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  • After his appointment as an adviser to Bahrain's police force was announced on Thursday, the Miami paper reminded readers that after the events of 2003, a Florida circuit court judge said he had seen "no less than 20 felonies committed by police officers" and called the force's actions "a disgrace for the community."

    NYT > Home Page By ROBERT MACKEY 2011

  • The six NYPD cops and a sergeant will no longer be reporting to the task force's office at 26 Federal Plaza.

    Len Levitt: Nassau County Police's Sad Accounting Len Levitt 2011

  • Also among the task force's top priorities: improving the ability of plants to safely shut down after losing regular grid electricity, such as after a natural disaster.

    Task Force Urges Haste on Nuclear-Safety Measures Rebecca Smith 2011

  • A key question for the commission will be how to move forward with the task force's central recommendation: that the agency establish a single regulatory framework for dealing with extreme events, replacing a "patchwork" of rules.

    NRC Members Reject Quick Overhaul for Nuclear Plants Ryan Tracy 2011

  • Mr. Glass added that the task force's approach "would needlessly constrain the capital position of companies."

    Insurers' Reserves Examined Leslie Scism 2011

  • Pressure on refiners likely will increase with Wednesday's publication of the task force's findings and just days after the government reported that inflation hit a 29-month high of 4.7% in March.

    South Korean Oil Refiners Reduce Prices Min-Jeong Lee 2011

  • This damages the republic because it weakens the ties that ought to bind citizens, he wrote in an e-mail posted on the task force's website.

    ROTC's return to universities a bumpy road 2011

  • The task force's findings were contentious, and the group was disbanded after lawmakers accused the group's report of being politically motivated and inaccurate, CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton said.

    FTC Report on Gas Prices Tennille Tracy 2011

  • While a university may bar discrimination against noncitizens and people with disabilities, the military may see doing so as being in its best interests, wrote Michael Segal, a Columbia alumnus whose e-mailed opinion on the matter has been posted with many others on the task force's website.

    ROTC's return to universities a bumpy road 2011

  • Last week, Protective Life CEO John Johns told an audience of industry executives that the task force's effort was "troubling," and his company holds "very conservative reserves."

    Insurers' Reserves Examined Leslie Scism 2011

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