hit so hard you become unconscious. its extremely dangerous what if you fall and snap your neck or crack your head open and start choking on your own blood because you cant roll over.
  • samaeld on 26 Nov 13
     
    I wonder who was twisted enough to invent this, and better yet, who was dumb enough to start spreading it around. When did it become okay to walk up to your buddies and be like 'I dare you to knock that guy cold' and even worse, for them to actually do it?
  • jsteenbock23 on 02 Dec 13
     
    This is the most pointless and idiotic "game". This type of thing can be very dangerous and whoever participates in it deserves to be punished severely.
whitneytoms

Michelle Obama's School Lunches Starve Kids - 0 views

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  • whitneytoms on 25 Nov 13
     
    RUSH: Okay. We had this as our Morning Update today, but in case you missed it. "School officials in Carmel Clay, Ind., said they lost $300,000 last school year because students are rejecting the healthy menu changes brought on by First Lady Michelle Obama's federal lunch regulations.
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  • nlarsen15 on 26 Nov 13
     
    The idea of "healthy lunches" seems alright on paper. But I've actually heard people claim food served in prisons are healthier than some school lunches! Also, they say they're aiming for "healthier choices." If that's the case, why are we getting Nachos every Monday and French Fry Bars on Thursdays? So many mixed emotions about school lunch anymore! Great... Now I'm hungry
  • deahnna on 26 Nov 13
     
    In theory, the lunch program is a good idea, because students are getting the nutrients they need. However, if they don't eat it, it doesn't do them any good and just wastes the food and money used to buy it. The blame partially falls to students who refuse to eat the lunch, not only Michelle Obama.
  • jamie003 on 02 Dec 13
     
    Some of the students that are told to pay for the lunch, can't afford it and refuses to pay for it. Who wants [ay for a meal that they don't like and probably won't benefit them? It's the student choice not the schools.
  • Daniel Bonner on 02 Dec 13
     
    I think this is a good idea, but we need to figure out how to make lunch affordable and healthy all at the same time.
kroark782

Former CIA head: U.S. has 'accepted Iranian uranium enrichment' - 0 views

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  • kroark782 on 02 Dec 13
     
    This agreement with Iran is a start of the war with Iran to settle down
Bryan Pregon

Government makes $41.3 billion in student loan profits - 0 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 26 Nov 13
     
    " it's a higher profit level than all but two companies in the world: Exxon Mobil cleared $44.9 billion in 2012, and Apple cleared $41.7 billion."
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  • Lauren Nahnsen on 26 Nov 13
     
    I agree with this. If the prices for college keep raising then nobody can afford to go to college. All the higher paying jobs require more schooling, but if you don't have a good job then you can't pay for college. It's a deadly cycle. I also think the government is always looking for more money and raising interest rates. That fact doesn't bother me as much as the fact that the money is being spent on public art, landscapes, and totally unnecessary costs. I think that if the money was given back to 'tuition-payers' then maybe people wouldn't care so much.
  • jsteenbock23 on 26 Nov 13
     
    I think paying such high prices for college is outrageous. Many people come out of college thousands of dollars in debt and have no way of paying back that kind of money. We need people going to college to keep the United States a successful country, with well educated people.
  • Pedro Valdez on 02 Dec 13
     
    College is getting more and more expensive by the years and sooner or later not many people are going to be able to go to college because of hwo much it cost, but if they do, they would probably be thousands of dollars in debt.
nlarsen15

Obamacare Vs. The Church - 0 views

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  • nlarsen15 on 02 Dec 13
     
    Controversy around Obamacare continues as Cardinal Timothy Dolan stated the Catholic Church remains opposed to Obamacare. A big reason behind this opposition can include the morality of no-cost birth control as this article talks about. On a side note, it appears that Hobby Lobby shares similar views with Dolan.
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