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Top soccer player Ryan Giggs named in UK parliament as sportsman who had
Liberal Democrat MP John Hemmings used parliamentary privilege to name the player, saying 75000 people had already outed him on Twitter. Naming Giggs, he added that it would be 'impracticable' to imprison everyone on the website who had previously
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:19P
13 Are Indicted in DOJ Drive Against Philadelphia Mobsters
Thirteen suspected mobsters in Philadelphia were charged with the Department of Justice on Monday with illegal gambling, loan-sharking, witness-tampering and other illegal acts long associated with organized crime.
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:18P
Supreme Court rules California must release thousands of inmates
Justice Anthony Kennedy, a California native, wrote the majority opinion, in which he included photos of severe overcrowding. The court's four Democratic appointees joined with Kennedy. "The violations have persisted for years. They remain uncorrected
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:18P
New drunk driving law poses tough questions
The Eighth Amendment to the Criminal Code, which was recently enacted by the People's Congress and went into effect on May 1, includes an article that makes drunk driving a criminal offense. Since then, hundreds of drunk drivers have been rounded up by
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:18P
Updated: Overturned Van Blocks 270 West
No one was injured in a two-car accident that has caused Highway 270 to shut down momentarily. Police and firefighters are on the scene managing traffic on the highway between Tesson Ferry Road and the
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:18P
Frederick County, Md., sheriff says ATV hit deputy's squad car, seriously
The agency said Monday that the victim was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore after the accident late Saturday afternoon. The sheriff's office isn't naming the ATV rider. The agency says deputies responded to a report of ATVs on Old National Pike just
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:18P
Feds Try To Block H&R Block's Acquisition of Tax Software Competitor
The US Justice Department has sued H&R Block Inc. in an effort to stop its purchase of TaxAct, saying the combination of the companies would reduce competition in the growing market for consumer tax preparation software, negatively affecting consumers.
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:18P
Police questioned in camping death inquest
POLICE were yesterday questioned about the state of a breathalyser used to test the driver in an accident where two teenagers were fatally injured on a camping trip near Orange. The questions came during the first day of the inquest
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:18P
Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles County
He found the driver and a single passenger to be in possession of suspected drugs. Brian Demetrius Gardner, 42 of Washington, DC, and Russell Andrew Bailey, 57 of Landover, were both arrested and each charged with possession with intent to distribute
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:17P
Scott Shafer Explains Today's Major Supreme Court Ruling on California Prison
Here's a quite-informative discussion between KQED Joshua Johnson and Scott Shafer, who covers criminal justice issues for us, on today's major SCOTUS ruling upholding a lower court's order that California must reduce its prison population.
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:17P
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