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Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency
Attorney general nominee Eric H. Holder Jr. repeatedly pushed some of his subordinates at the Clinton Justice Department to drop their opposition to a controversial 1999 grant of clemency to 16 members of two violent Puerto Rican nationalist...Tags: Laws, Bill Clinton, Punishment, Hillary Clinton, Bombings
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No contest plea for ex-head of Brown County GOP
A former head of the Brown County Republican Party, initially accused of child enticement involving a teenage boy, pleaded no contest to reduced charges Thursday. Thirty-eight-year-old Donald Fleischman was convicted of two counts each of contributing...Tags: Trials, Republican Party
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Man accused of fleeing, stealing from fiancee
Pierce County authorities are seeking a man accused of stealing an engagement ring, laptop computer, credit cards and money from a woman he said he would marry on New Year's Eve, only to fly to Hawaii at her expense and marry someone else. A criminal...Tags: Credit and Debt, Theft, New Year's Day, South Dakota, Hawaii
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Mich. SupCt changes with new justice, new leader
Associated Press WriterThe Michigan Supreme Court was transformed Thursday when a Democrat became the new chief justice, thanks to the arrival of the court's first new judge in nearly a decade. Marilyn Kelly, 70, is the fifth woman to serve as leader of the court since it was...Tags: Court Administration, Michigan, Colleges and Universities, Defendants, Lawyers
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Getting tough on drunken driving will cost Wis.
Associated Press WriterGetting tough on drunken drivers won't be cheap. Two of the most talked about measures to strengthen the state's drunken driving laws come with large price tags, which may doom them given a projected $5.4 billion state budget shortfall....Tags: Road Accidents, State Budgets, Transportation, Road Transportation, Economic Policy
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Lawyers for Gov. Rod Blagojevich want U.S. attorney off case
Tribune reporterIn announcing Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest on corruption charges last month, U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald was more outspoken than usual when it came to the stunning allegations that the governor had tried to sell a U.S. Senate seat. "Gov. Blagojevich...Tags: Corruption, Abraham Lincoln, Patrick Fitzgerald, Executive Branch, Values
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Ill. gov.'s attys: Throw top prosecutor off case
AP Legal Affairs WriterGov. Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys urged a federal judge Thursday to throw Chicago's top federal prosecutor and all of his assistants out of the fraud and bribery case against the governor. Federal prosecutors immediately retorted that the...Tags: 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Laws, Court Administration, Court Preliminary, Bribery
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Man awaiting sentencing found dead
A man awaiting sentencing in a multimillion-dollar insurance scam based in Muncie has been found dead in Ohio. Douglas Haynes, 50, whose body was found Sunday along railroad tracks in Cleveland, was one of five people indicted by a federal grand jury in...Tags: Ohio, Indianapolis, Prisons, Lawyers, Justice System
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:59 p.m. CST
A Plover woman has filed a civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, claiming it knew a priest had a history of molesting children, yet let him continue to work with youngsters. Forty-six-year-old Brenda Varga claims in her...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Economy, Dining and Drinking, Crimes
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AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CST
A settlement was expected Thursday in a federal lawsuit over the stabbing death of an 18-year-old student at the hands of another student at a meditation-based school in southeastern Iowa. Levi Butler was stabbed to death in the dining hall of the...Tags: Murder, Michael Turner, Christmas, Punishment, Crimes
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LA federal judge hears arguments on move to dismiss conviction in MySpace hoax case
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for a woman convicted in a MySpace hoax directed at a teen who ended up committing suicide asked a judge to dismiss her convictions Thursday, saying a computer-fraud law was improperly used to prosecute her. U.S....Tags: Laws, Los Angeles, Fraud, Missouri, Trials
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Canadian polygamist leader calls charges against him religious persecution
Associated Press WriterVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The leader of a polygamous community in western Canada said Thursday that authorities are engaging in religious persecution by charging him with practicing polygamy. Winston Blackmore, who was arrested Wednesday,...Tags: Islam, Justice and Rights, Marriage, Civil Rights, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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