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...rituals are more futile than the "housecleaning" of Mexico's police forces. So deep, broad and brazen is cop corruption south of the border that removing it makes eradicating rats from landfills look easy. Mexico stages quasi-annual purges of officers high and low - last year it was 284 federal police commanders - and yet every year the nation seems to find itself with an even more criminal constabulary. This year's scandals, however, are especially appalling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Mexico's Drug War, Bad Cops Are a Mounting Problem | 11/22/2008 | See Source »

...once on the Internet, and in a way that’s awesome and allows you to see so much different stuff, but it can be overwhelming at times,” he says. “It’s kind of cool to have both the broad spectrum of what the Internet can offer you and also a simple, elegant way to view...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard in the Time of New Media | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...initial legal theory didn't last forever. By the 1980s, the Supreme Court had ruled that equal access was too broad a policy, and that for insider trading to be illegal a person had to breach a fiduciary duty - a trust that had been established between that person and the company. In one landmark case, the court overturned the conviction of a printer of financial documents who bought shares of companies he knew were takeover targets. The prosecutors, the court found, hadn't proved the man's responsibility to the firms involved in the transactions. At the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Mark Cuban Guilty of Insider Trading? | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

Lara C. Markstein ’10 said that she considered the two required surveys to be too broad...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: English 10a, 10b May See Demise | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...program's visuals were slicked up, too; deft editing, delicious coloring and crisp sound have made Top Gear as striking as any Italian supercar. Its cool aesthetic, coupled with those proudly uncool presenters, have lent the program broad appeal. Close to half of Top Gear 's British audience is female. Kids are drawn to the presenters' mischief and squabbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Gear's Road to Riches | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

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