
The troubled American private security company Blackwater faced fresh controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category
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The troubled American private security company Blackwater faced fresh controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category
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After a rough quarter which suggested that the variable-track pricing record labels fought so hard for was hurting digital sales , Warner Music Group has announced that it will no longer be licensing its music to services that offer free streaming. Warner hasn’t specifically spelled out if that will apply to current deals with services like Last.fm, Spotify, and Pandora, or just to future deals, but it could put a damper on them if artists like REM, Death Cab for Cutie, and T-Pain were no longer available on those services. “Free streaming services are clearly not net positive for the industry and as far as Warner Music is concerned will not be licensed,” Warner CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Interstellar Marines hopes to buck the trend of small-scale independent games created on shoestring budgets. The title has been worked on by a dedicated team for a number of years and relies on a unique business plan : community members who are willing to pre-order the game fund development

Nina Blanchard, the founder of an internationally known Hollywood modeling agency whose roster included Cheryl Tiegs and other top models, has died.