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US prosecution of leakers could chill whistleblowers
Even though it has not brought charges against Julian Assange, the Australian who posted tens of thousands of pages of secret US documents on the Internet, the Justice Department over the past two years has filed criminal charges in four cases
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:46A
Quentin Tarantino Sues Neighbor Over Bird Screams
Tarantino claims in his lawsuit, filed Thursday in LA County Superior Court, that the "obnoxious pterodactyl-like screams" coming from Ball's "exotic bird menagerie" have "seriously disrupted ability to work as a writer in his home.
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:44A
Discontent in Oklahoma House may jeopardize Steele's agenda
He said he thinks he has the votes to pass his bill to allow cities to create more aggressive anti-smoking regulations than state law, but he may not bring the measure up for a vote next week - its deadline for consideration by the full House - because
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:37A
U.S. prosecution of leakers could chill whistleblowers
Even though it has not brought charges against Julian Assange, the Australian who posted tens of thousands of pages of secret US documents on the Internet, the Justice Department over the past two years has filed criminal charges in four cases
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:37A
Briefs - Michigan
The jury in the trial of Doug Stewart just came back with a guilty verdict on both charges: first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Prosecutors say Stewart killed his estranged wife, Venus. She hasn't been seen since she disappeared last
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:34A
Bank: 'Tyvek Tower' sold
ALGONQUIN – The half-finished Riverside Square, nicknamed the “Tyvek Tower” since its bankruptcy and subsequent foreclosure, has been sold. On Tuesday, Harris Bank sold the property at the corner of Routes 62 and 31 to Riverside Plaza Developers LLC,
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:33A
Bank: 'Tyvek Tower' sold
ALGONQUIN – The half-finished Riverside Square, nicknamed the “Tyvek Tower” since its bankruptcy and subsequent foreclosure, has been sold. On Tuesday, Harris Bank sold the property at the corner of Routes 62 and 31 to Riverside Plaza Developers LLC,
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:33A
General Assembly Report From Dave Albo
Instead of borrowing money to pay for ongoing government spending like the US Congress and other states, and instead of raising taxes, my fellow Republican delegates and I cut spending by the billions. In fact, after last Session's $1.75 billion in
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:31A
Taylor prosectors urge verdict for horrific crimes as trial closes
The trial of Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor closed on Friday, with prosecutors urging a guilty verdict for "horrific crimes". Taylor is accused of arming Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF), who allegedly paid him in illegally mined
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:31A
'Blood-curdling' macaws ruin Tarantino's day
"Nearly every day, Mr. Tarantino and others in his home are subjected to the macaws' obnoxious pterodactyl-like screams, which are not only startling, but have also seriously disrupted Mr. Tarantino's ability to work as a writer in his home.
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:31A