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Ruling In 1964 Crime Could Undermine Civil Rights-Era Probes
Can time run out on justice? Federal authorities says they are investigating 22 civil rights-era crimes, but a court ruling invoking the statute of limitations could undermine their efforts. By HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. – Federal prosecutors have identified 22 current investigations into civil rights-era crimes that could be impacted by a federal…
Anne Hathaway’s Ex Gets 4 1/2 Years In Fed Prison
Actress Anne Hathaway figures it’s time for a new leading man. BY Thomas Zambito New York Daily News NEW YORK — Italian con man Raffaello Follieri was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Thursday for scamming investors out of millions by claiming to be a Vatican insider. Follieri, the former boyfriend of actress Anne…
Juror Has “Violent Outbursts” During Deliberations In Stevens Trial
From the outset, the trial seemed a little chaotic. Now that chaos has spilled over into jury deliberations. Will Stevens benefit from it all? Sen. Ted Stevens/ official photo By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The foreman of the jury in Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial asked today that a…
DEA And Colombians Link Hezbollah To Cocaine Ring
Every organizations needs money to flourish. No one knows that better than the DEA and Colombian investigators who dug deep to find a drug connection between Colombia and Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese-based militia. By Chris Kraul and Sebastian Rotella Los Angeles Times (Reported from Bogota, Colombia and Madrid) — U.S. and Colombian investigators have dismantled…
South Carolina Councilman Busted For Computer Spying
Some people are computer illiterate. Not Councilman Tony Trout, unfortunately. By Ben Szobody The Greenville News GREENVILLE, S.C. — County Councilman Tony Trout was charged in a five-count indictment Wednesday with unlawfully accessing computers used by the county administrator and Yahoo, destroying records and intercepting and disclosing electronic communication, charges that could bring a maximum…
Passengers Will Have To Disclose More Info To Fly
These days the friendly skies are getting a little less friendly and little more intrusive. Will less privacy mean safer skies? By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer ARLINGTON, Va. — The Department of Homeland Security will take responsibility from airlines for checking passenger names against watch lists beginning in January and will require…
Illinois Couple Killed After Agreeing To Cooperate With FBI
Coincidence or Not? A couple was shot to death after agreeing to cooperate in an FBI probe of a farmer. By Jim Suhr The Associated Press EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A couple who helped a farmer hide a tractor from his creditors were found shot to death at their rural home just two days…
Men In Ft. Dix Terrorist Case Bought Assault Weapons
Defendants in the Ft. Dix terrorism case were caught buying weapons from an FBI informant. Were they terrorists or just wannabes? By JASON NARK Philadelphia Daily News CAMDEN, N.J. –Moments before an FBI SWAT team kicked in his door, the government’s top informant in the Fort Dix terrorism case dropped a little irony on two…