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Prominent Minneapolis attorney charged with child sex abuse (Pioneer Press)
13 hours ago ago from Minneapolis News on Twitter
A former president of the Hennepin County Bar Association who was reportedly in line to preside over the lawyers association for the entire state was charged today with raping a 15-year-old boy he had known for several years. Read more here: Prominent Minneapolis attorney charged with child sex abuse (Pioneer Press)
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19 hours ago ago from Narrow Cast
Romania's constitutional court has confirmed Traian Basescu's re-election as president, turning down a rival's appeal for the vote to be quashed. It had ordered 138 000 void ballots to be recounted after Basescu won by a narrow margin of 70 000 votes. Read the original here: Romania Court Confirms President Basescu Election Victory (Novinite.com)
Related contentWhat We're Reading 12/14/2009
17 hours ago ago from Adlaw By Request
Excite News: Government delays new ban on Internet gambling The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling. Adweek: Ad Groups Fight Tobacco Act ANA, 4A's and AAF claim regulations are unconstitutional Three key industry groups have mounted a challenge to new tobacco laws. The Association ...
Related contentIsn't The President Part Of That Blame Game? - White House Press Briefing by Robert Gibbs 12/9/09
16 hours ago ago from White House Press Corps.org
Q Did the President in the meeting with Congress tell the Republicans and Minority Leader Boehner that they almost seem to be rooting against recovery? MR. GIBBS: Well, I think the President did mention, and I think Republicans agreed, that the room was not without politics, and that politics obviously has -- I think politics has clearly played a role in many of their statements and votes on the Recovery Act. I don't think that's any big ...
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23 hours ago ago from HONDURAS OYE!
On Presidents and Precedents: Implications of the Honduran Coup Written by Joseph Shansky Thursday, December 10, 2009 President Obama was elected partly because of his promise to a large Hispanic constituency to give both new attention and new respect to Latin America. Judging from the US role in the military coup in Honduras, he must think that one of the two is enough.For those who closely ...
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Governors side with Ohio over satellite TV tax
9 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Governors side with Ohio over satellite TV tax COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The National Governors Association is getting behind Ohio's effort to maintain a tax on the satellite television industry. The industry is challenging the tax, which brings the state $44 million a year, in a lawsuit before the Ohio Supreme Court. The governors association filed a friend of the court brief Monday in support of the state's position. In the brief, the ...
Related contentBBC News - US militant suspects to stay in Pakistan, court rules
23 hours ago ago from BBC
The house was raided after a period of surveillance A court in Pakistan has ruled that five Americans detained for suspected militant links cannot be deported while judges review their case. The high court in Lahore said it wanted more information about the case before such an order could be made. The men were held last week in Punjab province and are wanted in connection with a possible plot in the US. They have yet to be ...
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Biden: US policy seeks to promote Afghan stability WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the United States had no choice but to increase its presence in Afghanistan because it simply cannot afford a collapse of the Kabul government. In an interview Tuesday on MSNBC, Biden acknowledged that much of the terrorist threat the United States faces originates in neighboring Pakistan, but said there would be "chaos" in South Asia if the ...
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