Category Archives: News from the Soul Brother

U.S. seeking $6 billion from JPMorgan to settle mortgage claims: source

By David Henry, Margaret Chadbourn, Gary Hill, & Matthew Lewis U.S. government housing finance authorities are pressing JPMorgan Chase & Co for at least $6 billion to settle lawsuits over bonds backed by subprime mortgages, according to a person familiar … Continue reading

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Secretive Companies Allow Hackers To Thrive: U.S. Attorney

By Gerry Smith Some American companies are still unwilling to report to law enforcement they have been hacked, a reluctance that is making it more difficult to combat cybercrime, a top federal prosecutor told The Huffington Post. Preet Bharara, the U.S. … Continue reading

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Missouri attorney general sues Walgreen Co., alleging deceptive pricing

By Steve Everly An undercover investigation of eight Walgreens stores in Missouri found a pattern of deceptive pricing that overcharged customers, the state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. According to Attorney General Chris Koster, the national drugstore … Continue reading

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Elite Native American Firefighters Join Crews At Yosemite

By Kirk Siegler One of the firefighting teams trying to contain the Rim Fire in and around Yosemite National Park is the Geronimo Hotshots team from San Carlos, Ariz., one of seven elite Native American firefighting crews in the U.S. On … Continue reading

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The Winners in Immigration Control: Private Prisons

By Aubrey Pringle What if immigration reform advocates used financial arguments to make their case? Ask 10 individuals how they feel about the immigration debate, and you’ll get a range of responses combining humanitarian, employment, population, or economic concerns. You … Continue reading

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50 Days Without Food: The California Prison Hunger Strike Explained

By Maggie Caldwell and Josh Harkinson Monday marked the 50th day of a massive hunger strike in California prisons. The strike initially involved some 30,000 fasting inmates; some 42 of them are still refusing to eat, putting themselves at extremely … Continue reading

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Child Hunger So Common That Three-Quarters Of Teachers Have Hungry Students

By Alan Pyke Three-quarters of America’s teachers have students who routinely show up to school hungry and half say hunger is a serious problem in their classrooms, according to No Kid Hungry’s annual educator survey. The numbers represent a significant … Continue reading

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George Zimmerman’s wife pleads guilty to perjury

By Yamiche Alcindor The wife of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, has been sentenced to one year probation and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying … Continue reading

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Joss Whedon on killing an Avenger and why Loki’s not in sequel

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Hulu Orders Scripted Original Series ‘Deadbeat’ from Lionsgate

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