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U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 28, 2007 @ 10:34am neoform

Sydney Morning Herald -- A US judge has been removed from the bench for jailing 46 people after none would admit to having a mobile phone that began ringing during his court session. Judge Robert Restaino "snapped" and "engaged in what can only be described as two hours of ine.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 3:52pm neoform

Seattle Times -- An amateur photographer who was taken into custody last year after shooting pictures of two Seattle police officers making an arrest on a public street received an $8,000 settlement this week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington announced Thu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

Seattle Pi -- She was rushing her son to school. She was eight months pregnant. And she was about to get a speeding ticket she didn't think she deserved. So when a Seattle police officer presented the ticket to Malaika Brooks, she refused to sign it. In the ensuing.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 2:31pm neoform

www.roguegovernment.com -- As George Bush made his appearance and speech today at the United Nations in NYC, 1,000 people issued a citizen's arrest warrant against him for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The day began with twelve separate feeder marches converging from a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

CNN -- Hall of Fame running back and one-time murder defendant O.J. Simpson will be held without bail after his arrest in connection with an alleged sports-memorabilia heist, Las Vegas police said Sunday. Simpson, 60, will have his first scheduled court appearan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 2:30pm neoform

FOX News -- Two children found dead under an apartment sink were bathed and dressed by their mother before being wrapped in trash bags, according to arrest warrants released Wednesday. The warrants provide new details of the events that police say led to the arres.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue May 15, 2007 @ 10:58am neoform

www.popphoto.com -- Three-year-old Sarah M. is either a toddler in her birthday suit playing in the garden, or a nude temptress with a sultry look who requires protection from the culprits who took this photograph -- her doting parents. This is the fix we're in, now that.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Feb 11, 2007 @ 11:31am neoform

Alter Net -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 9:27am mrmdc

Newsday -- A woman who miscarried her fetus a day after she was thrown in jail is suing the police department and two arresting officers who ignored her pleas for medical help... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 8:35am neoform

CBS News -- Boston police say they have made in arrest in connection to the suspicious device scare that turned out to be a marketing ploy for a television cartoon. The Peter Berdvosky was arrested in Arlington Wednesday night and charged under a recently enacted sta.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 18, 2007 @ 9:40am mrmdc

SF Gate -- A 13-year-old girl's father and stepmother were arrested after the teen told police she had been locked in a room for nearly two years, allowed out only for meals, chores and one-minute timed bathroom breaks, authorities said... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 8:05am neoform

New York Times -- Donald Vance, a 29-year-old Navy veteran from Chicago, was a whistle-blower who tipped off the F.B.I. to suspicious activity at the company where he worked, including possible weapons trafficking. He was arrested and held for 97 days — shackled and blin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 7, 2006 @ 12:17am neoform

Reuters -- A two-year-old boy was briefly banned from boarding a Turkey-bound flight in the United Arab Emirates after his name appeared on a list of wanted suspects, a newspaper reported Saturday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Oct 28, 2006 @ 12:23pm neoform

Wired -- Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants the federal government to arrest security researcher Christopher Soghoian for creating the Northwest Airline Boarding Pass Generator, a site which lets anyone create a facsimile of a Northwest Airlines boarding pa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Oct 28, 2006 @ 12:38pm neoform

USA Today -- A 20-year-old man arrested on drug charges says he had no idea that portable computer storage drives he had traded for methamphetamine may have contained classified data from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, newspapers reported... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Police officers in Kern County will not arrest same-sex couples who get married outside the county clerk's office next week, gay community leaders said Wednesday. The Rev. Byrd Tetzlaff, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kern County,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- A second arrest has been made in connection with the takeover robbery of an Oakland restaurant, one in a series of such holdups that have plagued the East Bay, police said Thursday. Laron Williams, 18, was arrested about 6 p.m. Wednesday on suspicion o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

USA Today -- A videotape of the airport arrest of a woman related to a New York City official shows her shouting and gesturing vehemently at police who appear to be trying to calm her. Carol Gotbaum, 45, died in custody shortly after her arrest Sept. 28 at Phoenix.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 30, 2007 @ 5:25pm neoform

New York Times -- THE police officer had not asked my name or my business before grabbing my wrists, jerking my hands high behind my back and slamming my head into the hood of his cruiser. “You have no right to put your hands on me!” I shouted lamely. “This is.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 9:27am neoform

CNN -- Griselda Aranzacu was puzzled when she noticed her slender neighbor developing a bulging tummy that would repeatedly appear and vanish. She suspected Nancy Ortiz was pregnant after Ortiz visited her home last summer, but didn't want to pry. "Later I di.. Read More