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Then came the midterm elections of 1910. The G.O.P. lost control of the House, and Roosevelt began criticizing Taft's policies in print. The final rupture occurred a year later when Taft's Attorney General filed an antitrust suit against the U.S. Steel Corp. because of a 1907 acquisition that Roosevelt had personally approved. T.R. was outraged. The decision to challenge Taft soon followed. T.R.'s campaign would not succeed, but the ideals that he and his Bull Moose Party enunciated in 1912 would resonate in American political life for decades. They still do. They shaped much of Franklin Roosevelt...
ALBERTO GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, on whether his three sons illegally download music files off the Internet...
...been, in effect, just as much a victim - if not more," says Adam Reposa, the attorney for Solis, who is facing up to 20 years in prison on charges of second degree felony sexual assault. Since the lawsuit against MySpace also names Solis as a defendant, Reposa said he will "cross-file" and also sue MySpace and its owner, News Corporation. "MySpace wasn't there when they went to Whataburger. MySpace wasn't there when they went to the movie and MySpace wasn't there when they climbed in the backseat," Reposa said. "Meeting on MySpace - if that alone...
...case against Solis has not been presented to a grand jury and Reposa is hoping to get the charges against his client reduced. Solis has admitted to police that he had sex with the girl, but he assumed she was older, according to Reposa. The girl's attorney, Adam Lowey , said his now 14-year-old client has suffered "horrific" harm because of Solis' actions and MySpace's "lax security policies...
...unless they already know either the youth's e-mail address or full name. But experts question whether social network sites can prevent posters from lying about their age. The proposed changes "are inadequate because they lack any age verification and leave the minimum age too low," said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. "They fail to raise the age threshold to 16 and take steps to verify age - as I and other attorneys general have repeatedly urged. They are a mirage of protection...