One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Supreme Court To Decide D.C. Gun Ban Case WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday on whether the District will be able to keep its controversial gun ban. Mayor Adrian Fenty and other top city leaders plan a noon news conference to react to the court’s decision. Today is the last day the [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Fleet Management Ltd. Charged With Pollution and Cover-Up in San Francisco Bay Oil Discharge Case WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a second superseding indictment charging Fleet Management Limited, a Hong Kong ship management company, with negligently causing the discharge of 50,000 gallons of oil from the Cosco Busan and falsifying...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
943 fall sick despite efforts to track culprit in salmonella cases WASHINGTON — The government on Saturday increased to 943 the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak, in which tomatoes are the leading suspect.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Obama, McCain speak up against 5-4 ruling in Louisiana case WASHINGTON—A divided Supreme Court Wednesday effectively slammed the door on the prospect of expanding capital punishment in America, holding that the death penalty for violent crimes that do not end in a death is unconstitutional regardless of the victim's age.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
... From March 1 to June 18, 2008, Operation Malicious Mortgage resulted in 144 mortgage fraud cases in which 406 defendants were charged. Yesterday, 60 arrests were made in mortgage fraud-related cases in 15 districts. Charges in Operation Malicious Mortgage cases were brought in every region of the United States and in more than 50 judicial districts by U.S. Attorneys' Offices...
NW World News Prayer Network (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Virginia Supreme Court Buys Time on Miller Case WASHINGTON, June 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Virginia Supreme Court temporarily avoided locking horns with the state of Vermont today. The Commonwealth's highest court did not rule on the merits of a case which would have determined whether Virginia will respect the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Virginia's Marriage Affirmation Act (MAA),...
