Word: asks
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...next of kin ask to have a profile taken down, Facebook will comply. It will not, however, hand over a user's password to let a family member access the account, which means private messages are kept just that...
...reason to overturn the verdict, in some instances rejecting Davis' appeals on purely procedural grounds. At one point, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles conducted a detailed examination of the new evidence, but when it decided that Davis did not deserve mercy, the prisoner was forced to ask a panel of judges from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for special permission under the AEDPA to file a second federal appeal - this one based on the simple claim that Davis is plainly innocent...
...number over the past few months as campaigns have become more Internet savvy, can be accessed - but not updated - during the campaign period. Opposition pols and campaign advisers argue that the 1950 Public Offices Election Law should be updated to allow for internet-friendly campaigning. "People can't ask questions when they most want to ask them, and we can't communicate when we most want to do so," says Kan Suzuki, a DPJ member of the upper house who, off campaigning season, has a weekly Internet program. "The law should be changed." The opposition has tried to fight...
...course, which animal is most valuable to the downtown farmer depends on whom you ask. "[Rabbits] are the ideal urban farm animal," says Carpenter, because "they can feed almost exclusively on Dumpstered items like lettuce, stale bread, etc." Seattle Tilth's Thornton thinks that ducks are better for gardens than chickens and that they provide tastier eggs. "I think the duck is the future," she says. Game on, chicken lovers...
...Lengsfeld says she bought the rights to the saucy Merkel shot but didn't ask for the Chancellor's permission before using it on the posters. "I know Mrs. Merkel, and I know that she's got a sense of humor," she tells TIME. "I'm sure she'll be amused." But some Germans aren't finding it so funny. Lengsfeld's critics - some even in her own party - accuse her of stooping too low to get votes, saying a female politician should find a better way to get her point across than flashing her plunging neckline. "We're focusing...