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Hall of Fame nominees are an impressive group
I waited until after the primary election so I wouldn't be blamed for making anyone lose, but now it's time to unveil this year's nominees to my Hall of Fame of the area's most colorful characters. They're an impressive group, but remember that...
Tags: Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Ed Pawlowski, Lehigh County, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Local Government
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
ReutersBy Keith Coffman DENVER, May 23 (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid...Tags: Mental Health, Prosecution, Shootings, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Judges
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
Reuters(Repeats from earlier May 23 for wider distribution) By Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared...Tags: U.S. Congress, Dick Cheney, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man linked to Boston bombing suspect killed by FBI in Florida
ReutersORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed by a federal agent in Florida on Wednesday after he suddenly turned violent,...Tags: Shootings, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), The New York Times, FBI, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
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Feds: Man shot after attacking agent was being questioned about Boston bombing suspects and 2011 triple murder
While all eyes were focused on Boston in the aftermath of the deadly marathon attack, federal agents in Orlando had quietly turned their attention to a Chechen-born mixed martial arts fighter with ties to the suspected bombers. It wasn't until 27-year-...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Condos, FBI, Mixed Martial Arts, Police Investigations
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Who is Ibragim Todashev?
Who was Ibragim Todashev? Was he connected in a meaningful way to the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings? Did he play a role in the brutal murders of three people in Massachusetts who had their throats slashed? Or was he, as his friends contend,...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), FBI, Mixed Martial Arts, Police Investigations, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
ReutersWASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared that she had done nothing wrong - but said she did not intend to testify. Her defiance only...Tags: U.S. Congress, Dick Cheney, Roger Clemens, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Tea Party Movement
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Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists on Thursday and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a...Tags: Najib Razak, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Politics, Activism
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Lawsuit could delay waterfront condo project
A handful of residents in the city's north beach have joined a lawsuit in an effort to stop developers from moving forward on a project called Grand Birch, a proposed 13-story condo on the Intracoastal. After dismal years the economy is starting to...Tags: Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Aventura
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Investment groups sue CBOE, other exchanges over charges
ReutersA group of investment firms including Chicago's Citadel Securities LLC have sued the Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc and four other exchanges, alleging improper charges on millions of options trades over a period of seven years. The lawsuit said...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Board Options Exchange, NASDAQ, Citadel LLC
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Human Relations Commission hopes Neuman review brings a boost of power
When someone complains to the Anne Arundel County Human Relations Commission about housing or employment discrimination, commissioners are powerless to do much about it. That's the impression the commissioners themselves have, and they say it affects...
Tags: Laura Neuman, Discrimination, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Rentals
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Friend of Boston bombing suspect questioned in triple homicide
WASHINGTON — A friend of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev who was shot and killed by an FBI special agent in Orlando, Fla., early Wednesday was being questioned primarily about a 2-year-old triple homicide in Waltham, Mass., and...
Tags: Shootings, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), FBI, Police Investigations, Boston Marathon
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