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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-run House on Monday asked a federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding that he produce records on a bungled gun-tracking operation known as Operation Fast and Furious. The lawsuit asked the court to reject a claim by President Barack Obama asserting executive privilege, a legal […]
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Police searching an apartment for drugs found a woman they believe was kept padlocked in a bedroom for long periods of time over the last several years — perhaps as long as a decade. State police said members of their street gang unit discovered the 44-year-old woman on Thursday as they […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The attorney for the man who shot and killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin said Monday he'll seek to get the case dismissed using a traditional self-defense argument and not the state's "stand your ground" statute. Mark O'Mara, who is defending George Zimmerman against a second-degree murder charge in the fatal February […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama is turning online editor for a week. A website for women, iVillage, said Monday the first lady has agreed to serve as a guest editor, focusing on back-to-school issues. Mrs. Obama has been working with iVillage staff members to address challenges, including healthy eating for students and how to […]
Rev. James Richard Harris of Belle Glade, Florida was found guilty of performing two sex acts on a 15-year-old boy. 64-year-old Harris was accused of drawing in young boys by promising them connections to exclusive football scouts and NFL attention. He also was found guilty of filming a 14-year-old girl and her boyfriend having sex […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors say Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is under treatment for bipolar disorder. A release Monday from the Mayo Clinic states that the Democrat underwent an extensive evaluation and is responding well to treatment for the disorder at the facility in Rochester, Minn. The release says Jackson is regaining his strength. Jackson spokesman […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Police shot and killed a man they say lunged at them with a knife in a confrontation that began in Times Square and drew officers and spectators on a chase that ended with shots fired near one of New York's most crowded tourist areas. The encounter played out Saturday around 3 […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston's Logan International Airport are alleging that a program intended to help flag possible terrorists based on passengers' mannerisms has led to rampant racial profiling, a newspaper reported Saturday. The New York Times reported on its website that in interviews and internal complaints it has obtained, […]
Vowing to uplift the depressed and callously hopeless attitudes of far too many young people roaming the streets of New York City’s inner city neighborhoods, the Rev. Al Sharpton has pledged to launch his “occupy the corners” movement in earnest later this week. Beginning Friday, Aug. 17 and running for four consecutive weekends, Sharpton, members […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman who braids hair to supplement her family's income has won her federal lawsuit against Utah over its licensing process for her craft. Jestina Clayton sued last year after she found it would be illegal to run a hair-braiding business without a license. She says she learned how to […]
The parents of admitted Trayvon Martin slayer George Zimmerman are themselves coming under intense criticism after word leaked they have established an online fund designed to raise money they contend will aid in defraying growing living expenses. Mere days after George Zimmerman himself took to the Fox News airwaves to pronounce he somehow felt […]
According to the "New York Daily News," Florida prosecutors have accidently released important evidence from the George Zimmerman case to the public that was not supposed to available. The items included a photo of Trayvon Martin's dead body, zimmerman's college transcripts from Seminole College which displayed Zimmerman's academic records, including a stint on academic probation. […]
