News tagged with criminal misconduct
Report: AMD ex-CEO said linked to Galleon case
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is "thoroughly reviewing" published reports fingering former chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz as the AMD executive who gave confidential company information to a defendant in the ...
Craigslist CEO asks SC AG to apologize for threat
May 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The CEO of Craigslist is asking South Carolina's attorney general to apologize for threatening to prosecute the company if any advertisements on the Web site lead to a prostitution case.
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Appeals court orders new trial in Brocade case
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered charges against at least a dozen executives.
Feds pressure Tenet; hospital may close
May 09, 2006 |
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The U.S. government wants to prohibit the Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego from taking part in Medicare and similar government programs.
When is it safe to hire someone with a criminal record?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 27, 2009 |
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a model for providing empirical evidence on when an ex-convict has been "clean" long enough to be considered "redeemed" for employment purposes.
SEC drops options case vs former McAfee lawyer
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has dropped its lawsuit against McAfee Inc.'s former general counsel which accused him of illegally tampering with stock options.
Teens in Love Do Less Crime
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Teenagers in love may be less likely to get mixed up in crime and substance abuse, according to new UC Davis research. But while romantic love seems to help keep teens law-abiding, casual sex can mean trouble.
Fearless kids more likely to be adult criminals: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Children who lack a normal fear response are more likely to commit crimes when they grow up, a study published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggested.
Friendship is mainly about 'me, me and me'
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Oct 23, 2009 |
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Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that ...
Trial beginning over New Orleans' crime cameras
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Jury selection is under way in the civil trial over New Orleans' problem-plagued crime camera system.
How many scientists fabricate and falsify research?
May 29, 2009 |
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It's a long-standing and crucial question that, as yet, remains unanswered: just how common is scientific misconduct? In the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Daniele Fanelli of the University of Edinbu ...
Psychologists offer ways to improve prison environment, reduce violent crime
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 08, 2009 |
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U.S. prisons are too punitive and often fail to rehabilitate, but targeting prisoners' behavior, reducing prison populations and offering job skills could reduce prisoner aggression and prevent recidivism, a researcher told ...
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