Crimes

The Craziest Fast Food Crimes Of 2011

The Stir | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Crimes, Fast Food, Mcdonald's Crimes, Crimes at Macdonald's, Taco Bell Crimes, Fast Food Mishaps, Fast Food Crimes, Fast Food Disasters, Crimes at Taco Bell, Armchair Detective, Food News

We've seen a rash in drive-thru and fast food crime this year. What is it? The high fat? Escalating levels of sodium? Dashed expectations from those delicious-looking commercials?

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A 5-Part Plan for the President to Fight the Banks "Every Inch of the Way"

Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Regulatory Agencies, Crimes, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Financial Reform, Bailouts, Funding, Obama, Rulemaking, Financial Fraud, Fraud, Finance, Regulatory Reform, Financial Crisis, Bank Bailout, Financial Regulation, Banking, Banks, Politics News

It is past time for the president to let his actions speak for him and they will speak louder than any of his words. That is what the American people are waiting for. That is also what the banks, Wall Street and their allies fear most.

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Obama's Shameful Dodge on 60 Minutes

Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Investigations, Crimes, Wall Street, Lawsuits, Banks, Financial Crisis, Bankers, Fundraising, Accountability, President Obama, 60 Minutes, Business News

As he has regularly done in the past with other media outlets, President Obama artfully dodged a straightforward question about lack of criminal prosecutions from Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes last night.

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Serial Art Attacker Indicted

Posted 11.02.2011

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Susan J. Burns, who made news earlier this year for twice attacking world famous paintings in the National Gallery of Art, was indicted in Washington,...

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Anti-Latino Hate Crimes Surge

PE.com | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Latinos, Latino, Hate Crimes, Crimes, Anti-Latino, Hispanic, Anti-Hispanics, Hispanics, Latino Voices News

The number of anti-Latino hate crimes surged statewide in 2010, according to a state attorney general's office report. There were 119 anti-Hispanic...

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Notorious 'East Coast Rapist' Suspect Charged

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rapist, Crimes, Rape, Crime, East Coast Rapist Caught, East Coast Rapist, News, New York News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The man suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults from Virginia to Rhode Island over 12 years tried to hang himself...

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Making the Case Against Mortgage Banksters, Part One: Legalities

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Mortgage Crisis, State Attorneys General, Criminal Prosecution, Internet, Mortgages, Les Leopold, Crimes, Email, Online Privacy, Bear Stearns, Sec, Tax Evasion, Executives, Business News

Federal prosecutors have trotted out reasons why they aren't prosecuting mortgage banksters. No lawyer I've spoken to agrees. Nor do I. This is an analysis of why the criminal cases can be made.

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Capturing the Friedmans Dad Was My Unforgettable Teacher: Apply His Classroom Lessons to Set His Son Free

Perry Binder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Intellectually, I know you cannot separate the person from the teacher. For me, it is contradictory and maddening that Mr. Friedman provided meaningful guidance to countless students.

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Crime Rate Down For Third Year In A Row, Despite Recession

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Crime in the United States dropped dramatically in 2009, bucking a historical trend that links rising crime rates to economic woes. Prop...

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Lock-up: What Behind the Mass Incarceration Across the Nation?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crimes, Criminal Law, Felony, Jim Crow, Jim Crow Laws, Michelle Alexander, Racial Caste System, Racialized Social Control, Social Control, The New Jim Crow, War on Drugs, Misdemeanors, Mass Incarceration, Mass-Incarceration-and-Colorblindness, Colorblindness, Politics News

Where have all the black men gone? Michelle Alexander, in her recently released book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, answers the question head on.

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Arizona -- The Newest Soviet Republic

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Governor Jan Brewer has signed bill SB-1070 into law, making it a state crime to walk the streets of Arizona without papers proving one's immigration status.

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Will Jonathan Karl Confront Cheney's Crimes in His This Week Interview?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Karl honestly takes Cheney to task in his interview, he just might deserve the This Week host position. If he does not, he'll remain an unremarkable hack enabling an unrepentant criminal.

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NRA Quietly Winning Looser Gun Laws

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 05.25.2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It's been the year of the gun in Tennessee. In a flurry of legislative action, handgun owners won the right to take their wea...

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A Dubious Anniversary

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crimes, Ted Green, Slash, National Hockey League, Assault, Wayne Maki, Bob Gainey, The Law, Hockey, Entertainment News

Forty years ago, Wayne Maki almost killed Ted Green. This was the first time in the history of professional sports that police issued a complaint against players because of an incident during a game.

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Prosecutions -- A Reply to my Critics

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, Prosecutions, Crimes, Rule of Law, Torture, Cheney, Bush, Politics News

Many people asked a version of the following question: "if we don't have prosecutions of Bush officials, what will stop people next time?," often with a reference to the Nixon or Iran-Contra pardons.

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The "Move On" Defense Of George W. Bush

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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To say Bush's defense is that his opponents want "political vengeance" is a non sequitur. Couldn't every trial in the country be characterized as some sort of "vengeance" based on this logic?

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