Cables Show Ireland Ceded to Vatican Pressure

ABC News reported that newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that Ireland caved in to Vatican pressure to grant immunity to church officials in the government probe of decades of sex abuse by Irish clergy in the predominantly Catholic nation. That the Holy See used its diplomatic immunity status as a tiny-city state to try…

It’s easy to find examples of crime and corruption within the ranks of Mexico’s police and federal governments. Despite having more billionaires than most other countries on the planet, Mexico is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the hemisphere.

Newark skyline looking east with Prudential Building, Gibraltar Building, and Prudential Plaza at right

Prudential cheated the families of dead U.S. soldiers and Marines out of more than 100 million dollars in interest on their life-insurance policies, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in a Massachusetts federal court.

A polling place at a recreation center in New Jersey's 2008 general election

CNN, USA Today, and Gallup pulled their expertise together to conduct a poll which produced some rather surprising results. 1,003 adults were polled over a three day period beginning January 6, 2006 through January 8, 2006.

Wal-Mart store exterior in Laredo, Texas

California law, like the laws in many other states, requires employees to give a minimum of 30 minutes unpaid lunch breaks to employees who work at least six hours. Several California workers claim Wal-Mart illegally demanded these breaks be skipped (and of course, in the process, save a bundle of money either by working employees…

Rescue workers climb over and dig through piles of rubble from the destroyed World Trade Center

The USA Patriot Act, or Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (yes, that’s really the title of the Act), was passed in late 2001. The 342 page Act introduced a plethora of legislative changes which significantly increased the surveillance and investigative powers of U.S. law enforcement…