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...trading, has lured millions into financial waters once considered too hazardous for anyone but experienced brokers. This frenzied democratization has delivered a deluge of fresh, uninformed investors, primed for the attentions of unscrupulous traders and various charlatans. And when investigators step in, the fact that many of the most dubious transactions happen over the Internet often means a lot more work - officials can follow millions of false leads over countless state lines before connecting an online presence with a human being. "These prosecutors have identified an incredibly widespread crime syndicate, reaching from New York to Dallas to Salt Lake City...
...Sunday's Chicago Tribune unveiled the first installment of an investigation that concluded: "Under Gov. George W. Bush, Texas has executed dozens of Death Row inmates whose cases were compromised by unreliable evidence, disbarred or suspended defense attorneys, meager defense efforts during sentencing and dubious psychiatric testimony." And that's just the lead. The New York Times shone the light on Ronald G. Mock, a picaresque Texas public defender who has a wing of the state's death row named after him. The portrait is flattering neither to Mock nor Bush's courts. A similar Tribune investigation prompted Gov. George...
...owners of the Bow and Arrow Pub and the Mass. Ave. Dunkin' Donuts learn they will join The Tasty in a dubious Harvard Square clique: Good Will Hunting made them famous, development could make them disappear. The stores are being forced out of their building by the Harvard Cooperative Society...
...position, re-introduced by Rudenstine at the beginning of his tenure, is only nine years old--as Fineberg says, "in Harvard time that's the flick of an eyelash"--and holds dubious authority in some eyes...
...dubious hints are already filtering through. On Monday, MSNBC cited an anonymous Harvard source who allegedly confirmed that the University had expressed an interest in Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first lady and Democratic candidate for senator in New York...