Some news organisations were banned from reporting the recent case of a Saudi man attempting to sell his son on Facebook to raise money for the rest of his family.

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Expectations were so low heading into the third quarter earnings reporting period that one could make a case that stocks really had nowhere else to go but up.

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Now the New York Times is reporting that the Feds are unlikely to bring a criminal case against anyone involved in the MF Global blowout.

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First, it is a retrospective case-control study and is therefore susceptible to reporting bias, meaning that people with ALS may report their coffee consumption differently from controls.

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Hivin Kako, a volunteer with the Observatory, says the reporting process is difficult given the situation, but that it has never had a case where it has listed someone as dead who was later found out not to be.

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And in unusual criticism of the Secret Intelligence Service, as MI6 is formally known, she said a delay in reporting his death and in providing relevant evidence added to the uncertainties about the case.

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While the study is definitely on the small side -- just five patients -- the researchers seem to be quite enthused with their findings, reporting that four of the subjects achieved significant reductions in pain, in one case after just a single session.

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But in the case of Iran, as I've said, there was a long period of non-reporting to the IAEA which was in violation of Iran's obligations under the NPT.

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Looking ahead, readers can expect a great deal of frenzied reporting about the actions of Rajaratnam in concert with out-of-context leaks from federal agents meant to build a case against the latest alleged insider-trading miscreant.

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