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U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 3:08pm neoform

Jacksonville.com -- When a neighbor screamed she'd been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg. Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday's pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor p.. 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 Sun May 6, 2007 @ 10:52pm neoform

USA Today -- 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 Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 2:54pm neoform

SF Gate -- The former astronaut fired by NASA after she was charged with trying to kidnap a romantic rival will develop flight lesson plans as part of her new military assignment. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak will work on developing curriculum and training programs when.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

Slate -- The U.S. attorneys purge scandal is heating up. The House and Senate have convened hearings for Tuesday, promising an orgy of named names and pointed fingers. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., now admits what he once denied: that he may have had a hand in the r.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:15pm mrmdc

Raw Story -- House Judiciary Committee John Conyers today issued subpoenas against certain former U.S. Attorneys who were recently fired by the Bush Administration. The subpoenas were authorized by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law (CAL), chaired by Con.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 10:15am neoform

U.S. News -- A federal judge has ruled that a CIA agent identified only as "Doe," allegedly fired after he gathered prewar intelligence showing that Iraq was not developing weapons of mass destruction, can proceed with his lawsuit against the CIA. The judge has ordere.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 3:12pm neoform

Mercury News -- Repeated vandalism at the Islamic Center of the East Bay over the past two years has some local Muslims concerned... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 3, 2006 @ 8:09am neoform

FOX News -- A school bus driver fired after she reportedly made an obscene gesture at President Bush has filed a union grievance in an attempt to get her job back... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 16, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

SF Gate -- A federal appeals court has upheld $600,000 in damages to a state prison guard who said she was fired after complaining that she was being harassed by naked male inmates. The complaints by Deanna Freitag led to an investigation by the state Department.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Nov 10, 2007 @ 1:22am neoform

Star Tribune -- Nine years ago, Winnie Shilson stopped a bullet for Taco Bell. Last Friday, the company that owns Minnesota's Taco Bell restaurants emptied the other barrel. It fired her. Shilson will be 64 next month, and her story may illustrate how a fast-food s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 28, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

FOX News -- A gas station cashier who was held up on the job and helped track down the robber has been fired. The company that owns the station said Cynthia Lopez lost her job because her cash drawer was $16 over its $50 limit. "We do have policies on cash limi.. 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. / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

FOX News -- A former Wal-Mart cashier says he was fired for joking on his MySpace page that the average IQ would increase if a bomb were dropped on the company's stores. David Noordewier said he was fired Feb. 27 for posting the message, which he said was a joke a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 25, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

BBC News -- A man in the US is suing IBM for $5m in a wrongful dismissal case after he was fired for visiting adult internet chat rooms while at work. James Pacenza, 58, says he was addicted to online chat rooms and that IBM should have offered him sympathy and tr.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 10:44am neoform

FOX News -- Can you be fired for gossiping about your boss? Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace. The employees were fired in April after speaking to a lawyer the town.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun May 6, 2007 @ 9:19pm neoform

Hardford Courant -- A former Windsor police officer who was fired following an investigation into an incident in which police say he held a .50-caliber pistol to a woman's head and pulled the trigger has been reinstated by the state labor board. Windsor Police Capt. Tom L.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 11:38pm neoform

FOX News -- Taking his cue from fired radio host Don Imus, a police sergeant insulted three police officers by calling them "hos" during a recent roll call at a Brooklyn stationhouse, the women claimed Monday. "We felt violated and humiliated," Officer Tronnette J.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 29, 2007 @ 10:10am neoform

FOX News -- A Georgia man who spent nearly a week hunting for a missing 6-year-old boy earlier this month said he was fired from his job after aiding in the search. Sam Lyons, 44, of Brunswick, Ga., initially got permission from his bosses at MK Industries to help.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:42am neoform

CNN -- Two detectives with the New York City Police Department were charged Monday with felony manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on his wedding day. A third detective was charged with reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. All three.. Read More