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...potential file downloaders and not just to redress its damages, giving its lawsuits an extra objective not allowed by the rules of civil procedure. The strategy—a challenge to the very constitutionality of the laws behind the recording industry’s case rather than a plea of innocence or a simple settlement out of court—was a fresh...
...from work when he heard a piece that drove him to tears. The story was about a 24-year-old single black mother in Texas who had been wrongfully accused of dealing narcotics after a raid on the housing projects where she lived. She was given two options: a plea bargain, which would release her as a convicted felon in exchange for pleading guilty, or 15-25 years in prison. In the face of a tyrannical district attorney with a racist bent, and a push to convict in order to receive state funds, the principle of “innocent...
...quite premature." Even so, the CDC website "recommends that U.S. travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico." As for the World Health Organization, it's calling on nations to keep their borders open and to avoid restricting international travel, and emphasizes that a pandemic is not inevitable. Despite that plea, Argentina and Cuba have suspended all flights from Mexico, and tour operators and airlines across the globe - including some based in Canada, Germany and the U.K. - have canceled flights and holiday packages to sunshine destinations like Cancún and Cozumel. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
...there were some odd parts of Barry's plea. His promises to give us more on the 'new functionality' re: receiving our grades were left unfulfilled--FlyBy will stay on the lookout. Also, we're highly skeptical of his primary piece of advice...
Unlike some of his more diplomatic predecessors, Strauss-Kahn hasn't shied away from publicly advocating policy changes - and even criticizing some of his taskmasters. When he made an impassioned plea in January 2008, at the Davos World Economic Forum, for countries to spend their way out of this crisis, it so surprised his audience, who were more used to traditional IMF calls for austerity, that Larry Summers, now a top U.S. economic official, described it as a "historic moment." More recently, Strauss-Kahn has put public pressure on European governments to increase the size of their economic-stimulus packages...