Posts Tagged ‘the-group’

Windows Shot at GOP Office in D.C.

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Someone in D.C. doesn’t like Republicans: an unidentified gunman shot up the windows of the D.C. Republican Committee near 13th and K Streets in the capital. Paul Craney, the group’s executive director, said he got a call from the office’s alarm…

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Sony sorry for band’s Nazi gaffe

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Sony Music Artists, managers of the popular Japanese boy band Kishidan, apologises after the group appeared on national TV dressed like Nazis.

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Hijacked yacht split from group

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Pirates boarded an American yacht off the coast of Oman three days after the boat’s owners split off from the relative safety of a sailing group traversing a dangerous section of the Indian Ocean, according to the group, the Blue Water Rally.

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Anonymous hack hits security firm

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Online activist group Anonymous hacks an American security firm that claimed to know the identities of the group’s leaders.

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LVMH sees record revenues in 2010

Friday, February 4th, 2011

LVMH, the world’s largest luxury goods company, made record revenues in 2010, with all areas of the group seeing double-digit growth.

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N.R.A. Stymies Firearms Research, Scientists Say

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Researchers who study guns and violence say the influence of the group has all but choked off funds.

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Illegal gamers costing ‘billions’

Friday, January 21st, 2011

More than £1 billion in sales and hundreds of jobs are lost every year because of pirate video games, according to the group which represents the industry.

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Illegal gamers costing ‘billions’

Pentagon report: Put women in combat

Saturday, January 15th, 2011

A Pentagon commission on diversity is recommending the U.S. military end its ban on women serving in direct combat roles — a restriction the group says is discriminatory and out of touch with the demands of modern warfare.

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Teen Girls Increasingly Sexualized on TV

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

The Parents’ Television Council is known for its prudery about what shows up on TV, but this time it’s targeting the sexualization of teenage girls in popular shows. Armed with a 20-page study, the group claims that underage girls are more than adults…

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Was Gawker Media Hacked?

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

After strange messages appeared on the Twitter feeds of Gawker and Lifehacker on Saturday, the “responsible party” told the The Next Web that it was not affiliated with Anonymous, the group responsible for hacking major corporate sites in defense of…

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WikiLeaks founder could face charges

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group’s release of government documents, including possible charges under the Espionage Act, sources familiar with the inquiry said Monday.

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Spence calls for UVF to disband

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

The loyalist who founded the modern day Ulster Volunteer Force has told BBC’s Spotlight the group should disband.

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Spence calls for UVF to disband

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

The loyalist who founded the modern day Ulster Volunteer Force has told BBC’s Spotlight the group should disband.

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FDA Kills Another Weight-Loss Pill

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Overweight Americans turning to prescription medication for help lost another option Thursday, as the FDA rejected the diet drug Qnexa. That makes Qnexa the third weight-loss drug this month to be spurned by the group, which has recently heightened its…

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Teen girls executed by Somali militants

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

A Somali militant group publicly executed two teenage girls Wednesday after accusing them of being spies for the Somali government, according to the group, eyewitnesses and a relative of one of the girls.

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