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Arlen Specter: Congress is a profile in cowardice
Washington traditionally boasts about its' profiles in courage. Today, facing arguably the greatest potential financial crisis in American history, politics trumps economics as officials focus on the next election instead of the public interest.
The...Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Elections, Harry Reid, Eric Cantor
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Testimony before Senate panel calls for more oversight of crime stats, broader definition of rape
— In Cleveland, women's claims that a sex offender had assaulted them were ignored, until police found the bodies of 11 women at the man's home. In Milwaukee, a woman tried to report being raped but was told at three different police stations to...Tags: Al Franken, Sex Crimes, Assault, Manhattan (New York City), Benjamin L. Cardin
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U.S. Senate committee to hold hearing on rape investigations
Concerned that police departments nationwide fail to fully investigate rapes, a congressional committee will examine the issue next week at a hearing spurred partly by a Baltimore Sun examination of the systemic underreporting of sex crimes. The Senate...Tags: Police Investigations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Assault
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Specter gives up on Spygate
O, by the WayApparently, we can officially put Spygate behind us. U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter says that he is not seeking a Congressional inquiry into any further misdeeds by the New England Patriots. The Pennsylvania senator told the Philadelphia Daily News editorial...Tags: New England Patriots, Parliament, New York Jets, National Football League, Upper House
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No smoking tape but Patriots' rep singed again
O, by the WayReports detailing the eight video recordings that former Patriots??? employee Matt Walsh turned over to the league may not include any smoking tapes that go beyond what New England coach Bill Belichick already had admitted to but there are a......Tags: New England Patriots, National Football League, ESPN (tv network), Football
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Spygate could end today -- or not
O, by the WayThe much-anticipated meeting between NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and former Patriots employee Matt Walsh is being held today and afterward, Goodell is scheduled to hold a press conference in New York apparently to disclose what he learned.The...Tags: New England Patriots, National Football League, ESPN (tv network), Football
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Negative sports vibes in New England
O, by the WayThere's a lot of negativity crackling through the New England sports atmosphere today.Of course, the Orioles made their contribution with last night's 5-4 win over the Red Sox but the big story up is the remnants from Spygate. After the......Tags: Super Bowl, Multi-Sport Events, ESPN (tv network), New England Patriots, Tom Brady
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No shock that Specter calls for Spygate investigation
O, by the WayWell, it's not surprising that Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter didn't come away from his interview with Matt Walsh quite as satisfied as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that that there's no more to be learned about Spygate.During a press conference today,....Tags: New England Patriots, Television Industry, New York Giants, Satellite and Cable Service, National Football League
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Roberts promises to keep an 'open mind'
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - President Bush's nominee for chief justice, Judge John G. Roberts Jr., said yesterday that Supreme Court justices have a "limited role" - to apply the law, not make it. On the first day of Senate hearings on his nomination, Roberts pledged...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Lawyers, Judges, Natural Disasters, George Bush
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ChoicePoint had earlier data leak
Times Staff WritersScammers penetrated ChoicePoint Inc.'s vast online database of personal records five years ago in an operation similar to a more recent case that has triggered a national furor over privacy, court records show. Two Nigerian-born fraud artists were...Tags: Interior Policy, Computer Crime, Illegal Immigrants, North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Gaming
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Filibuster on Roberts looks unlikely
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. appears unlikely to be blocked by the delaying tactics of a Democratic filibuster, members of a key group of senators said yesterday. Roberts was the topic of conversation when the...Tags: Mike DeWine, United Nations, Judges, George Bush, Philosophy
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Abuse incident foreshadowed Abu Ghraib
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - At least two U.S. senators received letters and other contacts nearly a year ago from relatives of four Army reservists who were accused of abusing detainees at the Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq, detailing dangerous conditions and low...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rick Santorum, Defense, Prisoners and Detainees, U.S. Army
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