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...past five months, White House aides and friends of the Obamas have been quietly visiting local churches and vetting the sermons of prospective first ministers in a search for a new - and uncontroversial - church home. Obama has even sampled a few himself, attending services at 19th Street Baptist on the weekend before his inauguration and celebrating Easter at St. John's Episcopal Church...
...including the manufacture of counterfeit money and dissemination of its military secrets and technological capabilities to a whole network of dubious customers. As a consequence of Pyongyang's recent bellicose behavior, a new U.N. resolution passed this June forbids the country from exporting arms and authorizes member states to search North Korean vessels suspected to be carrying them, though they must first seek Pyongyang's legal consent - effectively, a non-starter. Nevertheless, the U.S.S. John McCain, an Aegis class destroyer, has been tailing the freighter and will be replaced now by the U.S.S. McCampbell as the Kang Nam 1 nears...
...they hoped, would finally catch the real culprits: the person who ordered the assassination and the person who pulled the trigger. But on Thursday, Russia's Supreme Court overturned the acquittal and ordered a retrial, sparking fears that a guilty verdict the second time around will end the search for Politkovskaya's killers...
...their part, employers are demanding better talent and faster service. Given the broader pool of talent on the market, recruiters are expected to serve up a mix of candidates that's superior to a typical pre-recession pool. Clients also expect searches to be completed more quickly. Instead of waiting 75 or 90 days from the start of a search to its conclusion, many clients want a candidate in place within 60 days...
...Finally, for both job seekers and employers, the web is the new power tool. In addition to sites like LinkedIn, where a growing number of companies are looking to poach top candidates without the need for executive search consultants, many high-level executives are using high-end services such as Bluesteps.com, where more than 50,000 members pay $269 or more to be part of an exclusive online recruiting bank drawn on by 6,000 recruiting firms...