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Ethics panel scrutinizing dozens of House members

AP News 8 days ago

Dozens of House members under scrutiny, from early review to full probe, ethics report shows Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account ...

No to private prisons

Las Vegas Sun 8 days ago

Arizona taking a risk with its plan to privatize nearly the entire state prison system Arizona officials, trying to save money, are on the verge of seeking bids from private prison companies, which would share the job of managing the stateÕs 40,000 ...

Holder: DOJ helping tribes reduce violence

AP News 9 days ago

US attorney general meets with tribal leaders, announces grants to stem reservation violence U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Department of Justice is spending almost $400 million to help tribes reduce violence on their reservations. Holder said Thursday that the money ...

Anna Nicole Smith

AP News 9 days ago

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2006 file photo, Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington. Department of Justice investigator Danny Santiago testified Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at a preliminary hearing about an interview he had with the nanny ...

Stryker unit indicted in marketing scheme: DOJ

Reuters US Online Report Business News 10 days ago

BOSTON (Reuters) - Medical device maker Stryker Biotech LLC and top management were indicted on federal charges they conducted a fraudulent marketing scheme for bone-growth products, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Stryker Biotech, based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is a division ...

US Afghanistan DEA Deaths

AP News 11 days ago

This image released Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Forrest Leamon who was killed Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Department of Justice) Copyright 2009 AP News

Two charged by U.S. in plot to attack Danish paper

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 11 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Chicago men have been arrested and charged with plotting to attack a Danish newspaper whose cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed -- including one with him wearing a bomb in a turban -- led to deadly protests by Muslims, ...

U.S. investigating optical disc drive industry

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 11 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible violations of antitrust law in the optical disc drive industry, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Spokeswoman Gina Talamona declined to discuss what companies were involved or give details about the probe but ...

The last word: prisons also custodians of oral history

AFP Global Edition 13 days ago

Moments from execution a few death row prisoners fall silent, some craft a speech of elegant final words and some make desperate pleas of innocence, more say sorry or address their family. Because of the rituals of organized execution in the United ...

FBI, ATF squabble over explosives investigations

Reuters US Online Report Top News 15 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite growing cooperation between U.S. law enforcement agencies since the September 11 attacks, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are still fighting over crimes involving explosives, said a new report released on Friday. The ...

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