Tuesday, June 11, 2013

As Puerto Rico's fiscal year comes to a close, Governor Garcia's Padilla's party... - Puerto Rico Resorts to Taxes and Gambling to Avert Budget Crisis - Politic365

Puerto Rico Resorts to Taxes and Gambling to Avert Budget Crisis - Politic365

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Puerto Rico Resorts to Taxes and Gambling to Avert Budget Crisis
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As Puerto Rico's fiscal year comes to a close, Governor Garcia's Padilla's party (Popular Democratic Party, or PPD in Spanish) is facing close to an $800 million dollar deficit and no easy way to close it. The current crisis is due to the result ...

Government moves to address domestic child sex trafficking

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The U.S. government is in its second decade of fighting global human trafficking, including the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) by evaluating how other governments fight these crimes and tying results to financial assistance. More recently, our government has turned its attention to domestic CSEC. Yet, as with other forms of child sexual abuse, the most common tactic is to wait for harm to occur and then punish offenders and try to help victims.

Instead of addressing CSEC as a public health problem that has causes and can be prevented – which it can – we are in a constant state of reaction that never gets us ahead of the problem.

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The San Juan Daily Star - 6.11.13

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The San Juan Daily Star - 6.11.13

Puerto Rico Faces Uphill Budget Rush as ‘Junk’ Rating Looms

García Padilla Discusses Border Security with U.S. Attorney General

Civil Rights Probe Demanded Into Alleged Post-Status Plebiscite Violations


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Calif. poll: 58% favor same-sex marriage

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Calif. poll: 58% favor same-sex marriage

Calif. poll: 58% favor same-sex marriage

Calif. poll: 58% favor same-sex marriage

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Calif. poll: 58% favor same-sex marriage
The University of Southern California Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll reveals that attitudes in the state toward gay marriage have changed significantly since Californians banned it in 2008 by a vote of 52 percent to 48 percent. "There has been movement across the board" in favor of same-sex marriage, said Dave Kanevsky, research director of the American Viewpoint, a Republican polling firm that helped conduct the survey.

GIRL FIGHT @ PR PARADE 2013 PELEA EN PARADA PR 2013

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London stocks fall ahead of FTSE review

London stocks fall ahead of FTSE review

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The FTSE 100 drifts lower with the stocks most at risk of relegation at the next quarterly reshuffle suffering stand-out losses

U.S. Relies on Spies for Hire to Sift Deluge of Intelligence

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The leaks by Edward Snowden reveal a vulnerability in U.S. intelligence since 9/11, triggered by a surge of information collected on people around the world and the proliferation of private government contractors to store it.
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Europe Markets: Europe stocks slide after BOJ decision

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European stock markets stage broad-based losses on Tuesday, tracking losses in Asia, where the Bank of Japan’s latest monetary decision fails to boost market optimism.
   

Shale can learn from the nuclear industry

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As the shale revolution spreads beyond the US and Canada, the energy industry needs to incorporate an important lesson from the nuclear industry

Quotations of the day 

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"There's very little trust in the government, and that's for good reason. We're our own worst enemy." - Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., as some lawmakers say they will take a new look at ways to keep the U.S. safe from terror attacks without giving up privacy protections.