Subject: Re: DOJ News Summary 11/11/11 to 11/14/11
From: "Alexander Snyder-Mackler" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Beau" <[email-masked]>, "Kaufman Ted" <[email-masked]>, "Biden Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:31:16 -0500

Just watched The Early Show, was the smoothest one I've see so far. Very,
very good. Didn't see Ratigan.

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]
> wrote:

> Great press.  Also saw you on Dylan Ratigan today and you were great as
> well.  Your passion comes through on the issue.
>
> Eric D. Schwerin
> [email-masked]
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Nov 14, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Beau <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> *From:* "Monzack Nina N (DOJ)" <[email-masked]>
> *Date:* November 14, 2011 5:40:33 PM EST
> *To:* "Monzack Nina N (DOJ)" <[email-masked]>
> *Subject:* *DOJ News Summary 11/11/11 to 11/14/11*
>
>  *News Summary: November 11, 2011 to November 14, 2011*
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> *Mandatory abuse reporting law needed nationwide?*
>
> …Delaware has a mandatory reporting law. The state's attorney general,
> Beau Biden, explained on "The Early Show" Monday that hid state's
> "mandatory reporting law ... says, if you reasonably expect a child is
> being abused or neglected, you have a mandatory duty to report it to law
> enforcement." Biden says a law should be put in place nationwide making it
> mandatory for people to report abuse or neglect. He said, "That should be
> the law in the land, and as the attorney general of Delaware, I recommend
> that (every) state have a similar law. I think about 17 other states have a
> strict law like that. And if you do, I think you go a long way to making
> sure you shine a bright light onto child abuse and neglect."****
>
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> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_162-57324058/mandatory-abuse-reporting-law-needed-nationwide/
> ****
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> (video) http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7388213n****
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> See also:****
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> http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-13/news/30394136_1_child-abuse-hotline-mandatory-reporters-child-advocate
> ****
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> http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/good_day_philadelphia/ag-biden-launches-important-initiative
> ****
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> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/beau-biden-penn-st-scandal-highlights-a-tragedy-in-everyday-america/
> ****
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> http://www.wgmd.com/?p=40030&cpage=1****
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> http://www.wboc.com/story/16023020/del-attorney-general-sheds-light-on-penn-state-scandal
> ****
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> http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/beau-biden-penn-state-is-a-tragedy-happening-everyday-in-america-27230555.html
> **
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> http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/beau-biden-penn-state-tragedy-sandusky-14933814
> ****
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> Delaware State News (see attached)****
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> http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8c62053ae109417ca52f6e9f073a741f/DE--Penn-State-Beau-Biden/
> ****
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> http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=delmarvanow&sParam=37924129.story
> ****
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>
> *Foreclosed Homeowners Could Receive Small Checks Under Big Bank
> Settlement*
>
> Foreclosed borrowers abused by their lenders won't get their homes back,
> but they could get a little cash from a settlement under negotiation
> between state officials, the Obama administration, and the nation's biggest
> banks. A coalition of attorneys general led by Iowa AG Tom Miller and
> federal housing chief Shaun Donovan is currently pushing for a $25 billion
> settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank, and
> Ally Financial (formerly known as GMAC). At issue is bad mortgage servicing
> and fraudulent foreclosure paperwork. Attorneys General Eric Schneiderman
> of New York and Beau Biden of Delaware have warned Miller's focus is too
> narrow and the deal would let banks off the hook for too much wrongdoing.
> In August, Schneiderman and Biden broke off from the talks; they are now
> pursuing their own investigations.****
>
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/11/foreclosure-fraud-foreclosed-homeowners_n_1071826.html
> ****
>
> ** **
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> ** **
>
> *Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on the Occupy Movements and Being
> ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’*
>
> … Attorney General Schneiderman and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden
> recently decided to launch investigations into whether banks handled
> mortgages and foreclosures improperly prior to the financial crisis. The
> Attorney General explained to “Marketplace” that he started the
> investigation because prior inquiries only focused on conduct at the banks
> after the financial collapse. “The banks have been demanding releases for
> other conduct — for things that haven’t been investigated. And Beau and I
> and some other A.G.s have said we’re not giving releases for things that
> haven’t been fully investigated, we’re not giving releases for things that
> really aren’t the subject of the discussions underway,” Attorney General
> Schneiderman said.****
>
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>
>
> http://www.politickerny.com/2011/11/10/attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-on-the-occupy-movements-and-being-sheriff-of-wall-street/
