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Step one is to target an area where homes, schools or other premises suffer high burglary rates. Next, residents are given marking kits, paid for either by the company or out of government funds. Windows and street furniture in the area are then plastered with the SmartWater logo and the local media are roped in to help wage psychological warfare on local villains - typically, police will rig out a bait car with a spray to secure a headline conviction and make it known they will routinely scan suspects arrested for any reason. Last December, police in Peterborough sent greeting cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SmartWater: Message in a Bottle | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...Senate failed to pass a massive immigration reform act that included a provision allowing public colleges to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants. If passed, the bill would have also opened a path to citizenship for illegal aliens who entered the country as children and who either complete two years of higher education or serve in the military. Both provisions were also part of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a law sponsored by Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin which failed last October. The legislation is expected to be introduced in similar form...

Author: By Sean R. Ouellette, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Federal Initiative May Aid Illegal Aliens | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...also recently published its annual “National Leadership Index,” which is compiled by HKS Professor Todd L. Pittinsky from public opinion surveys. The results this year revealed the most negative attitudes since the project began in 2005. Respondents rated their confidence level either the same or lower in every one of the 13 leadership sectors, which range from military to education to business. Gergen said the Leadership Index and the Best Leaders profile fit well together. “The theory behind this project is that America is facing a leadership shortage...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Alums Named Among Best Leaders | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...found its way between sheets of dough at some point. The colonists cooked many a pie: because of their crusty tops, pies acted as a means to preserve food, and were often used to keep the filling fresh during the winter months. And they didn't make bland pies, either: documents show that the Pilgrims used dried fruit, cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg to season their meats. Further, as the colonies spread out, the pie's role as a means to showcase local ingredients took hold and with it came a proliferation of new, sweet pies. A cookbook from 1796 listed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pie | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...decided at the ballot box, not in the courthouse. Those efforts received a boost on election day in Arkansas, where voters easily passed a law that restricts any unmarried couple living together from adopting children. Arkansas joined Florida, Nebraska, Utah and Mississippi as the only states with laws that either directly or indirectly ban adoption by gays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fight Over Gay Adoption Heats Up | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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