School board president Michael Scott will get an education on how a federal grand jury works. Most people would prefer to learn about grand juries from tv or newspapers rather than appearing before one. BY FRAN SPELMAN Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott disclosed Tuesday that he has been subpoenaed…
This is bound to be a scary flu season. Swine flu cases have been popping up this summer, but things should really pick up in the fall. By Steve Sternberg USA Today Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that pandemic flu probably will flare up soon after schools open in the fall, before vaccine…
Mayor Nagin/city photo Needless to say, New Orleans doesn’t need another scandal, particularly involving a high profile politician. By David Hammer New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS –In the clearest sign to date that a federal grand jury is zeroing in on Mayor Ray Nagin, the U.S. attorney’s office issued subpoenas recently asking for the mayor’s…
Canada continues to express skepticism about U.S. Homeland Security. Here’s the latest shot. By the Montreal Gazette In this sad “security trumps trade” era of United States border protection, we in this corner have more than once used the word “paranoid” about certain government policies of our friends to the south. But the latest news…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com CHICAGO –– David Axelrod, President Obama’s senior advisor, is now being protected by the U.S. Secret Service, ticklethewire.com has learned. Sources familiar with the situation said Axelrod picked up the detail in recent weeks. U.S. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan declined to provide details, but said: “I can confirm that he…
This may not be the bust of the century, but when you’re the son of Michael Douglas, it’s a bust that won’t go unnoticed. Sometimes it just sucks to be famous — or related to someone who is. By TOM LIDDY and LUKAS I. ALPERT New York Post Michael Douglas NEW YORK— And the Oscar…
Patrick Fitzgerald says reporters must obey when ordered by a judge to reveal sources. I disagree. Some of the biggest corruption scandals would never have come to light without reporters’ willingness to protect sources and go to jail if necessary. Besides, the real point here is that Congress needs to pass a federal shield law…
The drug war in Mexico is deadly enough, and hand grenades have made it even deadlier. Will we start seeing drug traffickers use handgrenades in the U.S.? By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Writer PHOENIX — It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement had long feared: A fragmentation grenade from Mexico’s bloody drug war tossed into…
