Nine of the 11 Pakistani nationals being held in an alleged terror plot in northern England were released Tuesday, according to police. The arrests were made the week before Easter and came quickly after Britain’s chief terrorism officer, who has since resigned, exposed a list of people who were suspected of planning an al Qaeda-linked attack. Britain’s Greater Manchester Police said the men were released into the custody of the U.K.’s border agency, which will determine whether they can legally remain in England.
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Wall Street’s Elite Head to Campus — for Jobs
Listen up, all ye coeds: the dress code on campus is about to kick up a notch. In the past year, a number of top financial professionals have decided to swap toxic assets and big acquisitions for academia
TIME Traveler: The Return of Bogota
With civil conflict easing, and the cultural, culinary and nightlife scenes sexed up, Bogotá is emerging as an attractive destination for the first time in decades.
How Not to be Hated on Facebook
YourTango.com, a self-described “community for love, sex, dating and relationship advice” has created an instructional video called “Facebook Manners and You.” Styled after one of those frighteningly cheery ’50’s educational films, the video’s instructions for proper behavior on the “electric friendship generator” is funny in that hits-too-close-to-home sort of way. The etiquette video covers everything from how to dump someone to the best practices for making hate groups . Still, there are a number of Facebook etiquette rules that the video does not cover.
Teen made $50,000 smuggling drugs across border
Sitting in high school, math and history lessons never captured Danny Santos’ imagination. The drug-fueled streets of the Texas-Mexico border provided his education, and he was an excellent student. Santos says he became one of the thousands of American and Mexican teenagers recruited into the dangerous world of drug smuggling.
Source: Chrysler rejects new loan over exec pay limits
Chrysler turned down additional government funding this month because executives at the troubled auto manufacturer could not agree to new government-mandated limits on executive pay, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Waterboarding: A Mental as Well as Physical Trauma
In Chile, they called it submarino, a form of simulated drowning that has much the same effect as what we call waterboarding. During Augusto Pinochet’s 17-year-long dictatorship, thousands of Chileans were detained by the military and subjected to torture. During the submarino, they were forcibly submerged in a tank of water, over and over again, until they were on the edge of drowning.
When Companies Opt for Pay Cuts Instead of Layoffs
In early February, Casino Mogul Steve Wynn took a stand on layoffs. The gaming industry is flailing — Nevada regulators recently formed a task force on bankruptcies — but when it came to cutting costs by cutting employees, Wynn wouldn’t hear of it
Second woman says Paraguay leader fathered kid out of wedlock
A second woman stepped forward Monday to say that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo fathered a child out of wedlock when he was a Roman Catholic bishop. Benigna Leguizamon said Lugo fathered her son in 2002 in the city of San Pedro
Obama visiting CIA after memos’ release
President Obama on Monday will visit CIA headquarters amid criticism from an ex-CIA chief that he compromised national security last week by releasing Bush-era memos on interrogation tactics.