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The description of shoppers at a Valley Stream, NY Wal-Mart when told they had to leave because a store employee had been trampled to death by 2000 holiday bargain-hunters who broke the store’s door frame and stampeded into the store, … Continue reading →

General counsel for Life Partners Holdings, Inc. addressing the discovery that a company director held an associate’s degree from Temple University, not a bachelor’s degree in chemical technology, as was represented in the company proxy. 

Goldman Sachs Group, in announcing that its top 7 executives had asked their board to grant them no bonuses this year.  The move means the executives will earn only their base salaries,about $600,000 for the year.  Who says business can’t self-regulate? Ladies … Continue reading →

Golfer J.P. Hayes on his decision to self-report his mistaken use of a non-PGA approved golf ball.

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Mikela Mercier, age 11, telling her mother that the $1,000 in $100 bills that she had just found tucked inside a Richard Simmons exercise video had to be turned into the Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Salvation Army store manager.  Her father said … Continue reading →

Senator Ted Stevens to millionaire constituent Bill Allen who was cooperating (i.e., his phone was tapped) with the FBI in its investigation of Senator Stevens’ gifts from constituents.     

Representative Artur Davis (D-Alabama).  Kudos to Representative Davis for courage.

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Federal Judge Thomas Porteous’s attorney on why the judge did not disclose gifts of cash payments, lunches, and payments for travel, meals, and hotel rooms in Las Vegas.  levitra price cialis price viagra price brand viagra online cheap brand viagra … Continue reading →

Earl Devaney, Inspector General, Department of Interior, in his cover letter for the report on his investigation and findings at the Minerals Management Service division of the Department

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When asked how it felt to be the first person to win 8 Olympic gold medals, USA swimmer Michael Phelps responded, “I don’t know . . . So much emotion is going through my head. . . I kinda just … Continue reading →