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U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:19am neoform

SF Gate -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

USA Today -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 9:40am neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 22, 2007 @ 5:35am neoform

USA Today -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:40am neoform

FOX News -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 10:34pm neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 4:10pm neoform

USA Today -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 19, 2007 @ 11:43am neoform

FOX News -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 5:02pm neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 24, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

Washington Post -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 13, 2007 @ 11:13am neoform

CBS News -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 15, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 14, 2007 @ 9:15pm neoform

SF Gate -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 9, 2007 @ 9:39am neoform

Washington Post -- 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 --.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 13, 2007 @ 3:53pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- 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.. 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 Sun Feb 11, 2007 @ 2:17am neoform

Yahoo News -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 2:22pm neoform

New York Times -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Feb 4, 2007 @ 1:12pm neoform

International Herald Tribune -- 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... Read More