How Romney would land in jail The Examiner | Accused by republicans of “spiking the ball” on the anniversary of Osama bin Ladin’s death, the Obama campaign’s reply was a mixture of denial (the celebration isn’t excessive), justification (he has a right to tout his accomplishments) and counter attack (based on Romney’s own past co...
No accountability for torture Al Jazeera | Sometimes I think being American means never having to say you're sorry. On Wednesday, May 2, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a federal appeals court in San Francisco, unanimously dismissed a lawsuit against former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo by José Padilla, the US ci...
Jury at Edwards trial set to resume deliberations Fresno Bee | GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The jury deciding the fate of John Edwards is set to resume deliberations in North Carolina following a weekend break. | The former presidential candidate faces 30 years in prison after pleading not guilty to six campaign financ...
Trial starting for Fort Hood bomb plot suspect Fresno Bee | WACO, Texas -- Police officers suddenly rushed the young man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a baseball cap as he walked out of a motel toward an idling cab near a Texas Army post. | They ordered him to lie face down, took off his backpack and then q...
City Insider San Francisco Chronicle | Disabled activist Cristina Rubke, Mayor Ed Lee's newest pick to serve on the Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors, appears headed for confirmation by the Board of Supervisors. | Rubke sailed through her confirmation hearing at City Ha...
Muni uses feds' funds for cameras it doesn't use San Francisco Chronicle | Muni has been awarded more than $37 million in federal homeland security and other grants over the past five years for cameras to safeguard its buses, rail stations and maintenance yards - but it turns out the transit agency has installed fewer tha...
Study: 2,000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years The Tribune San Luis Obispo | More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities. | There is no official record-keeping system for exoneratio...
Study: 2,000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years Fresno Bee | WASHINGTON -- More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities. | There is no official record-keeping system ...
Producer seeks to dismiss 'Stripper 101' lawsuit Fresno Bee | LAS VEGAS -- A July hearing has been set on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by five instructors of the "Stripper 101" class and show on the Las Vegas Strip. | The instructors, in their complaint filed in Clark County District Court in March, cl...
Dutchman Robert Gesink wins Tour of California The Tribune San Luis Obispo | Eight months after breaking his leg in a training accident, Dutchman Robert Gesink sealed his overall race title Sunday with a main field finish in the eighth stage of the Amgen Tour of California. | Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the final leg. The 2...
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Documents shed more light on Trayvon Martin shooting The Los Angeles Times ATLANTA — On the night George Zimmerman fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, a witness said he saw some of the scuffle — and described a black man in a dark hoodie on top of a white or Latino man, punching him repeatedly, "mixed martial arts style." | Then there was a pop, the witness told police, according to ...
Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts Novosti | The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era distrust, Russian analysts said. | “Neither side is attempting sincere collaboration. We’re still ruled by mutual suspicion,” Viktor Kremenyuk, deputy director of ...
