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Prosecuting torture: 'Hard to believe'
The Swampby Mark Silva Eric Holder, President Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, made plenty of people uncomfortable when he asserted, flatly, in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, that water-boarding is torture. During the...Tags: Services and Shopping, Eric Holder, Upper House, Police Investigations, Values
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Oprah was mulled for Senate seat: Blago
The Swampby Frank James Continuing his media blitz on the day that his historic impeachment trial was set to began in the Illinois Senate, Gov. Rod Blagojevich appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday where he stuck to his story......Tags: Upper House, Richard M. Daley, Parliament, Jesse Jackson, White House
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Blagojevich: 'Anti-Nixon,' soon jobless
The Swampby Mark Silva Gov. Rod Blagojevich, capping a two-day whirlwind tour of national broadcast and cable television networks while the state legislature back home is impeaching him, suggested that he, unlike the late Richard Nixon, wants all of the...Tags: Upper House, Local Elections, Martin Luther King Jr., Family, Parliament
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Blago on Letterman: The (Partial) Transcript
The TV ZoneLadies, and gentlemen... Do you have an hour? You do! Good - then go to the jump and read a portion of tonight's "Late Show" grilling of Rod Blagovich...Best to watch rather than read...the whole thing is pretty funny,......Tags: Local Elections, Laws, John McCain, Punishment, Johnny Johnston
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Obama takes tough DNA evidence stance
The Swampby David G. Savage The new deputy Solicitor General for the Obama administration urged the Supreme Court today to go slow in giving prisoners a right to seek DNA testing that could free them. "Our position is there is no......Tags: Georgetown, Defendants, Barack Obama, Biotechnology Industry, Rape
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Sen. Vitter goes plane crazy
The SwampDavid, you did WHAT at the airport? by James Oliphant Can't get enough David Vitter stories? Good. Neither can we. You remember Vitter, the Louisiana senator who famously copped to be a client of the "D.C. Madam"--the escort service......Tags: David Vitter, Air Transportation, United Air Lines, Travel, Politics
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Ted Stevens: Charges dismissed
The Swampby James Oliphant A federal judge dismissed the criminal charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens today, while strongly criticizing the Justice Department lawyers who prosecuted the Alaskan stalwart for their actions in the case. "In nearly 25 years on...Tags: Eric Holder, Upper House, Laws, Trials, Parliament
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Sotomayor: 'Piece of cake,' she's told
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama already knew one of the finalists for the Supreme Court whom he was considering: federal Judge Diane Wood of Chicago, a fellow teacher of constitutional law at the University of Chicago. But the president......Tags: Schools, New York University, Values, Calendars, Days, and Months, Religious Conflicts
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Supreme Court: DNA tests up to states
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court agreed today that DNA has a unique ability to free the innocent and convict the guilty, but the justices nonetheless ruled that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to demand DNA testing......Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Trials, Court Administration, Rape, United States
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Obama: U.S. still bearing 'witness' to Iran
The Swampby Mark Silva One day, President Barack Obama is speaking of not meddling in the affairs of Iran, where election-protests have turned deadly for the protestors. The next day, today, Obama was speaking out for the protestors - assuring the......Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Government, Heads of State, National Government
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Senate split? You oughta see Nassau Legis at work!
Spin CycleThose wacky guys and gals in the state Senate are getting some competition from the Nassau County Legislature, where backbiting, griping, sniping, innuendo, shouting and other bad behavior goes hand in hand with attempts to legislate. The presiding...Tags: Regional Authority, Democratic Party, Politics, Government, Long Island
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Gitmo deadlines fail: January closing?
The Swampby Greg Miller and David G. Savage Obama administration officials said Monday they would not meet self-imposed deadlines for deciding what to do with scores of detainees too dangerous to release from the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The delays,......Tags: FBI, American Civil Liberties Union, Natural Resources, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions
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