• Returning to a couple of the controversial issues in the spending review, that levy on larger retailers (the big supermarkets) selling both alcohol and tobacco may bring criticism from business, but it may have two side-effects the government may welcome.

    BBC: Business takes a tax hit

  • Clearly, the brutal financial damage that swept the financial community due to unregulated, little-understood derivative contracts like credit default swaps is one of the most controversial issues of the financial meltdown.

    FORBES: Commentary

  • And in doing so, the paper is colliding with some of the most controversial issues in education today.

    NPR: 'L.A. Times' Series Examines Teacher Ratings

  • One of the most controversial outstanding issues that is likely to drop out of the discussion once the bill has to get matched up with the House version is a proposal by Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to force banks to spin off their swaps trading desks.

    FORBES: Swift Senate Vote Is Good For Banks

  • One of the most important and controversial issues facing pension funds and investment managers today is the role of investment management consultants.

    FORBES: Investment Management Consultants: What's Behind the Veil? (April 1, 1996 )

  • Aside from the issue of same-sex marriage, Archbishop Welby takes the post as the Church wrestles with other controversial issues such as the consecration of women bishops.

    BBC: Justin Welby becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

  • The gun control debate is clearly one of the most contentious and controversial issues in America today.

    FORBES: NRA Winning the Influence Battle Over Gun Control

  • And he has emerged as a consistent voice of reason, helping his colleagues find common ground on some of the most controversial and contentious issues the Court has ever faced.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Nominates Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

  • Eric Burgeson, a former chief of staff to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, says he believes the core issues of the bill are strong, but a controversial amendment such as Bingaman's 15% renewable standard could change the course of the debate.

    FORBES: An Energy Bill Starter Kit

  • But his style of leadership and the controversial link with the New Labour government will be one of the central issues of the campaign which will continue until August.

    BBC: By Political Correspondent Nick Assinder

  • The objections filed by Saudi Arabia highlight the cultural issues at play for many of the more controversial domains, including anything having to do with sex, gambling, drinking and religion.

    CNN: Saudi Arabia objects to .gay and .islam domain names

  • It also takes viewers beyond the platitudes that often dominate discourse on controversial issues, and allows them to examine the implications of a particular topic on a human scale.

    FORBES: Shifting Narratives Through Documentary Film: A Case Study of 'Budrus'

  • Mr Wiels had his own radio show in which he often discussed controversial issues affecting the island of about 150, 000 people.

    BBC: Curacao politician Helmin Wiels shot dead

  • One of the first issues of the year was the outcome of a controversial planning application.

    BBC: Giants Causeway

  • The constitutional issues of a ban promise to be even more controversial.

    ECONOMIST: Banning circumcision

  • The committee, controlled by Democrats demanding Gonzales' ouster, is expected to question Gonzales about the controversial firings of eight U.S. attorneys, among other issues.

    CNN: Gonzales says he's keeping his post, wants to 'fix problems'

  • Some nonprofit news sites train their volunteers so they have a basic understanding of how to get the facts right and how to report fairly on controversial issues before they publish stories.

    CNN: Future of online news may be 'hyperlocal'

  • Key issues for this session include employee ownership and the controversial idea of allowing employment rights to be traded-off for shares.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • In 1987, the Federal Communications Commission voted to rescind the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and television stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.

    CNN: Sunday,

  • During her time at Google, Wong was in charge of censorship issues for products such as YouTube, deciding whether controversial videos uploaded to the service should be blocked from certain countries' search results.

    CNN: Heather Kelly,

  • Walker was also hurt by reversals on a host of controversial issues -- including birthright citizenship, on which he gave three different answers in the span of seven days.

    CNN: Scott Walker drops out of 2016 race - CNNPolitics.com

  • "There are all kinds of ways the church's position has evolved, and if that's to happen you need publications like the NCR that raises critical issues, controversial issues, and I think it does that respectfully with a sense of faithfulness to the church's core teaching, " he said.

    NPR: Catholic Newspaper Draws Rebuke From Bishop

  • Gonzales came under heavy criticism for a range of issues, including the allegedly politically motivated firings of several U.S. attorneys and a controversial government no-warrant wiretapping program.

    CNN: Even some Republicans happy about Gonzales resignation

  • Even with the possible aid of conservative pragmatists, that is far from enough to alter Iran's course over such controversial issues as its nuclear programme.

    ECONOMIST: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is bolstered

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