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John Edwards: US Green-Lights Prosecution for Alleged Campaign Law Violations
The United States Department of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of former presidential candidate John Edwards for alleged violations of campaign laws while he tried to cover up an extra-marital affair, ABC News has learned.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:51P
Moreau Town Board schedules hearing on senior housing development
The project is a Planned Unit Development, meaning the Town Board must adopt a local law to allow customized zoning on the vacant 26-acre lot between Bluebird and Sisson roads. The public hearing will begin at 7 pm June 9. Because last-minute project
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:51P
Nepal: Withdrawal of cases violates human rights obligations
This disposition shows that concerns for justice, accountability and rights to remedy for the victims were at the heart of the CPA and were considered the bedrock of the democratic system fostering the peace process. Withdrawing criminal cases amount
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:50P
Bank of Punjab loan scam: Bail pleas of Hamesh, Afzal dismissed
LAHORE, May 24: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday dismissed bail petitions of Hamesh Khan and co-accused Sheikh Afzal in a Bank of Punjab loan scam. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry and Justice Mazhar Iqbal
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:50P
Report: Obama Justice Department Green Lights John Edwards Prosecution
The Obama administration's Justice Department has given federal prosecutors the go ahead to prosecute former Presidential candidate John Edwards, ABC reported late Tuesday. Edwards is aware he is facing an indictment and is considering his options,
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:50P
It's payback time for Chrysler
To pay off the governments, Chrysler raised $3.2 billion through a bond sale and took out $3 billion in lower-interest bank loans. It also will use a $1.3 billion investment from Fiat. Continued... Government ownership doesn't end with the loan
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:50P
Bonds' next hearing in US District Court postponed a second time, until June 24
The seven-time MVP was convicted April 13 of one count of obstruction of justice for giving an evasive answer in 2003 to a grand jury investigating the distribution of performance-enhancing drugs. The jury deadlocked on three counts charging Bonds with
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:50P
Jail chief faces probe, washes hands off Leviste 'escapade'
head of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) maintained he should not be held responsible for the “outside escapade” of former Batangas governor Jose Antonio Leviste as he faced the investigating panel of the Department of Justice (DOJ) today.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:49P
Diokno on Leviste caper: Blame Bilibid execs, not me
"Ang paniwala ko po, hindi ako dapat sisihin, kasi ako ay sa policy-making lang (I should not be held accountable because I am only involved in policy-making)," Diokno told a Department of Justice panel looking into Leviste's so-called caper last week.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:49P
Disgraced attorney owes $15 million to teenager he raped
He noted that such damages are not dischargeable should Biber ever file bankruptcy. Attorneys for the boy's family sued Biber in June 2010, a month before he pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor over whom he had authority.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:47P
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