February 2012
New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map... →
capitalnewyork:
Can’t bring myself to look at the “evidence of rodents” map this early in the morning.
HSBC Warns Of Charges Over Transactions With... →
HSBC Holdings PLC said it could face civil or criminal enforcement action over transactions it handled for Iranians and others subject to U.S. sanctions.
The bank said late Monday in its annual earnings results that it is the subject of a raft of investigations, including one by the Justice Department, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the...
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“Ten days to make an impression. Ten days to redefine his life. N.B.A. teams use...”
– The 10-Day N.B.A. Contract - A Tiny Window Closes Quickly - NYTimes.com
“Our goal is not to please those whom we report on or to produce stories that...”
– NPR’s ethics handbook and Jay Rosen’s great post about it (via soupsoup)
“More than 10 years has passed since towers crashed, and dust and human biomass...”
– N.Y.P.D. Muslim Monitoring and a Climate of Fear - NYTimes.com
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Nigerian Ex-Governor Pleads Guilty In UK -... →
A former Nigerian governor pleaded guilty in U.K. court to embezzling state funds and conspiring to launder the money in the U.K.
James Ibori, the governor of Nigeria’s Delta State from 1999 to 2007, pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday to 10 counts relating to conspiracy to launder funds from the state he governed, and other charges. He is scheduled to be sentenced...
EU Expands Syria Sanctions - Corruption Currents -... →
The European Union agreed Monday to extend its sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for its crackdown on the opposition seeking his ouster.
The new measures, agreed to by 27 EU foreign ministers, target seven government ministers, Syria’s central bank, ban cargo flights from Syrian airline carriers and trade in gold, diamonds and some other precious metals, according to a...
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White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance... →
Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance.
The money is part of a little-known grant intended to help law enforcement fight drug crimes. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush and Obama administrations have provided $135 million to the New York and New ...
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NPR releases new ethics handbook →
onaissues:
From the introduction:
“Journalism is a daily process of painting an ever truer picture of the world. Every step of this process - from reporting to editing to presenting information - may either strengthen or erode the public’s trust in us. We work hard to be worthy of that trust and to protect it.”
See the full handbook on NPR.
“There is talk that the proposed newcomer will bring riffraff to the block, or...”
– Upper East Side Residents Protest Proposed Subway Entrances - NYTimes.com
“Jeremy Lin’s rise did not begin, as the world perceived it, with a 25-point...”
– Jeremy Lin’s Evolution - NYTimes.com
“There’s not much point to scouting the Mets: They’ve got a scary lineup, a solid...”
– Read Deadspin’s baseball season previews from 2008.
How the times have changed.
(via laughinghieroglyphic)
Wow, does this hurt.
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stuck-inr3verse asked: I legitimately love your blog soooooo much... i have always wanted to be a journalist! and i think everything you write about is so interesting and well written.. your sorta my role model right now... lol
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Charges Dropped Against ‘Non-Operational’ Cinergy... →
Bribery charges have been dropped against Cinergy Telecommunications Inc., a move requested by prosecutors after they found the company isn’t operational.
The dismissal motion, which was granted Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Jose Martinez, is the latest twist in a case involving the alleged bribery of officials with the Haitian state-owned telecoms company. Cinergy, a Miami-based...
Former FIFA Official Loses Appeal Over Bribery Ban... →
Amos Adamu, a former official at international soccer’s governing body, lost his appeal on Friday against a three-year ban from soccer for seeking bribes during bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport, the world’s top sports arbitration panel, upheld a judgement from FIFA’s ethics committee banning Adamu from soccer activities until October...
SEC Charges Noble Execs With Bribery In Nigeria -... →
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it charged three executives of Noble Corp. with helping bribe Nigerian customs officials.
Former chief executive Mark A. Jackson and James J. Ruehlen, the current director of Noble’s subsidiary in Nigeria, allegedly bribed customs officials to process false paperwork to show the export and re-import of oil rigs when they in fact never...
