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OJ’s ex-lawyer contradicts testimony
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson’s former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star’s armed-robbery trial, and he testified Simpson actually knew...
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Associated Press Suspects in a smuggling ring are led chained together on Thursday through the corridors of the Federal Courthouse in the Brooklyn, N.Y. Authorities say the smuggling ring may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups.
Authorities probe money trail in smuggling ring
NEW YORK — A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups, authorities...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama: Familiar path with IRS
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. ...
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Associated Press Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah (center), accompanied by (from left) Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks on Thursday during a news conference about the IRS targeting tea party groups on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Obama picks budget official to control IRS
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced pl...
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California fuels $550 million jackpot
SAN DIEGO — The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $5...
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Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes
GRANBURY, Texas — Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. But its work was largely undone during an outbreak of 13...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (right) and senior enlisted advisers to discuss sexual assault in the military on Thursday in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.
Obama vows sustained effort on military abuse
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation’s military leaders told him they are “ashamed” of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to “leave no st...
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Mailbox bomb suspect to face competency hearing
IOWA CITY, Iowa — More than a decade after a string of mailbox bombings injured people in Midwestern states, a judge will reconsider whether the former college student accused of carrying out the t...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Attorney General Eric Holder reacts to aggressive questioning from Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee focused on oversight of the Justice Department. Lawmakers pressed for answers about the unwarranted targeting of tea party and other conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records at The Associated Press.
GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation of national security leaks and ...
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Associated Press Juror Joseph Carroll speaks to members of the media outside the criminal justice center Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Jurors: Doctor got greedy, lost his way
PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Kermit Gosnell proved a serene but solitary figure in the courtroom during his long murder trial, in contrast to the chaotic life he built as an inner-city doctor, abortion provi...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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