Craigslist’s is back in the headlines as 17 Attorney Generals join forces to have them remove an advertising section that allows adult service advertising and is open to encouraging prostitution and child trafficking. Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia Attorney [...]
Aug 26th, 2010 | Posted in
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There has been concern with the web and email services offered by the Blackberry in the UAE, and it was due to the fact that data from the Blackberry is exported offshore for management by a third-party organization, according to a news agency in UAE. According to Emirates News Agency, a state-run news agency, “Today’s [...]
Aug 3rd, 2010 | Posted in
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Hundreds of handmade and personally crafted items were submitted for judging at the Fayette County Fair this Friday, including handmade jewelry, bead work, ceramics, decorations, and more. Entries were judged based on the quality of the work, as well as how much effort is put into creating the art works. “You can really tell [...]
Aug 1st, 2010 | Posted in
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In order to reimburse the legal fees of media groups that sued Florida State University and National Collegiate Athletic Association, a sum of $325,000 is to be paid. FSU and NCAA got into trouble for attempting to block the release of documents related to an athletic cheating scandal. FSU has agreed to pay $65,000 whereas [...]
Jul 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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With the ongoing trend of the economic downturn, it understandable that Americans would look at the scenario in a negative light, even though the state of the economy might actually be getting better. In a poll conducted by Fox News that was released on Friday, confidence that the state of the economy and employment would [...]
Jul 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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In order to boost foreign investment in real-estate in the United Sates, a bill was passed by the House on Friday, and it went through quite smoothly. The voting went 402-11, with only one Democrat and 10 Republicans going against the grain. The bill was first introduced by Rep. Joseph Crowley, and the aim for [...]
Jul 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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Earlier this month saw the making of a compromise between the Chinese government and Google. The result was that Google was able to continue the provision of its search services. However, it seems that those search and advertising services have been blocked once again, Google reports. The Chinese government just renewed Google’s operating license a [...]
Jul 30th, 2010 | Posted in
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Mrs Dominique Cottrez, a French woman “known to to be discreet, simple, and would not hurt a fly” has recently confessed to killing eight of her own babies. The reasons stated seem that it was due to memories of difficulty during her first pregnancy, but more details ensue in the case. The case has become [...]
Jul 30th, 2010 | Posted in
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A 61-year-old Austrian retiree who had been paralyzed due to a stroke for several years was recently eaten to death by maggots. The man passed away while being taken by an ambulance to a hospital in Vienna, and his back side was shown to have been partly eaten away. According to a police spokesman, “The [...]
Jul 30th, 2010 | Posted in
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An overwhelming 122 nations voted in favor of a new determination put forward by the United Nations General Assembly that clean safe drinking water should be a basic human right. Based on the resolution, it was revealed that more than 800 million people do not have the access to safe water that is drinkable, clean, [...]
Jul 30th, 2010 | Posted in
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