Former Army Major’s Wife Sentenced In Defense... →
Eurica Pressley, the wife of a U.S. Army major, was sentenced to six years in prison for her role in a bribery and money laundering scheme related to illegal payments for contracts awarded for work to support the war in Iraq.
Pressley’s husband Eddie was sentenced last month to 12 years behind bars in the case. Together, they’re required to forfeit $21 million, as well as real estate and...
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Angola Comes To The Fore After Bribery Probes -... →
Angola could well be a textbook example of the resource curse, in terms of corruption.
The West African country, one of the fastest-growing in the world and blessed with vast mineral resources, is beset by graft. Angola is Africa’s second-largest oil producer, comprising more than 90% of the country’s exports. Yet a 2010 Human Rights Watch report said little of that wealth reaches the poor,...
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ninety9:
Tip to aspiring journalists yelling FIRST! If all you are doing it re-purposing copy that someone wants to get into the public sphere, and will whether or not you pull the trigger first, second of last, it’s inconsequential in every way. Finding news that no one is seeking and making the public aware of that is why people defend journalism.
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YouTube HOF: Best. Simpsons. Moments. Ever. →
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Maryland is about to become the eighth state to... →
shortformblog:
A bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland was approved by the state Senate, which advanced a measure that narrowly cleared the House of Delegates last week.
The final vote by the state Senate ended a yearlong drama in Annapolis over the legislation, and marked the first time an East Coast state south of the Mason-Dixon line has supported gay nuptials.
With the...
KBR CEO, UK Middleman Sentenced Over Nigeria... →
The former chairman and chief executive of KBR Inc. and his U.K.-based middleman were sentenced Thursday for their roles in a decade-long, $182 million bribery scheme.
Albert “Jack” Stanley, the former head of KBR who pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiracy to commit bribery, received 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Earlier Thursday, Jeffrey Tesler, who...
US Sanctions Indonesian Group, Leaders -... →
The U.S. State Department said Thursday it designated Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid, or JAT, as a foreign terrorist organization, while the Treasury said it sanctioned the group’s leadership.
JAT seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate in Indonesia, the State Department said in a statement. The group is responsible for multiple coordinated attacks against innocent civilians, police and military...
With Cameras, Informants, NYPD Eyed Mosques →
When a Danish newspaper published inflammatory cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in September 2005, Muslim communities around the world erupted in outrage. Violent mobs took to the streets in the Middle East. A Somali man even broke into the cartoonist’s house in Denmark with an ax.
In New York, thousands of miles (kilometers) away, it was a different story. At the Masjid Al-Falah in...
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Florida Telecom Joins Co-Defendant Request For... →
Lawyers defending Cinergy Telecommunications Inc. joined a request from a co-defendant requesting a separate trial, but insisted it be able to present evidence that the co-defendant extorted the company.
The Miami-based company and six others were charged in a second superseding indictment in January with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy. One defendant, a former director at Haiti’s...
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An uncommon sight at N/Q Broadway Station
queenslove:
I love the elevated subways of Astoria - how they provide a perspective on the Manhattan skyline, and streets below.
My station, my hood, my boro.
Former KBR Consultant Sentenced To Probation -... →
A former consultant to a U.K. subsidiary of Kellogg Brown & Root Inc., or KBR, was sentenced Wednesday to one year of unsupervised probation for his involvement in a decade-long, multibillion dollar foreign bribery scheme.
Wojciech J. Chodan, a 74-year-old U.K. citizen, also has to pay a $20,000 fine. He pleaded guilty in December 2010 to one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign...
World Bank Debars, Fines Alstom Units - Corruption... →
The World Bank blacklisted for three years two units of French engineering firm Alstom SA after they allegedly offered bribes to get a contract in Zambia a decade ago.
The subsidiaries, Alstom Hydro France and Alstom Network Schweiz AG in Switzerland, will pay $9.5 million in restitution under a negotiated agreement between the World Bank and Alstom, the World Bank said in a statement.
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Austan Goolsbee publishes op-ed about Jeremy Lin. →
andrewgraham:
There are at least three things in that sentence that I like.