> ****
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>
> *'Miscommunication' allegedly led to baby's death*
>
> The 19-year-old Wilmington mother who was charged with felony endangering
> in the death of her 3-month-old son Friday apparently left the child
> unattended because she wanted to catch her boyfriend in the act of cheating
> on her, according to court papers. And while Jaqueline Figueroa was out
> discovering that it was a "miscommunication" and her boyfriend had not been
> unfaithful, Wilmington police said, the baby boy she left alone sleeping
> face-down in an adult-sized bed suffocated.****
>
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> http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111113/NEWS01/111130350/-Miscommunication-allegedly-led-baby-s-death
> **
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> * *
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> See also:****
>
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> http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111112/NEWS01/111120334/Mom-19-arrested-death-infant
> **
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> http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=delmarvanow&sParam=37918839.story
> ****
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> * *
>
> *Dover teen faces murder charge*
>
> Police are investigating a pair of unrelated homicides that took place
> late Friday into Saturday, one in Wilmington and one in Camden where an
> arrest was made. Aaron L. Johnson, 17, of Dover turned himself in to police
> Saturday evening and was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree
> assault and two weapons counts in the stabbing death of Tevin R. Perry, 20.
> ****
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> * *
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> http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111113/NEWS01/111130340/Dover-teen-faces-murder-charge
> **
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> * *
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> Also at:****
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> http://www.doverpost.com/topstories/x1691084524/Man-charged-with-murder-after-early-morning-fight
> ****
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> http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=delmarvanow&sParam=37932895.story
> ****
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> http://wdel.com/story.php?id=38831****
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> http://www.wilm.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=118659&article=9389188
> ****
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>
> *Police: Man, 19, choked girlfriend*
>
> New Castle County police arrested a 19-year-old man Sunday and charged him
> with strangulation and other offenses after he allegedly attacked his
> girlfriend and barricaded himself with three children inside an apartment
> near New Castle. Iran Willis, of the unit block of Villas Drive in the
> Villas Apartments complex, was taken into custody at about 5 a.m. after
> police K-9 Monty was sent into the bedroom Willis had locked himself in and
> grabbed him by the leg.****
>
> * *
>
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> http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111114/NEWS01/111140321/Police-Man-19-choked-girlfriend
> ****
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> * *
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> Also at:****
>
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> http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=delmarvanow&sParam=37935807.story
> ****
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> http://wdel.com/story.php?id=38839****
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> http://www.wilm.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=118659&article=9389206
> ****
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>
> *Blogger's bail hearing next week*
>
> Polarizing political blogger Art Gallagher, who was arrested on a
> fugitive-from-justice warrant from Delaware last month, is out of jail on
> bail and intends to appear in Delaware next week for a bail hearing, his
> lawyer said… All activities are on hiatus until the charges against him
> in Delaware are resolved, Gallagher said in an interview Thursday.****
>
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> http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111112/NEWS01/111120337/Blogger-s-bail-hearing-next-week
> ****
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> *Opponents rally against Del. gas drilling proposal*****
>
> Environmentalists and other opponents are asking Gov. Jack Markell to vote
> against regulations that would allow a controversial gas drilling method in
> the Delaware River Basin. Markell is a member of the Delaware River Basin
> Commission, which will vote next week on whether to allow the drilling
> process known as fracking to extract natural gas.****
>
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> http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=delmarvanow&sParam=37935157.story
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> Also at:****
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> http://wdel.com/story.php?id=38852****
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> *Nina Monzack*
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> Public Information Assistant****
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> Delaware Department of Justice****
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> (302) 577-5034 ** **
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> (302) 824-5941 cell****
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> (302) 577-6626 fax****
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> [email-masked]****
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> <penn state abuse scandal a chance to open dialogue (DSN 11-13-11).pdf>
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