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Senator To Seek Dismissal of Indictment

Two years after federal prosecutors indicted a senior state senator, Efrain Gonzalez Jr., on charges that he stole state funds from a charity, the prosecution will face its first test. At oral arguments in U.S. District Court...

Walk-on's loyalty earns Vandy's respect

Baggerley never has played a down in an actual game By MAURICE PATTON • Staff Writer • August 10, 2008 During the hardest days of fall camp, when temperatures near triple digits and the humidity percentage is almost as high,...

Suspect scientist in court

WASHINGTON: A US-educated Pakistani woman suspected of links to al-Qaeda has appeared in federal court in New York on charges of attempting to kill US military officers and FBI agents in Afghanistan last month. Aafia Siddiqui,...

Pakistani Woman Charged In Attack

An MIT-educated Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate has been brought to New York to face charges she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers during an interrogation in Afghanistan, federal...

Restaurant Industry In Midst Of Shakeout

By MICHAEL SASSO The Tampa Tribune Published: August 5, 2008 BRANDON - Last week, Boyle, 38, had the heartbreaking duty of notifying 1,000 Bennigan's employees in the Tampa area that they were losing their jobs in the recent...

Ex-NBC Finance Exec Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Case

Along with his boss, the company's treasurer, James Walsh removed funds from a petty-cash safe. A former finance executive at NBC Universal has pleaded guilty to charges of scheming to steal over $800,000 from the company....

Law has regular folk boxed in

U.S. Olympic boxing team member Demetrius Andrade trained at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, N.Y. prior to heading to Beijing. By Kyle Oppenhuizen, USA TODAY John Oden is fighting for his sport's home. White-collar boxing traces its...

Court reverses convictions of 2 ex-NYSE specialists

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court reversed the convictions of two former New York Stock Exchange floor traders on Wednesday, the latest blow to a U.S. government case that had originally charged 15 traders with fraud.

Kappstatter: It's 'A Night at the (Bronx political) Opera'

Seems like only yesterday we were griping there wasn't a lot of political action going on in the Bronx. Now we're feeling snowed under with all the mishegoss (what a great Yiddish word) breaking out left and right. We cite this...

Jerry Kopel: Old enough for Kansas is old enough for us

How old should you be to serve in the Colorado legislature? Ft. Collins, to amend the constitution on this issue won sufficient votes in the 2007 legislature to now become Referendum L. One argument in favor of cutting four...