Dangerous steroids continue to pose a problem in this country. Here’s the latest crackdown. By GARRY MITCHELL Associated Press Writer MOBILE, Ala. — A federal grand jury has indicted three owners of a Mobile-based pharmacy, four pharmacists and five others in a $4 million steroid distribution scheme that allegedly operated in at least 10 states,…
In his resignation letter to President Obama, he wrote: “On a personal note, I am ecstatic over your election. My exceeding joy springs from my background as a laborer in the vineyards of civil and human rights. It has been my lifelong dream that at some point in the indefinite future, a black American would…
The terrorists get it. The U.S. government should too. The author insists the government needs to take advantage of the New Media for “emergency response, open-source intelligence gathering and the ideological struggle for hearts and minds”. By Chris Battle Foreign Policy Journal WASHINGTON — Talk to some in the national and homeland security environment, and…
In a department that has had its fair share of negative publicity, this can’t help. BY FRAN MAIN Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — A Chicago Police officer pleaded guilty today to a civil rights violation for beating a 60-year-old man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair. “I lost it,” Officer William Cozzi admitted in…
Atty. Gen. Mukasey got a reprieve from the a federal judge. Still, the Sen. Stevens case is not looking good for the governor. It’s hard to believe the judge won’t at least call for a new trial. By The Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON — The judge in Ted Stevens’ false-disclosure case reversed himself Wednesday and…
David Iglesias, the former U.S. Attorney, who became the poster child for what was wrong with the U.S. Attorney system in the U.S. under Bush, is working for the government again. By Zachary Roth TPM Muckraker David Iglesias — the former US Attorney who was fired in 2006 for failing to prosecute politically motivated cases…
It seems in the end it often came back to J. Edgar Hoover, a man with a lot of power and a healthy ego. By John Rogers Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Talk about irony. Comedian George Carlin spent decades pushing the bounds of free speech by saying the seven words you can never say…
It appears Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn’t the only family member facing more embarrassing moments. The FBI apparently recorded dozens of conversations between the Gov and his brother Robert. BY NATASHA KORECKI Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — The governor’s brother, Robert Blagojevich, now says he was probably caught on secret government wiretaps as many as 50 times….
