Feds Want to Seal Parts of CIA Leak Hearing
(CN) - A former CIA officer accused of leaking defense secrets will not oppose the government's motion to seal portions of the upcoming oral argument before the 4th Circuit.
View ArticlePolice Settle Suit Over Radical Group Raid
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Law enforcement agreed to pay two activist groups $100,000 to settle claims over a 2008 raid, agreeing that one of the raided properties was a protected entity that should not...
View Article$26 Million Approvedfor Sudanese Refugees
WASHINGTON (CN) - President Barack Obama authorized the Secretary of State to release up to $26 million in humanitarian aid to help refugees displaced by the conflict in the South Kordofan and...
View ArticleSomalia Emergency Continued a Year
WASHINGTON (CN) - President Barack Obama has extended for 1 year the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia, declared April 12, 2010.
View ArticleClass Claims AT&T Aids & Abets Cellphone Thieves, for the Profit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) - AT&T has aided and abetted cellphone thieves for years by reactivating stolen phones, particularly iPhones, and fraudulently telling customers that it "cannot" block...
View ArticleKC Police Will Pay $1 Million for Shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CN) - The Kansas City Police Department will pay $1 million to a man who was shot by a police officer who was having a diabetic reaction.
View ArticleTransit District Blamed for Girl's Abuse
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - Portland's regional public transit system knew or should have known a bus driver was sexually abusing a 14 year-old girl, but other drivers told the victim to keep quiet,...
View ArticleReporter Claims Cop Destroyed Evidence
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CN) - A TV reporter claims an Albuquerque police officer with a history of bad behavior destroyed evidence of the cop knocking down a teen-ager - which the reporter was able to...
View ArticleCourt Lets Public Library Block Websites
SPOKANE, Wash. (CN) - Three library patrons who claimed their rural library's Internet filter prevented them from researching issues such as teen smoking and gun rights lost their challenge to the...
View ArticlePossible Cancer Drug Snarled in Money Fight
ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) - A "novel thyroid hormone" that could help treat cancer, diabetes and wounds is ensnared in a maze of licensing agreements focused more on propping up a financially ailing...
View ArticlePromoter Sues Fashion Photog's Foundation
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A Philadelphia corporation dedicated to the work of late fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo claims in court that the artist's foundation owes it more than $500,000.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Fight for Tiger Salamander
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The Center for Biological Diversity claims the Secretary of the Interior failed to protect "imperiled" California tiger salamanders more than a decade after the amphibian was...
View ArticleWidow Sues Rapper for Fatal Accident
CHICAGO (CN) - A widow sued the rapper Carl "Twista" Mitchell, who once held the Guinness World Record for fastest rap, claiming her husband, a member of Mitchell's entourage, died when the tour...
View ArticleState Goes to Bat for Depressed Artist
CHICAGO (CN) - The Illinois Department of Human Rights has gone to bat for a depressed artist who claims a condo association's refusal to let him keep his poodle has slashed his productivity,...
View ArticleDrug Users & Homeless Seek Equal Rights
VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) - The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users sued the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, a business group and the city, demanding an end to discrimination against homeless...
View ArticleThat Didn't Work Out
HOUSTON - A woman who says her ex-fiancé sprang a prenuptial agreement on her and said he "would not change one word" of it, sued him in Harris County Court, claiming he won't let her get her...
View ArticleBig Pill Bust
MANHATTAN - Federal officials arrested six people on drug charges, accusing them of possessing 122,000 pills, including Ecstasy, Viagra, Xanax and Percocet, thousands of which allegedly were...
View ArticlePollution
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Dozens of people and estates demand $370 from these defendants, claiming they polluted the towns of Dewey and Humboldt: Greenfields Enterprises, North American Industries Corp....
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