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The wrong arm of the law A new book reveals how US federal prosecutors twist the law to criminalise legal activities, with connivence from the media Sharp-elbowed business executives and grasping politicians may not be especially popular figures within...
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Transport Canada is using crash simulation technology at a Quebec laboratory to study side-impact accidents, generating research that could lead to new safety regulations for adults and children down the road. A Saguenay, Que., woman convicted of first...
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But Muslim groups worry it's another blow to the community image. Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the November 14, 2009 edition Federal authorities said Thursday's move to seize the assets of the New York-based Alavi Foundation over...
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Federal Courts Reporter nkorecki@suntimes.com Two al-Qaida DVDs found at the home of a North Side man are evidence of his involvement in a plot to kill a Danish newspaper cartoonist, federal prosecutors say. One of the DVDs found at Tahawwur Rana's home...
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In court papers filed today, Alan Huey, a former senior vice president at the company, admitted to falsifying documents in order to sell bulk tomato paste that was older, moldier or more diluted than SK Foods claimed, violating federal quality and labeling...
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David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested last month by the FBI, were part of a LeT plan of a major terror attack on the facilities of a Danish newspaper and the National Defence College in India, federal prosecutors have said. Opposing...
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Holder Jr. directed federal prosecutors Monday to back away from pursuing cases against medical marijuana patients, signaling a broad policy shift that drug reform advocates interpret as the first step toward legalization of the drug. The government's...
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A Superior Court judge concluded today that Los Angeles' moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries is invalid and granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the ban sought by a dispensary that had sued the city...Chalfant determined...
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Federal prosecutors yesterday added a new charge and fresh allegations to the corruption case against former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, alleging that he had a secret financial interest in a real estate firm that managed a signature state office...
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The leaders of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and a high-tech company in Troy, N.Y., are among more than 100 witnesses that could be called to testify at the trial of former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. Court documents released Oct....
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