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Gay sex tape prompts Rutgers frosh Tyler Clementi to suicide
ABC News reports a somber scene at Rutgers University after news of Tyler Clementi's suicide over the surreptitious live online broadcast of his homosexual encounter spread. According to reports, fellow students Ravi and Wei were responsible for secretly monitoring Clementi with a webcam during a same-sex intimate encounter and broadcasting the encounter live on the ...
More compact vehicles to choose from as auto manufacturers broaden selection
There has always been hesitancy about compact vehicles in the U.S. However, auto manufacturers think that may be about to change. The impact of vehicles on the environment and just how much it costs to fill up the tank certainly are things to ponder. People aren’t thinking of getting a brand new SUV the size ...
Boeing ruled to have broken international trade laws and regulations by World Trade Organization
New airlines are taking a hit while no longer expanding fleets. This is because one of the biggest things hit economically during the global economic downturn was airline travel. Boosting the bottom line is something many aircraft manufacturers are focused on right now which may mean the corporations have to take large subsidies from ...
Is the federal mortgage modification plan assisting at all?
President Obama was really glad to be elected in 2008. He may have been too excited when putting so much money into so much of a stimulus. Among the first announced was a program called Make Home Affordable, which was a mortgage modification plan through the Government Housing Administration. The loan is somehow rearranged ...
Oracle gets Mark Hurd in the boardroom and into a courtroom with Hewlett Packard
After five glorious years at the helm of Hewlett Packard, Mark Hurd had to resign as CEO after being accused of sexual harassment by Jodie Fisher, a former consultant. Not long after, he was approached by Oracle to take an executive position with that company, a competitor of Hewlett Packard. You can't just switch from ...