WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law’s insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is. During the recent oral arguments some of the justices and the lawyers appearing before them seemed to be under […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law’s insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is. During the recent oral arguments some of the justices and the lawyers appearing before them seemed to be under […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California is set to release a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying of student demonstrators by UC Davis police last fall. The university plans to publish the document online at noon Wednesday, a day after an Alameda County judge approved its publication without the names of most officers involved […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California is set to release a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying of student demonstrators by UC Davis police last fall. The university plans to publish the document online at noon Wednesday, a day after an Alameda County judge approved its publication without the names of most officers involved […]
New York (MintPress)—Elizabeth Magner is mad as hell and she isn’t going to take it any more. The federal bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana characterized the behavior of banking giant Wells Fargo as “highly reprehensible” during some five years of legal battles with a New Orleans man, Michael Jones, and ordered the bank to […]
New York (MintPress)—Elizabeth Magner is mad as hell and she isn’t going to take it any more. The federal bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana characterized the behavior of banking giant Wells Fargo as “highly reprehensible” during some five years of legal battles with a New Orleans man, Michael Jones, and ordered the bank to […]
(MintPress)-The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Britain can extradite five terror suspects to the United States without violating European human rights code. After nearly a decade in UK prisons, Abu Hamza, a radical preacher, and Babar Ahmad, an alleged terrorist fund-raiser, will now prepare to be extradited to the US along […]
(MintPress)-The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Britain can extradite five terror suspects to the United States without violating European human rights code. After nearly a decade in UK prisons, Abu Hamza, a radical preacher, and Babar Ahmad, an alleged terrorist fund-raiser, will now prepare to be extradited to the US along […]
(MintPress) – The Boston Police Department treaded rare ground recently after subpoenaing Facebook over account activity for Philip Markoff, infamously known as the “Craigslist Killer”. For the police investigation, Facebook offered authorities wall posts, lists of friends, photos and login data with IP addresses. The evidence is another example of how police have migrated toward social networking and technology […]
(MintPress) – The Boston Police Department treaded rare ground recently after subpoenaing Facebook over account activity for Philip Markoff, infamously known as the “Craigslist Killer”. For the police investigation, Facebook offered authorities wall posts, lists of friends, photos and login data with IP addresses. The evidence is another example of how police have migrated toward social networking and technology […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official news agency says the country’s intelligence department has dismantled an Israeli-linked assassination and sabotage network. The Tuesday report by Irna says several “mercenaries” were arrested in different parts of the country and that large quantities of weaponry and telecommunications equipment were seized. It said more details will be revealed […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official news agency says the country’s intelligence department has dismantled an Israeli-linked assassination and sabotage network. The Tuesday report by Irna says several “mercenaries” were arrested in different parts of the country and that large quantities of weaponry and telecommunications equipment were seized. It said more details will be revealed […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops shelled and raided opposition strongholds nationwide on Tuesday, activists said, prompting an urgent appeal by international envoy Kofi Annan to the Syrian regime to halt violence and give his truce plan a chance. The Syrian opposition as well as the U.S. and its allies have been deeply skeptical that the […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops shelled and raided opposition strongholds nationwide on Tuesday, activists said, prompting an urgent appeal by international envoy Kofi Annan to the Syrian regime to halt violence and give his truce plan a chance. The Syrian opposition as well as the U.S. and its allies have been deeply skeptical that the […]
