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In Bakersfield, a muted response to beating by deputies
BAKERSFIELD — After the last twisting drop of the Grapevine pass, the road stretches flat out past fields, fast-food restaurants and tractor lots to this Central Valley city that likes to emphasize that it's different from the rest of California....
Tags: FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Department of Defense, Science and Technology, U.S. Congress
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Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say
When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...
Tags: University of Miami, Artists, Asia, Criminals, University of California, Los Angeles
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When past-due payments are overseen by lawyers
Question: When our association's board approves a payment plan for owners who fall behind on their association dues, a law firm representative called an "assessment department assistant" writes that the firm is "pleased to inform you that the Board of...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Legal Service
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Coffee break proves downfall for hatchet-carrying hitchhiker
NEW YORK -- The hatchet-wielding hitchhiker known to his legions of Internet fans as Kai craved freedom, but he also craved coffee. That helped police catch the one-time Internet sensation, Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, 24, who is suspected of murdering a...
Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws, Starbucks Corp., Cherry Hill
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union, Abortion, U.S. Supreme Court
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Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld
TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....
Tags: Career and Workplace, International Law, Crime, Law and Justice, Migration, Justice System
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Oakland police struggle to rebuild — using fewer resources
OAKLAND — It was a quiet evening by this city's standards, and still the police emergency lines were lighting up. As screams rang out behind her, a caller said her neighbor was being beaten. A woman reported that a front door down the street had...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, University of California, Berkeley, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Witnesses
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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: Yemen, U.S. Department of Defense, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, George W. Bush
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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell gets third life sentence
PHILADELPHIA — Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby he described as so big it could “walk to the bus.” Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday of first-degree...
Tags: Crimes, Punishment, Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Orange County won't bill missing hikers for $160,000 search
Orange County will not seek repayment of the $160,000 spent rescuing two Costa Mesa hikers who went missing Easter weekend in Trabuco Canyon, officials said Wednesday. Supervisor Shawn Nelson said the county does not have the legal authority to seek...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws, Methamphetamine (drug)
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