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Recent Headlines

2008-08-04T16:39:00.001-07:00

FBI's Evidence in Anthrax Case Said to be Mosty Circumstantial
Congress Probes Electrocutions in Iraq
Police Raid Mayor's Home, Kill His 2 Dogs
Botched SWAT Raid Officers Given Medal for "Bravery Under Fire"
Ashcroft Tells Congress Waterboarding Doesn't Constitute Torture
Congress Votes to Ban Contractors from Performing CIA Interrogations
MD State Police Spied on Anti-War & Anti-Death Penalty Groups
Troops Abandon Base where Nine Marines were Killed
Blue Shield Sued for Allegedly Lying about Coverage
Voters to Decide on George W Bush Sewer Plant
Unknown Disease Killing Iraqi Cattle
Iraqi Councilman Kills Two U. S. Soldiers
US Wants Right to Attack Any Country from Iraq
White House Blocking Army's Plan to Overhaul Contracting System

Recent Headlines

2008-06-26T17:16:00.000-07:00

FBI Flagged Mistreatment of Detainees
Bush Introduces a New Way to Classify Information
Defense Seeks Delay in 9-11 Suspects' Trials
Rights Group Claims U. S. Attack on Baghdad Media Hotel Not an Accident
Immigration Raid Targets Workers, Not Employers
Four Philly Police Officers Fired over Videotaped Beating
Food Rationing Confronts American Consumers
Economist: Housing Slump May Exceed Depression
Bush Has Highest Disapproval Rating in Gallup History
66% of Republicans Approve of the Job Bush is Doing
US Defense Analyst Admits to Spying for China
HUD Chief Quits; Under Investigation
80 Year Old Man Arrested for Anti-War T-Shirt
Judge: Learn English or Go To Jail
Bush Weakens Espionage Oversight
Bush Intervened to Weaken Smog Rule
House Passes Democratic Surveillance Bill
Government Peeks at Financial Transactions of Millions Without Their Knowledge
Obama Vows to Review All Bush Executive Orders
McCain Warns Al Qaeda May Try to Tip Election Against Him
Bailiff Who Tasered Restrained Inmate in Court May Face Charges
Guantanamo Detainee Gets Reprieve from Appeals Court
Republican Campaign Treasurer Diverted $1 Million
Abramoff''s Lobbying Firm Indicted for Theft & Conspiracy Also see the Jack Abramoff Picture Show
Appeals Court Ruling Limits Employee Drug Testing
Father Accused of Forcing 7-year-old Daughter to Kill Family Pet
Bush Looks into Listing Venezuela as a Terrorist State
Pentagon Review Finds No Link Between Saddam and Al Qaeda
US Study Finds Chemical Link to Gulf War Syndrome
AP Investigation: Drugs Found in Drinking Water Nationwide
"Citizens Arrest" Attempted on Karl Rove
Al Franken's Democratic Rival Drops Out of the Race
Washington Seeks Power to Ban Travelers over US Airspace
US Vows to Modernize Polish Air Defenses

