Sep. 2nd, 2006

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Anne Arundel County police said a high school music teacher allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student. The female student reported she had a sexual relationship with Thompson that started in 2003 and continued for two years. Police said Jeffrey Stephen Thompson was charged with child abuse and perverted practice.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Anne Arundel County police said a high school music teacher allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student. The female student reported she had a sexual relationship with Thompson that started in 2003 and continued for two years. Police said Jeffrey Stephen Thompson was charged with child abuse and perverted practice.
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The Internal Revenue Service gave away $318 million in improper refunds this year because a computer program that screens tax returns for fraud wasn't working, according to a report released Friday.

In this study, the inspectors found the IRS spent more than $20 million on the failed computer project, which should have delivered a new version of the fraud-detection program early this year.

Подумать только, скольких школ и демократических ближних востоков мы лишились!!!
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The Internal Revenue Service gave away $318 million in improper refunds this year because a computer program that screens tax returns for fraud wasn't working, according to a report released Friday.

In this study, the inspectors found the IRS spent more than $20 million on the failed computer project, which should have delivered a new version of the fraud-detection program early this year.

Подумать только, скольких школ и демократических ближних востоков мы лишились!!!
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In 1977, when commodity traders had begun to apply the options formula that Merton and Scholes had invented, Edward and William O'Connor, two brothers who traded soybeans, had founded a new firm to invest in options. O'Connor & Associates became one of the savviest of the new derivatives firms. In 1986, the firm hired David Solo, a terse, precise-spoken electrical engineer from MIT and a brilliant quantitative trader.
Roger Lowenstein, "When Genius Failed" (2000)
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In 1977, when commodity traders had begun to apply the options formula that Merton and Scholes had invented, Edward and William O'Connor, two brothers who traded soybeans, had founded a new firm to invest in options. O'Connor & Associates became one of the savviest of the new derivatives firms. In 1986, the firm hired David Solo, a terse, precise-spoken electrical engineer from MIT and a brilliant quantitative trader.
Roger Lowenstein, "When Genius Failed" (2000)