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...well be called witness detection, since it seems the country's violent drug traffickers are having little problem locating, and assassinating, the informants whom the government is supposed to be shielding. In less than two weeks, in fact, two of the country's most valuable soplones, or stool pigeons, have been killed in Mexico City. On Dec. 2, Edgar Bayardo - a former high-ranking federal police official whose information led to last year's indictment of Mexico's federal police chief and other top cops for alleged narco-corruption - was fatally riddled with bullets by two hit men dressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's Witness-Protection Program: What Protection? | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

Last Thursday night, FM hiked over to Science Center D to listen to a stick-up boy, a lesbian cop, and a stool pigeon junkie lead a discussion on the inner city before a crowd of Harvard students...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When it Comes Down to “The Wire,” Community Service Still Comes First | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...there anything that government can do to help that sort of leg of the stool, to help the kind of private sector of the corporate world become more involved in the non-profit sector? The President: Well, it's not surprising that when you've had the worst recession since the Great Depression, that businesses are cutting back across the board, and that includes their philanthropic efforts. What that also means is it's going to bounce back once businesses themselves bounce back. So I'm not so much worried about the long-term trends. I think that this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive Interview: The Obamas on The Meaning of Public Service | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...goes back to making sure that we understand that all legs of the stool are important. Philanthropy is going to be important, and we want to encourage businesses in all sorts of ways to get involved. For example, I've been talking to my science advisor, John Holdren, about how we can really tap into businesses to improve science and technology and math education. And I am willing to bet that there isn't a high-tech company out there - Google, Microsoft, what have you - that wouldn't love to sponsor young people - and young girls in particular, who oftentimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive Interview: The Obamas on The Meaning of Public Service | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

After the posse euthanizes the morning's catch by swiftly severing its brain stem, the men examine its entrails. "She was eating well out there," says Graziani, noting the large fatty deposits and the animal fur in its stool. But with everyone from politicians to glades crackers pledging to stop the python invasion, the snakes are now the prey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from The Everglades | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

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