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...controversial Florida presidential election, a report says that minorities suffered "injustice, ineptitude and inefficiency" - but found no conspiracy to disenfranchise groups of voters. The United States Commission on Human Rights report, due to be officially released on Friday but leaked to the media Monday, is the product of a six-month investigation into the Florida election. The document says that many black and Hispanic voters were stymied by unequal access to quality voting equipment and "overzealous efforts" to clean up voter registration lists. According to the Washington Post, the leaked portions of the report included findings that black voters were...
...study, conducted by Dr. G. Michael Summer, involved the USS Frank Cable, a repair vessel based in Guam. Summer, who was the medical officer aboard the ship from 1996 to 1998. His research found that over a six-month period during his service aboard the Cable, "female crew members accounted for 72 percent of the total visits [to the ship's sick bay] while constituting only 22 percent of the crew...
...visit and hauled him away for 42 days in detention without charge. Hinting he'd be booked for spying, the authorities accused him of illegally receiving and misusing funds, planning to bribe officials and tarnishing the reputation of Egypt. This week Ibrahim, 62, wraps up his defense in a six-month trial in the Supreme State Security Court. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years at hard labor, a sentence likely to trigger protests in Egypt and beyond. Frank Wisner, a former U.S. ambassador in Cairo, has criticized the case for doing "great harm." A conviction could hurt...
...bundle. Using data from some 90,000 of last year's potential buyers, the company compared the rates it quoted with those from up to three other leading auto insurers. The cost of identical insurance policies varied widely, with the range in premiums averaging $515 for every six-month period. --By Julie Rawe...
...situation, throw it to the actors, without a doubt. Writers are generally pretty well paid, and producers are going to be fine no matter what. But actors face a huge rate of unemployment, and many don?t support themselves solely by acting. These folks have also just weathered a six-month strike against advertisers, and they?re still trying to recover from that...