Category: News and Society, page 14
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Elderly Abused in Nearly One-third of Nursing Homes
Some 5,283 nursing homes were cited for abuse violations, according to a review of state inspection records requested by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. These homes were cited for nearly 9,000 abuse violations in a 2 year period.
The Virtues Of Audio Books
I first got into the audio books habit working at a temporary data entry job. One of the few benefits to engaging in such a mundane task all day is the ability to wear headphones. Listening to the same pop songs hour after hour quickly becomes almost as tedious...
Trailhead Hired Private Investigator to Spy for 2006 Gubernatorial Campaign
A private investigator from Texas hired to dig into Democrat Bill Ritter's background for a Colorado Republican group admitted that he asked a friend to access an off-limits criminal database.
What Is Collecting - Is It A Hobby Or An Obsession?
People collect, amass, store and hoard just about anything. Some are put up for display (like fine art), yet, others remain in attics and basement, sealed away forever. People collect just about anything including: marbles, coins, political memorabilia, cookie jars, autographs, sports memorabilia, jewelry, Pez dispensers, snow globes, stamps, vinyl...
Ocean Pollution
Environmental problems we're creating
Bullet Lead Task Force Created
The Innocence Network and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers have created a joint task force to ensure that convictions resulting from discredited FBI bullet analysis are properly reviewed.
Bullet Lead Analysis - Defendants not Told of Flaws in Fbi Technique
Hundreds of innocent people have been convicted with the help of an FBI forensic tool that has been proven to be flawed, and the FBI has yet to alert the affected defendants or courts, even as the window for appealing convictions is closing.
Squeezing the Lemon Out of the Lemon Law
Aimed at protecting the consumers, the California Lemon Law gives the consumers within the state a legal right to return defective vehicles to manufacturers for a full or partial refund, if the vehicles are still found to be in need of repair after a reasonable number of attempts at repairing.
Fbi Lab Helping Bullet Lead Cases Because of Investigation
A forensic test known as Bullet Lead Analysis (used by the FBI since the early 1960s) has flaws and the FBI knew it. Hundreds of innocent people have been convicted with the help of inaccurate evidence.
Amish Lesbians: Do They Exist?
A brief opinion of whether or not there are lesbian (or gay) inside the Amish community.
The Reality (and Fiction) of Being Robbed by Gunpoint in L.a
Personal account of being held up at Champs Bar in Hollywood and the reality and fictional story that ensued.
True or False?
Is it true or false? Can you get it right with these common beliefs and myths?
Randy's Burglar Alarm Stops a Thief!
Until it actually goes off, most people don't appreciate their home security system or burglar alarm. That's the story I got from my next door neighbor at four in the morning a week ago this past Friday.
Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Discusses How President Musharraf Has Trapped Himself, Pakistan and the US in a Sandbox?
With one stroke by imposing emergency rule, President Musharraf has trapped himself and Pakistan in sand box. Musharraf has not only knotted himself but also placed the U.S.in an awkward situation. Musharraf’s actions seriously challenge and undermine President Bush’s arguments regarding diffusion of democratic values in the Middle-East.
A Distortion of Democracy
(November 10, 2007) The turmoil in Pakistan presents somewhat of a philosophical dilemma: Is allowing a political party that espouses non-democratic rule to run in an election democracy?
Illegal Immigration and Other Intractable Social Problems
Americans have developed ways of obfuscating problems so that solving them is impossible. Illegal immigration suffers from such obfuscation. Immigrants are always welcomed in prosperous times. But when economies slump, immigrants become targets. If this economy should go under, discrimination will increase, and race relations could get very ugly. For that reason, our problem with illegal immigration must be resolved or both our illegal immigrants and the rest of us will have hell to pay.
Al-qaeda to Blast Usa on Christmas Eve
U.S. authorities warned about the new imminent danger: al-Qaeda, the international terrorist network might launch large-scale terrorist acts on shopping malls in Los Angeles and Chicago over the upcoming Christmas holiday season.
Gangs in England
Gangs in England are active in several cities, most notably in the larger cities such as London, Manchester, Birmingham and more recently in areas of Bradford and Liverpool.
Domestic Violence
Domestic violence (sometimes referred to as domestic abuse) occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate another
Hooliganism
Hooliganism refers to unruly and destructive behavior.