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U.S. / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 10:42pm neoform

Reuters -- The chief executive and part owner of Alaska's largest oil-field services company and one of his vice presidents pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that they tried to bribe Alaska legislators to secure favorable state oil policies. VECO Corp. Chief Ex.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

Mercury News -- Police Chief William Bratton said Sunday that up to 60 members of an elite squad that swarmed into a park and fired rubber bullets during a May Day immigration rally are no longer on the street. Bratton said he spent the weekend viewing video of the Ma.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 10:13pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A fire marshal who admitted consulting online psychics at work didn't need a crystal ball to tell him it was time to resign. Tom Weber, a 22-year fire veteran, was put on administrative leave nine months ago after he was accused of asking an online psy.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 6, 2007 @ 10:29pm neoform

MSNBC -- The jurors who convicted I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby believed Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff was set up as a fall guy, a juror said Tuesday, but they had no alternative to finding him guilty in the leak of the identity of a classifi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 15, 2006 @ 8:12am neoform

Houston Chronicle -- The son of Miami Police Chief John Timoney was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for trying to buy 400 pounds of marijuana from an undercover agent... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

FOX News -- A small-town Georgia police chief who left to face enemy fire in Iraq only to return and be fired by town officials got his job back Wednesday, thanks to an angry mayor. Doraville Mayor Ray Jenkins deemed his council's recent vote to oust Police Chief.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 1:07am neoform

FOX News -- The Kansas City police chief said he wants an officer fired after seeing the way he handled a recent arrest from the video captured on the cop's dash cam. The video shows officer Anthony Melkowski and other policemen trying to get what they think are d.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 9:17pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- THE POLICE Commission's decision Tuesday to reappoint Chief William J. Bratton gives Los Angeles stability at the top of the LAPD, and that is no small matter. He becomes the first chief to win a second (and final) five-year term since voters ended open t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 9:52am neoform

CNN -- A shooting inside a home left six people dead, and a child was found in a nearby vehicle with a gunshot to the chest, the Delavan police chief said Sunday. Police responded to a report of shots fired Saturday night in the southern Wisconsin city, Chief.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 9, 2007 @ 5:55pm neoform

SF Gate -- Stumbling efforts to establish law and order in one of Iraq's most violent regions suffered another blow Friday when dozens of gunmen raided the home of Baquba's police chief and killed his wife, two brothers and 11 guards. Four of his children were kidna.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 9:47am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The chief economist at gasoline distributor Tesoro argues that a shortage of refining capacity is the culprit for consumers' pain You have to give Lynn Westfall credit. Not only is the chief economist for Tesoro (TSO) willing to talk to reporters as ga.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 20, 2007 @ 11:36pm neoform

News.com.au -- A REPORT into the death of ACT's chief police officer is being prepared for the Coroner, but her death is not considered suspicious, Queensland Police said. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Chief Police Officer and Assistant Commissioner Audrey Fagan, 4.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 10:53pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- WILLIAM J. BRATTON is well on his way to a second five-year term as Los Angeles' chief of police because of progress against crime, yes, but also because of an important cultural shift he has brought to the Police Department. More than most of his predece.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Jan 28, 2007 @ 6:44pm neoform

New York Times -- WE hear constantly now about “our commander in chief.” The word has become a synonym for “president.” It is said that we “elect a commander in chief.” It is asked whether this or that candidate is “worthy to be our commander in chief.”.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Jan 22, 2007 @ 9:47am mrmdc

Los Angeles Times -- Questions about the Hummer would be off-limits. That's what the mayor's press secretary told me as we headed to a City Hall meeting with transportation chief Jaime de la Vega, whose vehicle of choice seems odd for a man in his position... Read More