was less than 0.5% of the votes cast‚ so a statutorily-mandated automatic machine recount occurred. On November 10‚ with the machine recount finished in all but one county‚ Bush’s margin of victory had decreased to 327. According to author Jeffrey Toobin‚ later analysis showed that a total of 18 counties—accounting for a quarter of all votes cast in Florida—did not carry out the legally mandated machine recount‚ but no one from the Gore campaign ever challenged the notion that the machine recount
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Harrison Bryant6/9/13 Introduction In the fiscal year 2012‚ the United States Internal Revenue Service collected $2.5 trillion. That’s more money than any of us could even begin to fathom. With this comes a great responsibility to the agency to conduct itself in an equal manner among all of its patrons. Lately‚ the IRS has been under intense heat that has sparked from its quesitonable treatment of several groups seeking to operate within a tax-exempt status. In order to better understand what’s
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1-0083 Martha Stewart and the ImClone Scandal On January 20‚ 2004‚ jury selection launched the trial of Martha Stewart‚ Chief Creative Officer and former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO). Nine charges filed by the Federal Grand Jury in New York and the SEC relate to Stewart’s personal sale of $228‚000 in ImClone Systems‚ Inc. stock on December 27‚ 2001‚ one day before regulators rejected the biotech company’s cancer drug (Erbitux) and sent
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In recent discussions of Edward Snowden‚ a controversial issue has been whether or not he was wrong for leaking government information. On the one hand‚ some argue that he is an American hero. From this perspective‚ it is a good thing that he exposed the inappropriate surveillance tactics of the American government. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that he is a traitor. From this perspective‚ he betrayed his country by leaking information to other countries. In the words of President
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This is a murder case that faced Mr. Simpson who is a former football star and an actor. He was tried following the murder of his ex-wife‚ N.Brown Simpson‚ and a waiter R. Goldman. It is believe that Simpson’s ex-wife Brown‚ and Goldman were found murdered outside her home and this made Simpson to be a key suspect. He was later acquitted after the trial that had lasted for months.The trial was complicated and it had taken long since Mr. Simpson had hired a high profile defense team and this led to
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Title: Is Google Books a Good Thing? The Google Books project has been a working progress ever since Google was created. The co-founders of Google‚ Sergey Brin and Larry Page had been working on a research project that was supported by the Stanford digital Library Technologies Project in 1996. Google intends to scan every book ever published and make all of the text searchable so that people can find the relevant information they need about book. They want to make books more accessible to
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Case Study: Snyder v. Phelps (2011) Fred Phelps‚ the pastor at the Westboro Church‚ along with his followers believes that God punishes the US for allowing homosexuality freedoms‚ especially within the military. To express their feelings the Westboro Church and its people sometimes picket military funerals in hopes that their voices will be heard. In 2006 Albert Snyder’s son who was a Lance Corporal for the United States Marine Corps was killed in the line of the duty during his time in Iraq.
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October 31st 2006.2 Catsouras was decapitated in the accident and her injuries were so horrific that the coroner refused to allow her parents to identify her body. California Highway Patrol sealed off the area and took photographs of the accident.3 Nine photographs of the accident then began circulating on the Internet after two officers emailed them to friends and family on Halloween for “shock value” and the images were eventually sent to the deceased’s father.4 The Catsouras family began legal
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John Grisham’s Secret Thesis Statement: John Grisham develops his character and themes in his novels to show his personal experiences. I. Characters A. Mitch McDeere 1. The Firm‚ plot 2. How he gets involved with the firm B. Sam Cayhall 1. Death penalty 2. His lawyer II. Themes A. Good/ evil 1. The Firm 2. A Time to Kill B. Money 1. in his novels 2. His attitude C. Concepts 1. John Grisham’s tricks 2. Same formula III. Personal
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