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...pictures of Adolf Hitler's rise to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inglourious Basterds: Tarantino and the Jews Defeat Hitler! | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...sure as growth slides and employment numbers tumble, so cases of fraud rise during recessions. This time is no different. According to a report out May 20 from the Network, a U.S. firm that runs compliance and corporate-governance hotlines for about half the Fortune 500, fraud-related calls amounted to 21% of all reports in the first quarter of this year, up from 14% in the same period in 2007. While reports of problems such as harassment, discrimination or health and safety transgressions saw "no appreciable increase," according to Luis Ramos, CEO of the Network, the number of whistle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reasons Fraud Spikes in a Recession | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...boom time for scams. A majority of members of the U.S. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners who were polled in February and March said they had seen the number of company fraud cases climb in the previous 12 months; the bulk of those experts attributed the rise to heavier financial pressure. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reasons Fraud Spikes in a Recession | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

Cosby said that she had no idea why her son, who lives with her in a high rise apartment building in Cambridge, was in Harvard Square. The current investigation has yielded neither intent nor motive, and it is unclear at this point how Cosby gained access to the basement of Kirkland House, according to Gerard T. Leone, Jr. '85, District Attorney of Middlesex County...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Friends, Neighbors Remember Cosby’s 'Strong' Presence | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Colombo, were killed in several days of violence at the end of July. Human-rights groups and other researchers say that Tamil homes and businesses were systematically targeted by organized mobs. The 1983 violence, known as Black July, marked the beginning of Sri Lanka's civil war and the rise of Prabhakaran from radical nationalist to feared terrorist. "The '83 July holocaust has united all sections of the Tamil masses," Prabhakaran said in a 1984 interview with an Indian magazine. Sri Lankans came to fear the month of July, which the LTTE commemorated with bombings and assassinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prabhakaran: The Life and Death of a Tiger | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

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