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Justice Department Lawyers Contradict FBI Findings in Anthrax Case
The Justice Department has called into question a key pillar of the FBI's case against Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of mailing the anthrax-laced letters that killed five …
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Questioning Begins in British Hacking Scandal
London - Rupert Murdoch and his son James appeared Tuesday before British lawmakers probing the phone hacking scandal that has seized public life, raising questions about the police, politicians …
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Latest BP Oil Spill Took Place at Facility Employee Warned Was “Operating in Unsafe Condition“
(Photo: pixelflake) A pipeline operated by BP that ruptured over the weekend and spilled as much as 4,200 gallons of methanol, crude oil and other fluids into …
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Republican “Cut, Cap and Balance” Plan Would Require a 25 Percent Cut in Every Government Program
House Republicans are planning to hold a vote tomorrow on the radical “cut, cap, and balance” plan, which stipulates that the federal debt ceiling only be raised if a …
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Cameron Calls in Parliament as the Hacking Scandal Grows
London - Prime Minister David Cameron cut short an African trip on Monday and ordered a special parliamentary session back home to debate the widening phone-hacking scandal just hours …
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Scotland Yard Leader Quits Over Tabloid Scandal
London - Britain’s top police official resigned on Sunday, the latest casualty of the phone-hacking scandal engulfing British public life, just hours after Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive …
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Scotland Yard Chief Quits Over Murdoch Hacking Scandal
London - The commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police Services, Sir Paul Stephenson, resigned his post on Sunday just hours after his officers arrested Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of …
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Former Bush Special Counsel Wants a “Do-Over” on Guilty Plea
Scott Bloch, the former special counsel to President George W. Bush, requested to withdraw his guilty plea to a misdemeanor contempt of Congress charge. (Photo: U.S. Office of Special …
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Obama Proposal for Collaborative Ocean Policy Draws Skepticism, Support
Obama's 2011 budget includes requests to fund a more comprehensive, integrated new ocean policy, including $12 million for a massive marine spatial planning program. (Photo: Mister.Tee) Portland, …
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British Police Arrest Rebekah Brooks in Phone Hacking Scandal
The final edition of The News of the World. The once top-selling Sunday tabloid ordered the hacking of the phone of a 13-year-old girl, Milly Dowler, who was abducted …