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China's recovery and growing economic importance have led some to suggest that global institutions such as the Group of Eight - the U.S., the U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia - are becoming obsolete; that the only dialogue that really matters going forward is the conversation between the "G...
'It took a 7-year-old to tell us what it was. We thought it was just some type of new tagger.' JEFF SUTTER, captain of the Wauwatosa, Wis., police department, after a Harry Potter fan vandalized 80 local traffic signs to make them read stop voldemort
Bratton is largely credited for turning the beleaguered police department around - a department marred by antagonism with minority groups, charges of racial profiling and excessive force, and beset by scandals including the Rodney King beating and Los Angeles riots in 1992, as well as the Rampart corruption case, which initiated...
Los Angeles City Council president, Eric Garcetti, however, thinks that Bratton's legacy will keep things in check. "Over half of the police officers in the department were hired while he was chief," says Garcetti. "So they've come up and come aboard with Bill Bratton as a chief that...
Even so, the LAPD has hurdles ahead. It must trim $130 million in spending, a consequence of the cuts imposed by the City Council and mayor to close Los Angeles' $530-million budget shortfall. Police administration officials are considering imposing mandatory furloughs starting in October, the Los Angeles Times reported...