Tobacco Companies May Have Found Advertising Loophole
August 27, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet A new study published in the Tobacco Control journal suggests that the major tobacco companies are getting around the rules barring advertising to kids on television by tapping YouTube. Though the five major cigarette makers deny it, some suggest there are videos on YouTube with product placement-style promotions of certain brands, according [...]
Drugs, Arms & Human Trafficking August 11
August 15, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Australian police have arrested at least 16 people in connection with what could be the largest ecstasy bust ever, according to voanews.com. Customs officials in Melbourne discovered about 15 millions tablets of the amphetamine packed into tomato cans Friday and estimate the drugs to be worth almost $400 million. The case sparked [...]
American News Week of April 7
April 6, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Police now have about 401 children and 133 women in custody after raiding the Texas ranch of the leader of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Warren Jeffs, CNN reports. The raid followed a report that a 16-year-old girl may had been “sexually and physically abused,” a protective services [...]
