en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/us/federal/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/us/man_arrested_for_having_rocket_l/ A 31-year-old man was arrested Tuesday by federal agents and sheriff's officials acting on a tip that the convicted burglar had a rocket launcher. Paul Henry Ledwik was arrested without incident on a felon in possession of firearms warrant issued by a news us 2007-09-28 09:19:28 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_arrested_for_having_rocket_l/ SF Gate http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/162189022/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_arrested_for_having_rocket_l/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_activists_hopeful_on_job_bia/ Gay rights advocates expect Congress will soon move closer to approving a federal ban on job discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender workers. Rep. Barney Frank, a leading proponent, predicts the ban will win House approval in coming weeks. news us 2007-09-17 08:28:26 http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_activists_hopeful_on_job_bia/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/157555313/2007-09-17-gay-rights_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_activists_hopeful_on_job_bia/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_id_plan_raises_priva1/ Americans may need passports to board domestic flights or to picnic in a national park next year if they live in one of the states defying the federal Real ID Act. The act, signed in 2005 as part of an emergency military spending and tsunami relief bi news us 2007-08-17 09:40:24 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_id_plan_raises_priva1/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/16/real.id/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Shocking [33] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_id_plan_raises_priva1/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_minimum_wage_rising_this/ Fast-food waitress Fawn Townsend of Raleigh, N.C., knows exactly what she is going to do if her salary goes up with Tuesday's increase in the federal minimum wage: start saving for a car so she can find a second job to make ends meet. "My goal personal news us 2007-07-22 05:35:16 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_minimum_wage_rising_this/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/136010119/2007-07-21-minimum-wage_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Interesting [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_minimum_wage_rising_this/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/navy_vet_accused_of_illegallly_d/ A former Navy lieutenant living in northwestern Wisconsin has been illegally selling military equipment, including laser gun sights, and hoarding automatic weapons, federal prosecutors said. Federal agents and police discovered more than 65 machine gun news us 2007-06-02 11:40:11 http://www.newsique.com/us/navy_vet_accused_of_illegallly_d/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277232,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Interesting [7] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/navy_vet_accused_of_illegallly_d/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_prison_population_by_cit/ The following is information about the population of federal prisons. The information is also available on the Federal Bureau of Prison Web site, located here http://www.bop.gov/news/index.jsp. Federal Prison Population by Citizenship2000 -- 70 percent Un news us 2007-05-30 22:34:36 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_prison_population_by_cit/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/30/dobbs.prison/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/federal_prison_population_by_cit/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/rules_hiding_trillions_in_debt_l/ The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The loss reflects a continued deterioration in the fi news us 2007-05-29 16:10:30 http://www.newsique.com/us/rules_hiding_trillions_in_debt_l/ USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070529/1a_lede29.art.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Shocking [43] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/rules_hiding_trillions_in_debt_l/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/taxpayers_on_the_hook_for_59_tri/ The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The loss reflects a continued deterioration in the fi news us 2007-05-29 08:17:50 http://www.newsique.com/us/taxpayers_on_the_hook_for_59_tri/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/120399929/2007-05-28-federal-budget_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Important [27] 85 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/taxpayers_on_the_hook_for_59_tri/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/cops_man_extorted_gas_station_ow/ A man tried to extort $25,000 from a gas station owner by claiming he was a federal agent who had information linking the businessman to Al Qaeda and threatening to jail him, prosecutors said Friday. George Tabora, 44, was charged with attempted extort news us 2007-05-19 11:43:53 http://www.newsique.com/us/cops_man_extorted_gas_station_ow/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273854,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Shocking [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/cops_man_extorted_gas_station_ow/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/islamic_radicals_charged_with_/ The federal government charged five alleged "Islamic radicals" with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey. A sixth was charged with aiding and abetting the illegal possession of firearms by three of the others. "The philosophy tha news us 2007-05-08 17:02:04 http://www.newsique.com/us/islamic_radicals_charged_with_/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/08/fortdix.plot/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [19] 40 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/islamic_radicals_charged_with_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/gao_finds_fraud_in_commuter_prog/ It's a perk of federal employment: a free monthly subsidy that pays for commutes on public transportation. But scores of workers have been taking the government for a ride, selling their benefits on the Internet and pocketing millions in cash each year. news us 2007-04-24 08:14:43 http://www.newsique.com/us/gao_finds_fraud_in_commuter_prog/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/23/AR2007042301563.