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Retired Justice Department Lawyer Fred G. Folsom Dies at 97
In 1974, he advised the House Judiciary Committee during its inquiry into Richard Nixon's taxes, according to a report by the Washington Post. In 2010, President Obama honored Folsom for his work on civil rights. Folsom was born in Boulder, Colo.,
Updated: 01/19/2012 11:02P
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to pay out Jude Law, others over phone hacking claims
Three criminal probes are now under way while a judge-led inquiry into Britain's press ethics sits most days, bringing yet more attention to the conduct of the media as it seeks to draw up new regulations. “I'm grateful to News Group for finally
Updated: 01/19/2012 10:51P
FBI Shuts Down File-Sharing Giant Megaupload
By Johnny Firecloud In one of the largest criminal copyright cases ever, the massively popular file downloading site Megaupload was shut down Thursday by the Justice Department and the FBI, which seized and charged seven people connected with it with
Updated: 01/19/2012 10:50P
The Copyright War- Govt Takes Down Megaupload, Anonymous Takes Down Govt!
One of the world's most popular file sharing website Megaupload.com has been shut down by US government under anti-piracy law. Seven individuals and two companies were charged in the largest criminal copyright case ever brought by United States.
Updated: 01/19/2012 09:57P
Christie Pushes Rehab Over Jail
Chris Christie's plan to slash income taxes has stolen the show lately, he is also pushing the most sweeping criminal-justice proposal of his tenure, calling for mandatory treatment for all low-level drug offenders. Mr. Christie—who built his career as
Updated: 01/19/2012 09:54P
4 charged with hate crime in Houston bus stop beating
A federal grand jury has indicted four white men in a racially motivated attack on an African-American last summer at a bus stop, the first prosecution in the Houston region under a tough hate crime law, FBI officials said Thursday.
Updated: 01/19/2012 09:13P
Megaupload rises again as Anonymous knocks out SOPA supporters' sites
Earlier in the day, the FBI and Justice Department announced that seven individuals and two corporations had been charged with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for online piracy of numerous types of
Updated: 01/19/2012 09:13P
Woman's death sentence rouses public debate
However, the heaviest penalty for "fraudulent fundraising" is death, under the Criminal Law. Zhang Yanfeng, Wu's defense lawyer, said that he and his colleagues were shocked when they heard the second verdict and that they will make every effort to
Updated: 01/19/2012 09:02P
FBI shuts down Megaupload.com, Anonymous hit back
Picture: Courtesy of Megaupload THE FBI has shut down popular file-sharing website Megaupload.com and charged the site's founders and five others with running "an international organised criminal enterprise" responsible for "massive online piracy".
Updated: 01/19/2012 08:57P
Officers round up gang members in Eastern Wash.
"This is taking drugs, guns and gang members off our streets," Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said of the effort, named Operation Hell or High Water. Thursday's arrests targeted an "odd conglomeration of criminal organizations," Knezovich said,
Updated: 01/19/2012 08:34P
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