Mexico is trying to weed out corruption in their police force. Seems like they're having a tough time, what with 'mordita' being part and parcel of the hispanic mindset.

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The NAFTA thieves just struck yet again! Now it's my oranges!

And I am really ticked off this time! (again) I just returned from a trip to the one and only grocery store in my area. The one and only since a competitor closed down last fall ( wonder why) but that's not the reason for this story.

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Hanoi (AsiaNews) – On July 20, 2009 police in Quang Binh province launched a surprised attack on the unarmed parishioners of Tam Toa—a struggling parish in the diocese of Vinh, Central Vietnam.

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Corruption

Oh the Great State of New Jersey, my name sake, Oh great one, you have out done yourself this time. You have surpassed the State of Louisiana, and the City of Chicago. You are a shining example of the pinnacle of corruption.

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Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado inserted a provision into the recently passed House climate change bill that would drum up business for "green" banks, such as the one he has invested in and his family and a political donor helped found in San Francisco.

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[Manila, Philippines--](S) peaking at a forum before the students of the University of San Jose Recoletos in Cebu City yesterday, former President Joseph Estrada said the cause of the sorry state of education in the country is still corruption in government.

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This article shows one of the inherent problems with nuclear power, and the economic perils they will bring if the nuclear industry lobby succeeds in rehabilitating their image and building new plants.

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A new letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley to UT warns that Prof. Wagner didn't report outside money she got from GlaxoSmithKline when she was working on a federally funded study on the antidepressant Paxil's effects on teenagers

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The first vein grafts made entirely of a patient's own cells showed promise in a long-term study of 10 seriously ill kidney dialysis patients, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

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They may be held in low esteem around the nation, but the country's largest banks still wield considerable influence in Washington. The banks have made it difficult for Congressional Democrats and the White House to give stretched homeowners a stronger hand in negotiating lowe …

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Indeed, the Lijiawa mine tragedy might still be an official non-event, but one brave soul reported the cover-up in September on an Internet chat site. The central government in Beijing stepped in, firing 25 local officials and putting 22 of them under criminal investigation.

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In the last decade, the financial industry's $5 billion investment in campaign contributions and lobbyists resulted in deregulation, which generated trillions for executives.

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Feeling sorry for yourself? Struggling to get by? Wondering how you can get a bailout? Well, stop moping, because it's not too late!

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Oh my god!

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We all need to protect not only our own rights but the rights of our children. This is the most disgusting abuse of judicial power I have heard of in a long time

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Federal authorities examining the early, chaotic days of the $125 billion American-led effort to rebuild Iraq have significantly broadened their inquiry to include senior American military officers who oversaw the program, according to interviews with senior government officials  …

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The internets don't offer much by way of a pic of this guy, Bell. Is he in hiding?

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Joseph L.

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He had political pedigree and little else. He was a child of privilege and entitlement.

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Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. "I don't believe that anybody is above the law," he responded, but "we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards."

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"Shovel Ready"?

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a drubbing these days for its abject failure―despite detailed tips―to catch Bernie Madoff in what appears to be the biggest Ponzi scheme in our nation's history.

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The behavior outlined in the Blagojevich indictment is so outrageous, and so hard to grasp on any logical level, it has left highly articulate people grasping for words to describe it -- and him.

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Rod Blagojevich is part of a storied American tradition. By selling government posts, shaking down businesses that had dealings with the state, and maneuvering to get lucrative jobs for his wife and himself, Blagojevich was practicing "honest graft."

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It's long been cliche to say the securities markets are a giant casino. This notion hasn't been explored enough.

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