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Justice spent 'a fortune' on conference cookies
Muffins costing US$16 and biscuits at US$10 each were listed in "extravagant and wasteful" conference spending by the US Justice Department, a report says. The UK's BBC says critics voiced outrage at the spending shown in the internal audit,
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:19P
The Business of Playboy Enterprises
Playboy's 2009 annual report valued it at about $1.2 million; a 2011 lawsuit estimates its worth at $54 million; and two realtors say it could go for up to $100 million. With nearly 200 producer credits in 40 years, Hefner has made an indelible mark on
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:18P
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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain _ Awards announced at San Sebastian film festival, considered the top one in the Spanish-speaking world. Through Sept. 24. HAVANA _ Day of Virgin de la Merced, considered patron for prisoners. Ladies in White dissident group
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:18P
AP Weekly News Calendar
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain _ Awards announced at San Sebastian film festival, considered the top one in the Spanish-speaking world. Through Sept. 24. HAVANA _ Day of Virgin de la Merced, considered patron for prisoners. Ladies in White dissident group
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:18P
Former Coos Bay Wells Fargo manager sentenced to nearly 5 years for fraud
The US Department of Justice reports that Shawna Leimomi Saia, 38, was sentenced in US District Court in Eugene Wednesday. The sentence comes after she plead guilty in May of this year. She has also been ordered to repay the money she stole from her
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:18P
'Law & Order: SVU' actors talk season premiere: series feels 'like a leaner
"I was thinking over the weekend that I suddenly realized that of the three 'Law & Order' shows, that the mothership (original 'Law & Order') was like the moral philosophical show that dealt with the moral issues of the law often and 'Criminal Intent'
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:18P
Conrad Murray trial: Lawyers find potential jurors to dismiss
One of Murray's lawyers, Michael Flanagan, told reporters outside the court that they agreed to dismiss people claimed they could not be fair and impartial in the trial. The number of people set to be excused was not revealed.
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:18P
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20, 1999 file photo, Lawrence Russell Brewer listens to the guilty verdict being read in his capital murder trial at the Brazos County Courthouse in Bryan, Texas. (AP Photo/Butch Ireland, Pool) AP National News Video More>> AP News Minute: 'Don't Ask
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:18P
Smith, Hernandez: Redistricting maps should build bridges of representation
The Justice Department this week found that the Texas Legislature redistricting of congressional and state House districts appears to violate the Voting Rights Act. If we aren't careful, the Justice Department
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:16P
National Fuel chairman to lead state business group
Smith, with National Fuel since 1978, is a native of Buffalo and holds a law degree from University at Buffalo. The Business Council has a wide array of policy interests, from controlling property taxes and state spending to backing drilling for
Updated: 09/21/2011 09:16P
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