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How U.S. Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants to Plead Guilty
Anneliese Mahoney | December 6, 2013The Human Rights Watch is an independent organization dedicated to protecting human rights domestically and around the globe. This...
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Adultery in the US: Do You Know the Laws?
Anneliese Mahoney | December 3, 2013In my search for a news story today, I came across what looked like an interesting topic. A trial...
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Amazon Plays Dirty, States Fight Back
Anneliese Mahoney | December 2, 2013This may be the one of the only stories you see about Amazon today that does not involve a...
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The Biggest Political Twitter Mishaps, Gaffes, and Weird Statements of 2013
Anneliese Mahoney | December 2, 2013Twitter has become one of the easiest ways to provide snippets of information to the public. Celebrities, writers, and...
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ABA Lends Support to House Bill Honoring Gay Vets
Jimmy Hoover | November 29, 2013In a letter to a congressional subcommittee on Nov. 21, American Bar Association President (ABA) James Silkenat voiced his...
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Match.com May Pay Heavy Price for Fake Profiles
Anneliese Mahoney | November 29, 2013Online dating becomes more popular with each passing year. In 2013, 38 percent of singles reported having used an...
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Our Everyday Drug Dealer
Vasudha Sadana | November 27, 2013Recently, Johnson & Johnson had a $2.2 billion settlement, rendering it the third highest pharmaceutical fraud settlement made with...
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3 Kinds of Teen Drug Dealers, Study Says
Jimmy Hoover | November 27, 2013Picture a drug-dealing teenager in your head. Maybe he’s white. Maybe he’s black. Maybe he’s hispanic or asian. But...
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Petition Denied to Death Row Inmate Convicted of Killing Daughter
Jimmy Hoover | November 27, 2013The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition of habeas corpus last Wednesday to Oklahoma death row...
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Famous Skier’s Custody Battle Goes National
Anneliese Mahoney | November 27, 2013A custody battle between a famous skier and his former girlfriend has opened up a national discussion on respective...
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Aggravated Felonies Lead to Deportations
Anneliese Mahoney | November 26, 2013Deporting immigrants with criminal records, in theory, seems like it makes sense. Often, those up for deportation have been...
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Don’t Kill the “Kill Switch”
Zachary Schneider | November 26, 2013You may think that technological advances ensure a more secure future but think again, as technology evolves, ability to...
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A Tale of Two Politicians
Peter Davidson II | November 25, 2013I have made known how I feel about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. The cliff notes version is that I...
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Need a Gun? Just Print One Out
Anneliese Mahoney | November 25, 2013Three-dimensional printing has become a new hot tech trend in recent years. 3-D printers build things through an additive...
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5 Surprising, Unexpected, & Horrifying Presidential Picks for 2016
Anneliese Mahoney | November 25, 2013I really like horror movies. And FX’s American Horror Story is a weekly ritual for myself and my roommates....
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Secure Email, a Myth?
Jimmy Hoover | November 22, 2013It’s been a week since the last Lavabit court documents were filed and here I am, still trying to...
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Title IX Complaints Against Universities Grow
Anneliese Mahoney | November 22, 2013Lately, we’ve been hearing more and more about the mishandling of sexual assaults on college campuses. Although these allegations...
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ObamaStillCares: Top Ten Lies About the Affordable Care Act
Anneliese Mahoney | November 22, 2013Ask anyone what the biggest political controversy is of President Obama’s presidency: you’ll hear a few people talk about...
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Ford’s Fifteen: Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Fifteen Dumb-Ass Things
Anneliese Mahoney | November 20, 2013Bumbling Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has made waves in recent weeks for the revelation that he once smoked crack...
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The Problem of Too Much Power in Too Few Hands
Peter Davidson II | November 19, 2013Do you guys remember the Occupy Wall Street movement? Do you remember how annoying they were? I’m glad that’s...
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Google vs. Authors Guild: The Fight is Finally Over
Zachary Schneider | November 19, 2013It seems as if Google is always caught in the midst of a lawsuit. This time, has Google gone...
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DOJ to Lavabit’s Levison: ‘Too Bad, So Sad’
Jimmy Hoover | November 18, 2013In a highly anticipated statement, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) pilloried claims by secure email provider, Lavabit...
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The Art the Nazis Stole: Lost Forever?
Anneliese Mahoney | November 18, 2013From 1933-1945 in Germany, thousands of pieces of valuable art were collected, confiscated, or stolen. There were Nazi military...
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Would a Nationally Imposed E-Verify System Infringe on Your Constitutional Rights?
Jimmy Hoover | November 15, 2013Let’s assume that you, our beloved reader, are of a common variety these days—you’re in the market for a...
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You Don’t Hear About This Side of Adoption
Anneliese Mahoney | November 15, 2013Early this fall, a Reuters piece on the practice of “rehoming” children in failed adoptions took the world by...
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The Miami Dolphins Should Be Embarrassed
Anneliese Mahoney | November 12, 2013When I hear about bullying I think of children crowded around a playground. I do not think of burly...
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The Sad Story of Joseph Hall
Anneliese Mahoney | November 11, 2013Joseph Hall’s life to date can be summed up in one word: tragedy. This January, at 13, Hall was...
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Supreme Court Considers Prayer in Public Life
Anneliese Mahoney | November 11, 2013Town of Greece v. Galloway began oral arguments before the Supreme Court this week. Greece is a small city located...
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Changing Laws in Zimbabwe: Rise of a New Hope
Vasudha Sadana | November 8, 2013Until recently, Zimbabwe’s laws required heavy penalties for insulting the president. Section 33 of Zimbabwe’s Criminal Codification and Reform Act...
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Peeping Toms, Cellphones, and Skirts
Anneliese Mahoney | November 7, 2013With the widespread use of cell phones, it has become easier and easier to capture pictures of everyday life....