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Pro-Immigration Groups Worry Border Patrol Agents Are Motivated by Incentives
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Immigrant advocacy groups are worried that an incentive program for U.S. Border Patrol agents is encouraging abuse of authority and false arrests, Buffalo News reports. The program awards agents with cash, extra vacation time and gift cards. The Buffalo News reported that a crackdown on illegal immigration has netted 277 arrests of…
Jury Acquits Two Border Patrol Agents Accused of Committing a Lewd Act at Circus Show
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A jury acquitted two Border Patrol agents Monday of committing a lewd act at a crowded Cirque du Soleil show in Del Mar, Calif., U-T San Diego reports. The only intimacy was hugging and kissing, Kallie Helwig, 25, and 35-year old Gerald Torello said during the trial. The jury deadlocked on a…
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These experiences bore fruit in the 1940s and 1950s, Nicholas Ray’s most productive years professionally. After working with actor producer John Houseman (an associate of Welles) on the wartime propaganda radio show Voice of America, Ray followed Houseman to Hollywood where he co wrote with the latter and directed his magnificent debut movie, the tragic…
Prosecution: Ex-Detroit Mayor Ran a Criminal Enterprise That Was Like a “Private Profit Machine”
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Federal prosecutor Mike Bullotta loaded up with plenty of ammunition and never stopped firing away Monday afternoon during a forceful closing argument in the Kwame Kilpatrick corruption trial. Standing in front of a lectern, before jurors, he said Kilpatrick turned the mayor’s office into “a private profit machine”…
Book on Whitey Bulger: He Ranted Against Obama and Offered to be Executed
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A new biography on mobster James “Whitey” Bulger reveals some interesting tidbits about the one-time fugitive accused of killing 19 people. The Boston Globe reports that the book, “WHITEY BULGER: AMERICA’S MOST WANTED GANGSTER AND THE MANHUNT THAT BROUGHT HIM TO JUSTICE” by Globe staff writers Kevin Cullen and Shelley…
Feds Delay Plan to Blanket Mexican Border with High-Tech Sensors
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Technology glitches have delayed the federal government’s plan to place sensors along the Mexican border, Wired reports. The plan by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection was to saturate the border with a new generation of unattended ground sensors, or UGS. Now the feds are backing…
FBI Probing Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Accused of Lying During Testimony in Drunken-Driving Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Utah Highway Patrol trooper appears to be under FBI investigation after a judge revealed she lied during testimony in a drunken-driving case, KUTV reports. The question is whether Trooper Lisa Steed, who has been fired, violated the civil rights of the person accused in the DUI, KUTV reported. At least one…
Family of Joe Paterno Commissioned Study That Suggests Late Coach Did Nothing Wrong
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of Joe Paterno commissioned a report that suggests the Penn State University coach did nothing wrong and was the victim of a rushed investigation, CBS News and the Associated Press report. The report argues that the probe into the handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, which was…