Operation Ore, as the British effort is known, has been dogged by a lack of resources. Though the law makes possession of child pornography, including computer images, subject to a maximum sentence of five years, proving the offence is difficult. To do a full forensic examination of a computer takes up to three months. Companies specialising in the work say that, at the present rate, it would take from five to ten years to process all the suspect computers.

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"Where a woman chooses her partner while she is on the pill, and then comes off it to have a child, she may find she is married to the wrong man."

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...the judge did not let McDonald's off the hook completely. Referring to Chicken McNuggets as a "McFrankenstein creation" of elements not used by home cooks, he said the plaintiffs could refile their case with information backing their claim that diners have no idea what is really in their food or that the products have allegedly become more harmful because of processing.

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...Chafets insisted in his column and in an interview afterward that the watch-giving is a time-honored device to win favorable press coverage for the Saudi government. "Are [journalists] influenced by Saudi hospitality?" he asked in his column. "Look at the coverage of the kingdom the last 10 years and see which reporters failed to notice they were in a fascist theocracy and decide for yourself."

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The dispute is not about whether the RIAA will be able to force Verizon to reveal the identity of a suspected copyright infringer, but about what legal mechanism copyright holders may use. The RIAA would prefer to rely on the DMCA's turbocharged procedures because they are cheaper and faster than other methods, but Verizon and civil liberties groups have said the DMCA does not apply and that it does not adequately protect privacy.

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"It may seem like political correctness gone mad but there is a strong feeling that smoking shouldn't be depicted as cool. There is a movement to remove the cigarette from the actual album sleeve if it is re-issued."

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Pending further research, it's anyone's guess whether a higher tropopause would lead to taller thunderclouds, with possible consequences such as more violent downdrafts as rain-cooled air plunges from greater heights.

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Ford Motor Company unveiled its new, environmentally intelligent concept car on January 5 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, positioning it as a "model for change." Inspired by how its Model T revolutionized personal transportation in the last century, a team of Ford researchers and designers worked collaboratively with MBDC, co-founded by McDonough and German chemist Dr. Michael Braungart, and with BP to adopt environmental design concepts into plans for the hallmark new car model commemorating Ford's centennial. The goal was to create the Model T of the 21st century -- a new type of vehicle specifically designed to be good to you and good for the world.

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"Not only does cloning not produce a physical duplicate, but it can never reproduce the behavior or personality of a cat that you want to keep around. There are millions of cats in shelters and with rescue groups that need homes, and the last thing we need is a new production strategy for cats."

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