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Brian Oxman, attorney and former Jackson spokesman, says investigators are moving appropriately meticulously in this high-profile environment. "This is a long process," he says. "No one is going to cut any corners on this." He says he has spoken to Jackson family members who are "following this closely. They are eager but satisfied so far." As far as the look into Murray's office, Oxman says he believes the DEA was searching for something specific and "significant. This was not a fishing expedition." (Read "How Medicated Was Michael Jackson...
...problem, it appears, is that few people think Citigroup's earnings rebound is sustainable. Following the bank's strong earnings announcement, analyst John McDonald, who covers Citi for Sanford C. Bernstein, cut his estimates of what the bank could make next year. Instead of his earlier projection that Citi would turn a profit in 2010, McDonald thinks the bank will be solidly in the red next year, losing $3 billion. In his report, McDonald said investors should worry about "the earnings power and strategic direction of the franchise amid all the change and increased government ownership now under...
...younger - schools have become a major locus of infection. Outbreaks incubate among children in schools, then spread to the community when those kids go home. A study in the journal Lancet found that closing schools as a preventive measure in the early stages of a pandemic could sharply cut the number of cases initially, which would reduce the later surges of infections that can overwhelm hospitals...
...York prisons, like many nationwide, are facing budget cuts. Some jails have even cut back to two meals a day on weekends. What are some other ways the state is hoping to deal with the cutbacks? There's been some discussion about telephones and television and recreational activities, but you have to weigh the inactivity and violence that may take place if inmates aren't afforded these things. We're not trying to be draconian in the care of inmates, but understand: this is a punishment...
...devices used in airports and seaports. News of the investigation is so sensitive in China that tight controls imposed on the Internet have been tightened even further. Chinese social-networking sites were blocked (access to overseas sites such as Twitter and Facebook was already barred), and Web censors have cut off Internet searches using keywords and phrases including Hu Haifeng, Namibia and Nuctech, according to the China Digital Times, a news site based at the University of California, Berkeley. (Read "Chinese Government Attacks Google Over Internet Porn...