Burbia's Blog – August 2011 Archive (83)

ATF promotes supervisors in controversial gun operation

The three, who have been criticized for pushing on with the border weapons sting even as it came apart, receive new management jobs in Washington.

“I share responsibility for mistakes that were made,” said ATF…

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Added by Burbia on August 16, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

2 Renton police officers demoted over Web cartoon of jail

A deputy police chief and a sergeant in Renton have been demoted over a Web cartoon ridiculing city jail staff. Posted on YouTube in January, the video made fun of jail policies and staff and featured a clown refusing to admit into jail a drunken suspect brought in by police.

By Jeff Hodson

Seattle Times staff…

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Preparing for State Tests, to a Hip-Hop Beat

Ángel Franco/The New York Times

Jamel Mims, a Fresh Prep instructor, working with students at Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics.

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Judge rules U.S. inmate has no right to matzah

Photo of machine-made Shmura Matzo eaten during Passover week. Photo taken on April 12, 2006 by Yoninah.

Photo of machine-made Shmura Matzo eaten during Passover week. Photo taken on April 12, 2006 by Yoninah

August 11, 2011

Reuters

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that an inmate in a New York jail does not have a constitutionally protected right to matzah and grape juice.

Christopher Henry, who was charged with first-degree sodomy, claimed permanent trauma and malnourishment and requested nearly $10 billion in damages for what he…

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UK may disrupt social networks during unrest

Police officers in riot gear are deployed in Eltham, south London August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

(Reuters) - Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move…

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Brightening clouds: Atmospheric scientists evaluate a technique for reflecting more sunlight

When aerosol particles from ship exhaust enter…

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Researchers create first 3D invisibility cloak

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Film on Bin Laden causes stir over Washington access

Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) wants the CIA and Pentagon to investigate whether the White House gave filmmakers access to confidential information regarding the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal's film project on slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is stirring up…

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Quinn wants to abolish lawmaker scholarship program

By Monique Garcia Clout Street

6:38 p.m. CDT, August 9, 2011

Gov. Pat Quinn says legislative scholarships should be banned. (Tribune/Antonio…

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Cash seen flying out of Porsche before fatal accident

1:34 p.m. CDT, August 9, 2011

Farzana Ali, left, and Sherali Shalwani were killed on the Reagan Memorial Tollway Saturday by a car going the wrong way. (Family photos)

Cash was…

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Social media used to spread Britain's riots

Some of the text messages read like real-time rallying calls for rioters.

By PAISLEY DODDS and RAPHAEL G. SATTER

Associated Press

LONDON —

Some of the text messages read like real-time rallying calls…

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Added by Burbia on August 10, 2011 at 3:59am — 1 Comment

DSHS accidentally released personal information

By Seattle Times staff

The addresses of nearly 4,000 custodial parents were accidentally released by the state agency that collects child-support payments, according to the Department of Social and Health Services.

Because the release of the addresses was a violation of health privacy laws, the Division of Child Support on Tuesday…

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House to end page program, citing costs

The page program gave students a front-row seat to the workings of the House, but advances in technology have slashed the need to have documents and messages hand-delivered. (House.gov)…

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Added by Burbia on August 8, 2011 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

IRS: Nearly 1,500 millionaires paid no federal income tax in 2009

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Charles Wyly, Co-Founder of Michaels Stores, Dies after Car Crash

Author: John Egan

Published: August 07, 2011 at 8:09 pm

Billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Charles Wyly, co-founder and former chairman of arts and crafts retail chain Michaels Stores Inc., died Sunday after suffering injuries in a car crash in Colorado. He…

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On Idyllic Cape Cod, Growing Drug Problem Fuels a Rise in Property Crimes

Evan McGlinn for The New York Times

By KATIE ZEZIMA and ABBY…

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Atlanta School Year Begins Amid a Testing Scandal

T. Lynne Pixley for The New York Times

Pat Crawford, with assistance from her niece Sharnae Muhammad, worked on her hallway board last week at Toomer Elementary

By ALAN SCHWARZ

Published: August 7, 2011

ATLANTA —…

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Overriding a Key Education Law

Alex Brandon/Associated Press

Arne Duncan, secretary of education, in 2009. He said the No Child Left Behind law was hurting efforts to improve schools.

By SAM DILLON

Published: August 8,…

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Ohio gunman kills 7, is shot dead by police

Shootings

Members of the Summit County Sheriff Department leave the scene of a multiple fatal shooting in Copley Township, Ohio. (Karen Schiely / Akron Beacon Journal / August 7, 2011)

From the…

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