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The Four Least Corrupt Countries In The World
Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, and Sweden are the four least corrupt countries in the world, according to Transparency International's 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).The U.S. is listed as the...
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Australia's Spy Agency Raided A Lawyer's Office Over East Timor Bugging Claims
Australia’s domestic spying agency ASIO has raided the Canberra office of a lawyer representing East Timor over allegations Australia bugged that country’s government offices.Bernard Collaery, a former...
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Why I Genuinely Enjoyed Working As A Corporate Lawyer In A Big Law Firm
Editor's note: This answer came in response to the Quora question, "Are there any corporate lawyers out there who really love their jobs? If so, why?" We have reprinted it with the author's...
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Report Says Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro's Suicide Was 'Perhaps Inevitable'
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's prison suicide was "not surprising and perhaps inevitable," according to a report released Tuesday by two independent prison consultants.The Associated Press reports...
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Man Paid Nearly $35,000 For Trump University, Only To Get Lessons That...
In August, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump over his eponymous "Trump University."Schneiderman argued that the "university" was more like a...
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Genetic Testing Startup 23andMe Faces $5 Million Class Action Lawsuit
Genealogy and health testing startup 23andMe just can't catch a breaks these days.Late November, the FDA slapped 23andMe with a warning letter, telling the company to stop marketing its DNA testing...
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High School Coach Allegedly Told Student To Forget About Her Rape, Said It...
Pennsylvania police have arrested a high school coach after allegations surfaced that the coach, fearing for her job, told a 16-year-old girl to forget about an alleged rape at a hotel, WFMZ...
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NTSB Says Brakes On NYC Train That Derailed Were Working Properly
Investigators didn't find anything to indicate that the brakes on a train that derailed last weekend were not functioning properly, National Transportation Safety Board officials said at a press...
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These Two Murders Helped Turn America Into The Prison Capital Of The World
The documentary project Retro Report has an incisive new video examining how two murders in California helped spur the entire country to adopt controversial "three strikes and you're out" laws.These...
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John Boehner Very Quietly Made A Major Move On Immigration Reform Today
House Speaker John Boehner announced on Tuesday the hire of Rebecca Tallent, a top immigration policy aide who will advise the Speaker on the topic. Tallent joins Boehner's office from the Bipartisan...
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Texas School Principal Placed On Leave After Forbidding Students From...
School principal placed on paid leave after forbidding students from speaking Spanish in classHEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas middle school principal has been placed on paid leave after she...
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A California Woman Got A Traffic Ticket For Driving With Google Glass
What could be the first ever court case for driving with Google Glass is in the works.The woman who got the ticket is fighting it, reports the AP's Justin Pritchard.The gist of the story is this: In...
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NYPD Officer, Two Others Indicted On Extortion Scheme For Alleged Shakedown...
An officer with the New York Police Department has been indicted along with two other men on federal extortion charges for allegedly threatening a restaurant owner in Queens and collecting "protection"...
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I 3D-Printed An AR-15 Assault Rifle — And It Shoots Great!
Last week, Philadelphia became the first city in the United States to pass a 3D-Printer gun ban. Some critics feel that the city was premature given the state of 3D printing technology. Others believe...
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Lawyers Who Fled An Imploding Law Firm Might Get Sued
The saga of Dewey & LeBoeuf — a gigantic law firm that collapsed spectacularly— is continuing to haunt partners who fled the firm after it became clear it was going under.A judge overseeing Dewey's...
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High School Guidance Counselor Who Published Lewd Advice Book Loses Free...
A high school guidance counselor who got fired for publishing a lewd sex advice book called "It's Her Fault" has had his day in court, and he has lost.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has...
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How I Finally Knew I Wanted To Quit Being A Lawyer
I was done. Frustrated and fed up, disgruntled and exhausted, I knew that I had to get out of my firm. I didn’t know exactly where I would go, but I knew that my career needed a massive overhaul.At...
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Recent Mexican Truck Thieves May End Up Getting Cancer
Mexican authorities said a truck carrying the radioactive isotope cobalt-60 was stolen Wednesday from a hospital in Mexico, NBC news reports.The thieves probably weren't going after the contents...
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AUDIO: 911 Calls From Sandy Hook Shooting Released
Several 911 calls made to Newtown police during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last year have been released.The New Haven Register has posted the calls online.One woman who called 911 from...
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Why Private Prison Giant CCA Is Getting Rich
This piece was originally published on The Nation's website."CCA" has become a dirty word.Kanye West cited it when rapping about America's class of "New Slaves." Anonymous invoked it to describe a bad...
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