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Justice memo cleared way for harsh CIA interrogations
Associated PressThe Justice Department told the CIA in 2002 that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners would not cause "prolonged mental harm."...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, The White House, Wars and Interventions, Terrorism, Government
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Currie got over $200,000
Sun reportersState Sen. Ulysses Currie, whose work for Shoppers Food Warehouse is being investigated by the FBI's public corruption squad, was paid more than $200,000 by the regional grocery chain over five years, according to documents unsealed yesterday. Federal...Tags: Supervalu Inc., Prince George's County, Bribery, Corporate Crime, Building Material
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N.Y. Attorney General Sues Swiss Bank UBS AG
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued UBS AG on Thursday, accusing the Swiss banking giant of fraudulently promoting tens of billions of dollars of auction-rate securities as safe when it knew a crisis was brewing. The lawsuit claims several bank...Tags: Auction Service, Litigation, UBS AG, Trials, Swiss Bank Corporation
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UF's Meyer aiming for payback against Georgia
Staff and Wire ReportsApologies probably won't defuse the Florida-Georgia rivalry that is heating up by each comment. Georgia coach Mark Richt said during Thursday's Southeastern Conference Media Days that he shouldn't have ordered his players to rush the field in...Tags: Urban Meyer, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Panel charges 4 ex-Spitzer aides in 'Choppergate' drama
elizabeth.moore@newsday.comThe New York State Commission on Public Integrity has charged four former state officials of violating state ethics laws in the "Choppergate" episode, when the Spitzer administration created travel records for the press detailing former Senate Majority...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Joseph Bruno, Trials, Government, Prosecution
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Man gets life for rape, torture of Manhattan student
An ex-convict was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for the 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student. Robert Williams was convicted last month in Manhattan of attempted murder, rape, kidnapping and arson. His actual...Tags: Murder, Rape, Columbia University, Punishment, Abusive Behavior
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Tankleff shares thoughts on false confessions
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comMartin Tankleff's criminal case may be done, but his mission is far from over, the former Belle Terre resident said as he shared with an audience of defense attorneys his thoughts on how false confessions - like the one he said landed him in prison for 17...Tags: Defendants, Prosecution, John Jay, Court Administration, Biotechnology Industry
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Perverted Or Persecuted? Roman Polanski's Complex Case
Los Angeles TimesRoman Polanski. You can start a heated conversation just uttering his name. He has led a life so large that it's often chopped down to a few phrases: Oscar-winning director of such film classics as "Chinatown," "Tess" and "The Pianist." Survivor of the...Tags: Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), David Wells, Robert Redford
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Woman describes brutal attack at Kentucky Fried Chicken
Sun reporterAn 82-year-old woman, a victim of a vicious mugging outside a Baltimore fast-food restaurant last year, took the stand against her alleged assailant in city Circuit Court Thursday, narrated surveillance video that captured a portion of the attack and...Tags: Murder, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Assault, Religious Leaders, Television Industry
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Campaign accounts for Fort Lauderdale mayor contenders
South Florida Sun-SentinelFive people have opened campaign accounts to run for Fort Lauderdale mayor in spring 2009. Here are the candidates and how much they'd raised and spent on their campaigns by June 30: Cindi Hutchinson: City commissioner, former owner-operator of a small...Tags: Elections, Public Officials, Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale, Political Candidates
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