Question:
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Janel gave her 13-year-old son Jim an iPhone for Christmas. But she also had a contract about how Jim's new toy can and can't be used. Contract Rule 1: It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am lending it to you. Aren't I the greatest? Rule 2: If it rings, answer it. It is a phone. Say "hello", use your manners. Rule 3: Hand the phone to one of your parents at 7:30p.m. every school night & every weekend night at 9:00 p.m.. It will be shut off for the night and turned on again at 7:30a.m.. Rule 4: Turn it off, silence it, put it away in public. Especially in a restaurant, at the movies, or while speaking with another people. You are not a rude person, do not allow the iPhone to change that. Rule 5: Leave your phone home sometimes and feel safe. It is not all for you. Learn to live without it. Be bigger and more powerful than it. Rule 6: Don't take too many pictures and videos. There is no need to record everything. They will be _ in your memory for ever. Rule 7: If it falls into the toilet, breaks on the ground, or lose, you should pay for it. You can take care of the baby, and wash dishes to save some money. I hope you can agree to these terms and enjoy your new iPhone. Mom
1. how many rules are there ?
2. rule #4 ?
3. how many examples are given in that rule ?
4. name one ?
5. who got a phone ?
6. what kind ?
7. for what ?
8. did she make a contract ?
9. hoe old is the son ?
10. what is the moms name ?
11. whos phone is it really ?
12. who pays for it ?
13. what time to he have to give up the phone ?
14. on what nights ?
15. what time on week ends ?
16. am or pm ?
17. can they take lots of pictures ?
18. or what else ?
19. why ?
20. because they will be stored where ?

Numbered answers:
1. Seven
2. Turn it off
3. Three
4. restaurant
5. Jim
6. iPhone
7. Christmas
8. yes
9. 13
10. Janel
11. moms
12. mom
13. 7:30p.m
14. school night
15. 9:00
16. p.m
17. no
18. videos
19. There is no need
20. memory

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(CNN) -- When Chuck and Elicia James ventured to their local animal shelter to adopt a dog, they expected to meet a new member of their family. Instead they found themselves reunited with their long lost canine.

The James' had not seen Reckless, a brown and white terrier-pitbull mix, since he went missing over a year and a half ago during Superstorm Sandy. They had lost their beloved pup after the fence in their Keansburg, New Jersey, home was mangled during the storm, Chuck James told CNN on Friday.

While the family never stopped looking for Reckless, for their 10-year-old daughter's birthday they decided it was time to move on and adopt a new dog at the Monmouth County SPCA.

To their surprise, the first dog they were introduced to was one named Lucas, who had a striking resemblance to their former pup.

"He jumped 3 feet in the air," James said. "He immediately recognized us. And then the tears came -- there wasn't a dry eye in the place."

The James' confirmed it was their dog based on an uncanny scar on the top of his head.

"After Sandy, we had so many animals being turned in," said Jerry Rosenthal, president and CEO of the animal shelter. Rosenthal told CNN that 3-year-old Reckless ended up at the shelter last November after an employee found him on the streets.

Rosenthal believes Reckless was taken in by another family for a period of time before he once again got loose.

Rosenthal said the James' story really emphasizes the importance of getting your pet microchipped. Microchipping is a process in which an animal is implanted with a rice-sized chip that is used to identify him or her.
1. What were the couple in the story trying to do?
2. What are their names?
3. Where did they go to do this?
4. What surprise did they find there?
5. What was his name?
6. How long was he absent?
7. During what disaster did he get misplaced?
8. Where were they living at the time?
9. Why did they decide to get another dog?
10. Which office did they go to to find one?
11. Who was the first doggy they met there?
12. What was unusual about him?
13. What did he do when he met them?
14. Did he seem to recognize them?
15. Did the couple cry?
16. How did they know he was theirs?
17. Who is the chief officer of the shelter?
18. What news network did he speak to?
19. How old is the dog?
20. Who located him?

Numbered answers:
1. Adopt a dog.
2. Chuck and Elicia James.
3. Their local animal shelter.
4. Their long lost canine.
5. Reckless.
6. Over a year and a half ago.
7. Superstorm Sandy.
8. Keansburg, New Jersey.
9. For their 10-year-old daughter's birthday.
10. The Monmouth County SPCA.
11. Lucas.
12. He had a striking resemblance to their former pup.
13. He jumped 3 feet in the air.
14. Yes.
15. Yes.
16. An uncanny scar on the top of his head.
17. Jerry Rosenthal.
18. CNN.
19. Three
20. An employee.

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Washington (CNN) -- Mexican drug cartels have used cash and sexual favors as tools to corrupt U.S. border and customs agents, an inspector general investigation has found.

In exchange, agents allow contraband or unauthorized immigrants through inspection lanes, protect or escort traffickers or leak sensitive information, said Charles Edwards, acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security.

Testifying before a Senate subcommittee, Edwards cited the Zetas drug cartel as one of the leaders "involved increasingly in systematic corruption."

He did not elaborate on how non-cash methods of corruption, like sexual favors, have been used to corrupt agents.

Since October 2004, 127 Customs and Border Protection employees have been arrested or indicted for acts of corruption, said agency Commissioner Alan Bersin, speaking at the same hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon's offensive against the drug cartels, combined with a surge in the hiring of border agents in recent years, have multiplied the risks of corruption, Bersin said.

Today, the Border Patrol counts more than 20,700 agents, more than double its size in 2004. Bersin implied that the rapid hiring spree may have come at the cost of hiring less qualified agents.

"The accelerated hiring pace under which we operated between 2006 and 2008 -- and, frankly, mistakes from which we are learning -- exposed critical organizational and individual vulnerabilities within CBP," he said.

To face this challenge, the commissioner touted the passage of the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010, which requires that by 2013, all the agency's law enforcement applicants must receive a polygraph test before being hired. It also calls for periodic reinvestigations into the background of its agents.
1. who is the president of Mexico?
2. How many are working for border patrol today?
3. Is this the same as in 2004?
4. How many employees have been arrested?
5. Between what years was the higher hiring rate?
6. who is the acting inspector general mentioned?
7. what organization does he work for?
8. Is cash used for corruption?
9. what about non-cash?
10. what is the non-cash example used?
11. what drug cartel is mentioned?
12. who is being corrupted?
13. what tests are the agents supposed to receive?
14. by when?
15. according to what act?
16. who is the commissioner mentioned?
17. where was he speaking?
18. Do agents leak private information?
19. What else do they do?
20. What did Edwards call the corruption?
Numbered answers:
1. Felipe Calderon
2. more than 20,700 agents,
3. no
4. 127
5. between 2006 and 2008
6. Charles Edwards,
7. Department of Homeland Security.
8. yes
9. yes
10. sexual favors
11. Zetas drug cartel
12. U.S. border and customs agents,
13. a polygraph test
14. by 2013
15. he Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010,
16. Alan Bersin
17. a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs.
18. yes
19. allow contraband or unauthorized immigrants through inspection lanes,
20. systematic corruption.