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Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body
If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more. In 1829, taking such thinking to the extreme, a radical British pamphleteer named Peter...
Tags: Authors, Pakistan, Ethics, Mental Health, Religion and Belief
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Browning, Ott joust over taxes
THE RACE: Lehigh County executive THE CANDIDATES: Republicans Dean Browning and Scott Ott THE AD: Voiceover: "Candidate Scott Ott promised not to raise our taxes. Nine months later Commissioner Ott broke his promise and jacked up taxes on thousands. To...Tags: Politics, Don Cunningham, Religion and Belief, Budgets and Budgeting, Parties and Movements
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UPDATE: S.C. Senate votes to sell state planes
The StateThe S.C. Senate voted to sell the state's two planes on Thursday a few hours after Democrats demanded Republican Gov. Nikki Haley reimburse the state for flying a videographer paid by her campaign to official events over the past year. A S.C. Ethics...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Executive Branch, Nikki Haley, Ethics
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SC party leaders trade allegations ahead of governor's race
The StateThe expected opponents in the 2014 S.C. gubernatorial race traded accusations over ethical behavior on Thursday. Democrats criticized Republican Gov. Nikki Haley for flying a videographer paid by her campaign on the state plane to numerous official...Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Ethics, Lawyers, Budgets and Budgeting
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Appeals cloud Mt. Lebanon taxes
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Mt. Lebanon School District's budget is expected to grow by about 1.9 percent in the next school year, but whether homeowners see a tax increase or decrease will depend on the results of the court-mandated reassessment that took effect in 2013....Tags: Pittsburgh, Lebanon, Religion and Belief, Budgets and Budgeting
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El Paso media face unique situation with Oscar Leeser
El Paso Times, TexasIf Oscar Leeser wins the runoff election on June 15, El Paso media will be dealing with a mayor who also is one of the city's biggest advertisers. When asked whether he'd use the advertising budget for his Hyundai dealership in an attempt to influence...Tags: News Agency, Politics, Advertising, Ethics, Political Fundraising
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Book Talk: Of apes and atheists - is empathy evolution?
ReutersBy Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - For biologist Frans de Waal, a peaceful species of great ape in Africa is a mirror of humanity and a living argument that empathy and cooperation are far from unique to mankind. "The Bonobo and the...Tags: Biology, Ethics, Religion and Belief, Science and Technology
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Pope rails against "dictatorship of the economy", urges reform
Reuters* Pope makes first major speech on economic issues * Decries "tyranny" of the market, "cult of money" * Calls for ethical reforms of financial structures By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - Pope Francis issued a strong call for world...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Ethics, Religion and Belief, The Pope
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MCASB candidates talk district's future
The News-Item, Shamokin, Pa.There are five candidate for four positions on the Mount Carmel Area School Board. Candidates include two incumbents, Donna M. James and Raymond Kraynak, and three others, William J. Brecker Jr., Tony Mazzatesta and Joseph Edward Zanella, who are...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Politics, Ethics, Taxation, Budgets and Budgeting
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The Three Musketeers
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky.Heavy rain turned into a light drizzle as Greenup County seniors Seth Boyle, Zach Hutchinson and Will McCall entered the press box, seemingly nervous for the Musketeers' upcoming Senior Night festivities. Boyle's look, though, didn't come from...Tags: Baseball, Ethics, Soccer, Religion and Belief, College Baseball
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Ethics violations could cost ex-state Sen. Robin Wright-Jones $271K
St. Louis Post-DispatchFormer state Sen. Robin Wright-Jones spent thousands of dollars from her campaign fund on clothing, groceries, car repairs, restaurant tabs, dry cleaning, tickets and even video games, the Missouri Ethics Commission said Wednesday. The expenses -- and...Tags: Politics, Bars and Clubs, Ethics, Lawyers, Local Government
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Editorial: Want real elections? It's up to you
When Illinois lawmakers sit down to draw new legislative maps, the two most important pieces of information are 1) how each precinct voted in the last election and 2) where the incumbents live. Using that information, the majority party sorts voters...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, United States Census Bureau, Michael Madigan, Ethics
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