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Supreme Court voids suit against Ashcroft
Former University of Idaho football player Abdullah al-Kidd, a convert to Islam, claimed Ashcroft directed Justice Department officials to use "material witness" warrants as a pretext to jail terrorism suspects when authorities lacked probable cause to
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:18P
NFL: Agreement settles assault case against Washington's Haynesworth
"You know how northern Virginia can be with tight traffic, anger building up among drivers." Merril said, "Haynesworth's mistake was he got out of the car. Judges don't like that." It was not clear if Velasquez knew Haynesworth's identity at the outset
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:18P
Patient recruiter convicted of defrauding Medicare over hurricane-damaged
Marion Beverly Metoyer was convicted last week by a Houston federal jury of healthcare fraud related to a power wheelchair fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services and the FBI announced. After a four-day trial, Metoyer,
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:18P
Pittsburgh market update: TMS up 2.78%
(NYSE:X), down 0.72 percent to $45.34 WESCO International Inc. (NYSE:WCC), up 0.81 percent to $55.08 Senior reporter Patty Tascarella covers banking, finance, legal, marketing and advertising and foundations at the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:18P
Mladic is sent to The Hague
Mladic lost his appeal against extradition and is now set to face the UN war crimes tribunal, said Serbia's justice minister. His extradition comes after the Serb's lawyers claimed he wanted his daughter's coffin dug up and brought to his cell.
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:18P
Mladic On His Way To The Hague To Face War Crimes Charges
Associated Press reporters at the Belgrade airport saw the Falcon jet take of from the Belgrade airport at 5:40 pm (1540 GMT), minutes after Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic said Mladic was on the airplane. The extradition to The Hague,
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:17P
No Legal Challenge In State Supreme Court Race
She will not be challenging the results of a Wisconsin recount for the Supreme Court Justice race. Officials certified recount results last week indicating Justice David Prosser beat his challenger, JoAnne Kloppenburg. He reportedly beat her by around
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:17P
Kloppenburg concedes to Prosser
Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg said Tuesday that she was conceding the Supreme Court race to Justice David Prosser, ending what had been a contentious campaign that culminated in a rare statewide
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:17P
VIDEO: NGLTF to honor Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis for supporting LGBT community
Solis brought awareness to the bullying and harassment of young LGBT people by organizing and issuing a departmental "It Gets Better" video in both English and Spanish. In June 2009, Solis responded to the vandalism of Pride Month materials by stating
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:15P
State police sergeant wounded
"We ask that you keep the families of all involved in your prayers." Interstate 81 northbound between Christiansburg and Ironto was closed for most of the afternoon and evening during the investigation. Traffic was backed up for at least 13 miles.
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:15P
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