Hats should be classic. This means that they should be in the colors of the actual team. If your team color isn’t black NBA Caps, than neither should your hat be. Have fun dyeing your own yarn with simple and inexpensive things you probably have stocked in your pantry. You can use tea, food coloring,…
By Annie Sweeney and Christi Parsons Chicago Tribune reporters CHICAGO — A former federal prosecutor who helped convict former Gov. George Ryan appears to be the favorite to succeed Patrick Fitzgerald as the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, sources in Washington and Chicago told the Tribune. The sources said Zachary Fardon,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA is refusing to answer questions about three of its agents who are still on the federal payroll despite their alleged involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, the Washington Examiner reports. The accusations are serious. DEA agents are accused of paying for a prostitute for a Secret Service supervisor and…
Dan K. Thomasson The Reporter The last time I saw Cartha D. DeLoach was all the way back in the early 1970s, when the nation’s attention was focused on the Watergate scandal. While he wasn’t one of the figures in the constitutional crisis boiling around the Nixon administration, he certainly had been a key in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Colorado moved closer Monday to repealing a controversial law that requires local police to determine the status of immigrants and report undocumented people to federal authorities, the Denver Post reports. A state House committee voted 9-2 to repeal the six-year-old law, SB 90, that state officials said has cost taxpayers $13 million…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police are searching for a security guard who said he posed as an FBI agent and sped through San Francisco in a car with flashing lights and a blaring siren because he was rushing to pay his phone bill, the San Francisco Examiner reports. On Monday, a bench warrant was issued for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI announced Monday that it has identified the people involved in the theft of $500 million worth of masterworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. “Today, we are pleased to announce that the FBI has made significant investigative progress in the search for the stolen art…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of a 4-year-old who was detained and deported to Guatemala for months despite being a U.S. citizens is among 10 to file suit against CBP, AlterNet reports. The lawsuits range from unlawful treatment to discrimination. Another lawsuit was filed by a 53-year-old woman who says she suffered a stroke after…
