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Most reasonable people stop at this point and say something like “that’s a little creepy, but so what? My Google search history might be personal, and I might not want my mom to see it, but I fail to see what use it could be in legal proceedings.” But surely, there are isolated cases: perhaps the information from your search record could be used to demonstrate prior knowledge that some activity you engaged in was illegal. Or perhaps it could invalidate some other alibi by demonstrating that you knew something about...
...other schools, to inform students about voting regulations and candidates. But college administrations must make a better effort to educate their students about such issues. A study published last week by the IOP and the Chronicle of Higher Education found that more than a third of schools and universities fail to provide voter registration materials to its students, which is required by law. School administrations must work with student groups to ensure that every student who wants to vote...
...plan as an attempt to manipulate the election, and has warned he will call for a boycott if it goes ahead. Given the fact that the most influential body of Sunni clerics has already signaled its own intention to boycott, an election opposed by Sistani would almost certainly fail. The immediate impact of Sistani's rejection will likely be to persuade the major Shiite religious parties in Allawi's government, the Dawa Party and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, to abandon any such joint slate. In every previous instance where the government's position has clashed...
...Menace in 1965. They were long associated with that show's star, Liza Minnelli, who, in a 1977 Martin Scorsese film, introduced their omnipresent big-city anthem, New York, New York. DIED. HARVEY WHEELER, 85, political scientist who in 1962 co-authored the bestselling Cold War novel Fail-Safe, about an accidental nuclear attack on the Soviet Union; in Carpinteria, California. The Texas native also authored political science books and did pioneering research on health care as well as on aging. DIED. RAYMOND MARCELLIN, 90, conservative French politician who, as Interior Minister under President Charles de Gaulle, led the tough...
...last drink as recently as Aug. 1. The only requirements Case imposes are that students be serious about kicking their habit and agree to attend regular support-group meetings. Andy, 20, a former fraternity president, is thrilled to be free of the "distractions" that led him to fail most of his classes last semester. "When [pot] is in your face all the time, it's easy to get caught up in it," he says. "Now I don't have the apathy I used to have. I'm ready to apply myself...