DOJ review finds no misconduct by memo authors
An internal review said the department lawyers showed “poor judgment” but did not commit professional misconduct in giving CIA interrogators the go-ahead at the height of the U.S. war on terrorism to use harsh interrogation tactics.
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Timoshenko Drops Appeal, Cedes Victory to Yanukovych (Update2)
Timoshenko decided to give up her fight for the presidency after the court rejected her request for a recount of votes and questioning of witnesses, the premier said in a statement on her Web site today.
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Pender Republicans hold rally to support their candidates
BURGAW – A formidable crowd of Pender County Republicans gathered Monday afternoon in Burgaw to hear from their candidates at the local and state level.
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Tax inspectors turn up heat on the rich
City workers, often the target of tax advisers, in Canary Wharf, London. Photograph: Graeme Robertson It’s pay and bonuses time for thousands of investment bankers in the City. And with the end of t…
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Yahoo, Microsoft take aim at Google
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. and European regulators have cleared the long-discussed Internet search partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., enabling the rivals to form a tag team as they try to mount a more-serious challenge to Google Inc.
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Australia May Take Court Action Against Japan Whaling This Year
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he will take Japan to the International Court of Justice this year unless it agrees to stop killing whales in Antarctica.
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The Best and Worst of New York Fashion Week
Filed under: Fashion Week , Trends , Fashion News Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, with its dozens of collections, hundreds of celebrity sightings and even more emerging trends, can be tough to follow. But now that it’s over, the only thing you really want to know is what trends to look out for and what fads to avoid, right? We’ve broken down the eight most interesting looks from the week …
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Haiti fundraising campaign extended
This weekend, Frank Dixon had planned to wrap up the Haiti fundraising drive he was spearheading, even though it fell short of its goal. But an incident he witnessed Thursday led him to change his mind and continue the campaign until the end of the month.
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RELEASED ON BOND: A flawed system?
Fadayeen Guy, 34, of Nashville, Tenn., was arrested in Jeffersonville in February 2006 for dealing cocaine, possession of paraphernalia, carrying a handgun without a license and being a habitual substance abuse offender.
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Daphne Eviatar: The OPR Report Is Only the Beginning
The final OPR report is only the beginning. We still don’t know who asked Yoo and Bybee to write these memos, what specific instructions they were given or if they were they pressured to reach a particular conclusion.
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