They say potato chips go with almost anything. But guns? Well, the feds say this stand was selling more than those salty delights. Here’s a little slice of the urban experience in Baltimore. By Van Smith and Chris Landers Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — The owner of Lexington Market’s Utz Potato Chip stand illegally sold…
The former state senator thought she had problems before. Now the charges are really piling up. Another promising political career down the drain. By Jonathan Saltzman The Boston Globe BOSTON — Former state senator Dianne Wilkerson began taking bribes in exchange for political favors in 2002, five years earlier than authorities originally alleged when she…
Scientist Quan-Sheng Shu figured he’d be on easy street the remainder of his life. Now he’s off to prison. Not exactly a retirement dream come true. By Tim McGlone The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK, Va. — A local scientist was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in federal prison after admitting he passed space technology to China and…
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There is pirating a film and there is this, posting it on the website even before it’s released. That’s a bold new world we’re entering here. By The Herald Sun of Australia The FBI is investigating the leak of a copy of Hugh Jackman’s new film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, almost a month before its cinema…
As expected U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan not only voided the conviction of ex-Senator Ted Stevens but he publicly criticized the Justice Department for its embarrassing execution of the case. This isn’t the end of all this. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — A federal judge this morning tossed out…
In Chicago politics, where ever there’s smoke, at minimum, there’s more smoke. We’ll see if there’s any fire here. This probe could still have more legs. NATASHA KORECKI AND FRAN SPIELMAN Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Federal authorities have asked U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson (D.-Ill) why former Gov. Rod Blagojevich believed he would get campaign cash…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — They’re getting up there in age, but the Justice Department continues to take action against Nazi guards living in the U.S. The lastest effort is against Anton Geiser, 84, of Sharon, Pa., who authorities say served as an armed SS guard at two Nazi concentration camps in Germany during…
