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More photos and interactive graphics The federal government wants all local, state and federal police to undergo lie-detector tests.
Mexico Widens Police Corruption Probe David Luhnow 2011
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The state of Oaxaca said last week that it had fired nearly a quarter of its entire state police force, some 500 officers, because they had failed the lie-detector tests.
Mexico Widens Police Corruption Probe David Luhnow 2011
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The Himalayan glaciers melt as we corner Al and Raj and give them lie-detector tests.
Reverend Billy: The Earth Is a Public Figure Reverend Billy 2010
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For his part, Ceglia hired an expert who said he'd passed a lie-detector test when asked about the contract.
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First, a request for Davis to undergo a lie-detector test was rejected.
Troy Davis execution goes ahead despite serious doubts about his guilt 2011
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The Himalayan glaciers melt as we corner Al and Raj and give them lie-detector tests.
Reverend Billy: The Earth Is a Public Figure Reverend Billy 2010
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Hook intellectuals up to lie-detector tests, and you'll find a lot of folks who actually regret the failure of the socialistic economies.
A defense of capitalism Jennifer Rubin 2011
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While chatting with Roth recently about "Lie to Me," the Fox television series in which he plays a human lie-detector of sorts, I managed to slip in a few questions about his experience battling one of Marvel's most iconic characters — and whether we'll see Emil Blonsky square off against Hulk again down the road.
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Hundreds of federal detectives, prosecutors, forensics experts and other staff from Mexico's Attorney General's Office were fired this year, most after failing lie-detector tests.
Assailed Mexican State Fires City's Police David Luhnow 2011
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Still, if anyone claims to have predicted a No. 1 seed in the Big East tournament right after that 82-79 defeat, make them take a lie-detector test.
Big East Conference 2010
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