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• UK policing has ‘lost its way’, says top officer

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov.26 (ANI): British policing has “lost its way” amid the “noise and clutter” of Government targets, initiatives and new laws, the chief of inspector of police has said. Denis O’Connor, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, told The Daily Telegraph that forces have “drifted away” from ...
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• SCOTUS Skeptical of Business Method Patents

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 422
  On November 9, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Bilski v. Kappos . The case, whose facts were reported on earlier , involves whether a “business model” is patentable. At the end of the day, it seemed that the Justices were skeptical of whether the way in which a company does business is a proper ...
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• Editorial: New Jersey’s Marriage Moment

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  Enacting legislation in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples requires no gargantuan amount of courage on the part of New Jersey legislators.
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• New EU rules seen raising cost of Indian chemicals exports

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  By James JoseHelsinki, Nov 26 (IANS) The $35-billion Indian chemical industry that exports products to European countries may soon find the cost of doing business going up because of new legislation adopted by the EU to regulate their end-use.Indian companies export chemicals worth $2 billion per annum to Europe and ...
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• Climate Change Legislation Would Slow Economy, Says Congressional Budget Office

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 579
  Climate Change Legislation Would Slow Economy, Says Congressional Budget Office Wednesday, November 25, 2009 CNS By Chris Neefus The U.S. Capitol Power Plant heats and cools the halls of Congress. In April 2007 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would “lead by ...
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• NRL, AUL Point Out Rationing/Assisted Suicide HCR Concerns

  
  Reflections of a Paralytic — Authority: 126
  A National Right to Life analysis of the Senate health care reform bill found that: Senior citizens’ ability to use their own money, if they choose, to avoid involuntary denial of medical treatment under Medicare could be severely limited. State commissioners of the new health insurance exchanges ...
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• Graffiti Control Amendment Bill 2009

  
  GordonMoyes.com — Authority: 133
  Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes : As a Family First member of Parliament I speak to the Graffiti Control Amendment Bill 2009. The bill amends the Graffiti Control Act 2008 to create new offences relating to the supply of spray paint cans to children and the possession of spray paint cans by children; to increase the ...
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• Swimming Pools Amendment Bill 2009

  
  GordonMoyes.com — Authority: 133
  I speak for Family First on the Swimming Pools Amendment Bill 2009, which amends the Swimming Pools Act 1992 to make further provision in respect of ensuring access to private swimming pools is effectively restricted and for other purposes. The object of the bill is to provide the legislative framework for ...
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• National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2009

  
  GordonMoyes.com — Authority: 133
  I wish to make a brief contribution to the disallowance of the National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2009. The National Parks and Wildlife Service manages more than 6.5 million hectares of land on behalf of the people of New South Wales, comprising 750 protected natural areas. These properties are defined into ...
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• GST registration will be through uniform PAN-linked business identification number

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 451
  The model legislation for the introduction of goods and services tax (GST) will have a provision for registration of individuals and companies which pay the tax.The registration will be done through a uniform PAN-linked business identification... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
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• C Street Tied To Proposed Uganda Law: Death Penalty for Gays

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff A must-watch C-Street overview: You really need to go read the whole article, but Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power , fills us in on yet another jaw-dropping way that C Street has affected lives (and deaths) in the worst possible way. David ...
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• Credit card usury bill coming soon in House (Reuters)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  Reuters – Several congressional Democrats said on Wednesday they plan to introduce legislation next week to cap credit card interest rates. More here: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Credit card usury bill coming soon in House (Reuters)
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• Plan credits healthy habits

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Employer cuts costs by allowing workers to ‘earn’ lower ratesJoanne WojcikPHOENIX—Safeway Inc. has reduced its health care cost increases by more than $150 million since 2005 using an approach that closely resembles how auto insurers rate drivers.Under Safeway’s Healthy Measures program, employees “earn” ...
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• Health care plan costs rise 5.5% in ‘09: Study

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Adoption of CDHPs, other control efforts help limit increasesJerry GeiselGroup health care plan costs rose 5.5% in 2009, the lowest increase in more than a decade, as employers stepped up cost-control efforts, according to a survey.That 5.5% increase brought costs to an average of $8,945 per employee this year ...
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• Senate test looms for health reform

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 136
  Employers see bill as less threatening than House planJerry GeiselWASHINGTON—Sweeping health care reform legislation is awaiting its toughest test: approval by the U.S. Senate.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week completed melding different reform bills passed earlier by the Finance and Health, ...
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• FHA Increasingly Approves Risky Loans

  
  The Mortgage Blog — Authority: 118
  A pair of articles published last week in the NYTimes (” With F.H.A. Help, Easy Loans in Expensive Areas ” and “ Wall St. Finds Profits by Reducing Mortgages “) highlighted the growing role that the FHA is playing in the mortgage market. The former explained how the FHA is now underwriting more expensive ...
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• Workers Rally to Shut Down School of Americas

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 666
        Hundreds of union members joined religious and human rights activists in a vigil and rally outside the gates of the School of the Americas (SOA) last weekend to demand that it be closed. Graduates of the school, operated by the U.S. Department of Defense at Fort Benning, Ga., have been linked to ...
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• No Markup Planned for December 3rd Internet Gambling Hearing

  
  Poker News Daily — Authority: 513
  On Tuesday night, it was revealed that a hearing will occur next Thursday, December 3rd in the House Financial Services Committee . Taking center stage are two bills related to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act ( UIGEA ). Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas told Poker News ...
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• Comparison of Democratic Health Care Bills

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 436
  The United States Senate voted last week to debate their health care bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. However, their legislation is significantly different than the bill passed by the House of Representatives a few weeks ago. To help anyone curious about the differences between the two ...
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• Lois Herr Challenges Joe Pitts on Abortion Rights and A Life of “NO.”

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 479
  On Saturday, November 21 2009, author and public advocate Lois Herr drew attention in her congressional campaign against Republican congressman Joseph Pitts when she appeared at a rally to speak against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. This amendment, which would prohibit private health care plans paid for with private ...
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