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Via LLRX.com – The Age of Innocence: Actual, Legal and Presumed: Ken Strutin reasons that any accounting of the justice system would put the presumption of innocence at the top of the ledger. The premise underlying this evidentiary rule is that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the state has convinced …
Employment Situation Summary – April 2011 “Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 244,000 in April, and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in several service providing industries, manufacturing, and mining. Household Survey Data: The number of unemployed persons, at 13.7 million, changed little …
Melting Pot Cities and Suburbs: Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro America in the 2000s, William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution. “The historically sharp racial and ethnic divisions between cities and suburbs in metropolitan America are more blurred than ever…An analysis of data from the 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial …
The Deciders: Facebook, Google, and the Future of Privacy and Free Speech, Jeffrey Rosen “Open Planet [24/7 ubiquitous surveillance system] is not a technological fantasy. Most of the architecture for implementing it already exists, and it would be a simple enough task for Facebook or Google, if the companies chose, to get the system up …
Commercial Space Transportation: Industry Trends and Key Issues Affecting Federal Oversight and International Competitiveness, GAO-11-629T, May 05, 2011 Veterans’ Education Benefits: Enhanced Guidance and Collaboration Could Improve Administration of the Post-9/11 GI Bill Program, GAO-11-356R, May 05, 2011 Mortgage Foreclosures: Documentation Problems Reveal Need for Ongoing Regulatory Oversight, GAO-11-433, May 02, 2011 DOE Nuclear Waste: …
Saving Money by Selling Excess Property: “We…are releasing data on thousands of excess properties across the country and an interactive map that allows you to see which excess properties are on the governments books in your state so that you can hold Congress and the Administration accountable for our progress. You also can use this …
Via Secrecy News: “A retrospective tabulation of U.S. aid to Pakistan, up to and including the FY2012 budget request, was prepared in updated form yesterday by the Congressional Research Service. See Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2012 (rounded to the nearest millions of dollars), Prepared for the Congressional Research Service by …
News release: “Fannie Mae has released two white papers detailing the company’s work in the multifamily housing market and focusing on the growing need for decent, affordable housing for renters even as demand and prices soar. As the nation increasingly turns to rental housing as a preferable option for more households, the white papers lay …
Nearly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf, an associate editor of The Atlantic and founding editor of The Best Of Journalism
A Visual Tour of the Leading Causes for Bankruptcy, Posted by Stephen Cline on April 14, 2011: “1.5 million people filed for bankruptcy in 2010: were you one of them?” The leading cause is related to medical expenses.