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Interesting [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/gao_finds_fraud_in_commuter_prog/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/ohio_man_indicted_on_terrorism_c/ A U.S. citizen appeared Thursday in federal court on charges of joining al Qaeda and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas. The investigation of Christopher Paul, 43, of Columbus, spanned news us 2007-04-13 11:13:34 http://www.newsique.com/us/ohio_man_indicted_on_terrorism_c/ CBS News http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/108573944/main2675595.shtml http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbsnews/ 93 Important [6] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/ohio_man_indicted_on_terrorism_c/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/court_dying_can_be_charged_for_u/ A California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The case was brought by Angel Raich, an Oakland mother of two who suf news us 2007-03-15 08:27:11 http://www.newsique.com/us/court_dying_can_be_charged_for_u/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/14/med.marijuana.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Shocking [30] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/court_dying_can_be_charged_for_u/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/court_denies_evidence_to_911_fam/ A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the government does not have to turn over evidence from the trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui to family members of those killed in the terrorist attacks. The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. news us 2007-03-14 21:15:06 http://www.newsique.com/us/court_denies_evidence_to_911_fam/ SF Gate http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/14/national/a151023D44.DTL&feed=rss.news http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Shocking [12] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/court_denies_evidence_to_911_fam/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/fema_taking_hit_on_sale_of_surpl/ Stored in such places as the vacant land near an airfield in Hope, Ark., an industrial park in Cumberland, Md., and a warehouse in Edison, N.J., are the results of one of the federal government's costliest stumbles in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina -- news us 2007-03-09 09:39:04 http://www.newsique.com/us/fema_taking_hit_on_sale_of_surpl/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030702628.html?nav=rss_email/components http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/fema_taking_hit_on_sale_of_surpl/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/bookkeeper_admits_stealing_69m/ A bookkeeper pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling $6.9 million to pay for such things as a ranch in Vermont, a life-size statue of Al Capone and a private performance by singer Burt Bacharach, federal authorities said. Angela Buckborough Platt, 43, pock news us 2007-02-13 15:53:12 http://www.newsique.com/us/bookkeeper_admits_stealing_69m/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17123690?GT1=9033 http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/bookkeeper_admits_stealing_69m/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/rights_and_liberties_pot_prisone/ The latest numbers are out: nearly 800,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges in 2005. When will the insanity stop? American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. That's according news us 2007-02-11 11:31:30 http://www.newsique.com/us/rights_and_liberties_pot_prisone/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/rights/47815/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/rights_and_liberties_pot_prisone/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/man_claims_pat_robertson_threate/ A Texas bodybuilder suing Pat Robertson contends the religious broadcaster walked into federal court for a legal proceeding and told him: "I am going to kill you and your family." According to a complaint Phillip Busch filed with the Norfolk police, Ro news us 2007-02-11 02:17:12 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_claims_pat_robertson_threate/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_re_us/robertson_threat http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Shocking [8] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/man_claims_pat_robertson_threate/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_set_to_begin_a_vast_expansion/ The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities, a vast expansion of DNA gathering that will include hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, by far the largest gro news us 2007-02-05 14:22:59 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_set_to_begin_a_vast_expansion/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/05/washington/05dna.html?ex=1328331600&en=e9adf85821030b8c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_set_to_begin_a_vast_expansion/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_contractors_becoming_a_fourth/ In June, short of people to process cases of incompetence and fraud by federal contractors, officials at the General Services Administration responded with what has become the government's reflexive answer to almost every problem. opinion us 2007-02-04 13:12:21 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_contractors_becoming_a_fourth/ International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/04/america/web.0204contract.php http://www.newsique.com/sources/iht/ 94 Insightful [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_contractors_becoming_a_fourth/#comments