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Even judges are innocent until proven guilty
11/13/2009 3:52 PM

Campaign finance laws were meant as a way to make elections fairer, but the reality is that incumbents continue to enjoy numerous advantages over challengers.

Making the crime fit the punishment
11/6/2009 3:14 PM
Joseph Stalin's infamous KGB chief, Lavrenti Beria, had a unique approach to justice.
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And then there were none
10/30/2009 1:00 PM
"Hey, kids, guess what we're doing today! We're going to spend three hours in the car driving to Proctorville and back to pick up Mom's back-pain medicine and Granny's mood stabilizers. We'll make a day of it. It'll be lots of fun!"
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Self-love means never having to say you're sorry
10/23/2009 8:50 AM
The media circus started two years ago.

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Give Ray Harron his day in court
10/16/2009 3:33 PM
Ray Harron used to like to go to trial. The Bridgeport radiologist has made millions testifying for attorneys filing doubtful asbestos lawsuits.

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A Terrible Thing to Waste
10/9/2009 11:21 AM
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste." That was the slogan the Ad Council penned in 1972 for a public service advertising campaign for the United Negro College Fund.
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The Great Chain Robbery
10/2/2009 1:45 PM
"You've got 24 hours to get out of town!" That's what the lawman says to troublemakers in the westerns. It's essentially what our own state attorney general says, too -- only it's productive businesses he's driving away instead of troublemakers.

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Feeding frenzy
9/25/2009 12:36 PM
Schadenfreude is a wonderful word that refers to the pleasure we take in other people's distress. It's a guilty pleasure, but hard to resist.
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A bad idea whose time hasn't come
9/18/2009 9:24 AM
It seemed like a sleazy match from the onset - a website that promised to connect litigious clients with trial lawyers looking for jackpot justice.
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'Quick Draw' Rides Again
9/11/2009 12:54 PM
Darrell "Quick Draw" McGraw is at it again. This time, he's flaunting his authority as the state's attorney general to stick it to the major drugstore chains in West Virginia.
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Political Malpractice
9/4/2009 4:40 PM
Suppose you had a sore throat, a skin rash, and cancer -- and your doctor put you through a massive battery of tests and procedures for the sore throat and rash but ignored the cancer.
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