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...Lake City attorney and frequent spokesman for the Texas-based organization. He says his clients are "hemorrhaging a huge amount of money" fighting the morass of legal cases, including a long-running battle over an estimated $110 million property trust in Utah. The trust, which is named the United Effort Plan Trust, was set up by the polygamous sect's leadership in 1942 but was placed under court oversight in 2005, when allegations of mismanagement surfaced in several lawsuits brought by former FLDS members. A judge Wednesday rejected the latest settlement plans, and so the saga continues...
...persistent, subtle effects of implicit racial biases highlight the limits of the meritocracy. Gates’s arrest is a troubling reminder that overcoming the flaws of our society and minds requires more than talent and effort. Sometimes, try as we may, we can?...
...legalization effort is getting serious consideration from surprising quarters. In May, Schwarzenegger publicly called for a large-scale study to determine whether to legalize and tax marijuana...
...undercover CIA officer named Valerie Plame. Her husband Joseph Wilson, a former diplomat, had written an Op-Ed for the New York Times in July 2003 claiming to have evidence that the Administration had lied to bolster the case for war in Iraq. Within days, in an effort to discredit Wilson's story, a conservative columnist had revealed the identify of Wilson's wife. Plame's "outing" was seen by her husband and his fellow Democrats as an act of revenge orchestrated by Cheney himself - and the most extreme example of how far an Administration would go to cover...
According to Global Witness, although the Congolese army and FDLR rebel groups have been warring on opposite sides for years, they are collaborators in the mining effort, at times providing each other with road and airport access and even sharing their spoils. Researchers say they found evidence that the mineral trade is much more extensive and profitable than previously suspected: one Congolese government official reported that at least 90% of all gold exports from the country were undeclared. And the report charges that the failure of foreign governments to crack down on illicit mining and trade has undercut development endeavors...