Headlines

2008-03-10T15:28:00.000-07:00

Georgia House OKs Seizing Cars Driven by Undocumented Immigrants
Schwarzenegger Tells Pentagon to Return National Guard Gear
Escalating Health Care Costs Hit Churches
Republicans Halt Efforts to Retrieve White House Emails
FEMA Misspent Money from Trailer Sales
Police Brutality, or Slip and Fall?
Scientology Foe Dies in Apparent Suicide
Judge Orders Shutdown of Whistleblower Website
Senate Gives Telecoms Immunity in Intelligence Bill
White House Admits Phone Company Spied
Supreme Court Justice Scalia Defends Torture
Florida Deputy Filmed Dumping Quadriplegic from Wheelchair
Lurid Details Revealed in Florida Child Protective Services Porn Case
Peruvian Torture Victims to be Paid
Child Soldier on Docket at Guantanamo
White House Threatens to Veto Surveillance Bill that Doesn't Protect Telecoms
CIA Admits to Waterboarding Three Times
Claim: 911 Commission Official Had Close Ties to White House
Bush Administration Made 935 False Statements in Run-Up to War
Kucinich Creates Fuss on Floor Announcing Impeachment Drive
White House Missing 473 Days Worth of Email
Next Front in the Cloned Food War: Labeling
In Legal Cases, CIA Officers Turn to Insurers
Anti-War Iraq Vets Say War Crimes are Encouraged
FBI Accused of Covering Up File Exposing Nuclear Secrets Threat
Cuba: No Talks as Long as Bush is President
Osama bin Laden's Son Wants to be Peace Activist
Bush Committed to $20 Billion Saudi Arms Deal
Ex-Officials Benefit from Corporate Clean-Up
Government Wants Access to All Email, Internet Traffic
Claim: Bush's Rules Make Roads Unsafe
Stanford Physics Lab to Lay Off Workers, Cut Research
FBI Wiretaps Dropped due to Unpaid Bills
911 Injury Fund Overseer Quits
Musharraf: We're Not Looking for Bin Laden
Pakistan Says No to Foreign Troops on Its Soil
New FBI Agent Takes Over Hunt for D. B. Cooper
Bush Administration Slow to Investigate Halliburton Rape Claims
Criminal Probe Opened into CIA Tape Destruction
Lawmaker Warned CIA Not to Destroy Tapes
Judge Urges Laptops for Jailed Ft. Dix Suspects
Inside the CIA's Notorious "Black Sites"
British Security Firm Accused of Failing to Pass On Iraq Intelligence
CIA Veterans: Destruction of Tapes Stems from "Almost Tribal" Fear
CIA Hid Tapes from the 9-11 Commission
CIA Wants Agent Who Discussed Waterboarding Investigated
Ex Fannie Mae Boss Says Bush Administration Orchestrated Accounting Scandal
Lakota Sioux Disavow Treaties; Declare Independence from the United States
Miami Church Deacon Charged with Rape of 15-Year-Old
Bible-Carrying Colorado Lawmaker Kicks Photographer During Swearing- In
Oklahoma Grand Jury Indicts State Auditor, Wife

South Carolina Court Assistant Admits to Stealing
Media Wants Access to Tennessee Judge's "Graphic Fantasies" Tape
HEALTH
Researchers Reverse the Effects of Sleep Deprivation
Study: Most Free Drug Samples go to Wealthy, Insured Patients
FBI Wants Palm Scans, Eye Scans, Tattoo Mapping
Researcher Accuses Sears of Spreading Spyware

Recent Headlines

2008-01-24T09:11:00.001-08:00

White House Missing 473 Days Worth of Email
Next Front in the Cloned Food War: Labeling
In Legal Cases, CIA Officers Turn to Insurers
Anti-War Iraq Vets Say War Crimes are Encouraged
FBI Accused of Covering Up File Exposing Nuclear Secrets Threat
Cuba: No Talks as Long as Bush is President
Osama bin Laden's Son Wants to be Peace Activist
Bush Committed to $20 Billion Saudi Arms Deal
Ex-Officials Benefit from Corporate Clean-Up
Government Wants Access to All Email, Internet Traffic
Claim: Bush's Rules Make Roads Unsafe
Stanford Physics Lab to Lay Off Workers, Cut Research
FBI Wiretaps Dropped due to Unpaid Bills
911 Injury Fund Overseer Quits
Musharraf: We're Not Looking for Bin Laden
Pakistan Says No to Foreign Troops on Its Soil
New FBI Agent Takes Over Hunt for D. B. Cooper
Bush Administration Slow to Investigate Halliburton Rape Claims

CAMPAIGN 2008
Supreme Court Denies Kucinich Ballot Bid
Judge Puts Kucinich in Nevada Debate
Romney Photo-Op was with Staffer's Mom
McCain Would Have Started Iraq War Regardless of WMDs
More Campaign 2008 News

AROUND THE USA
Bible-Carrying Colorado Lawmaker Kicks Photographer During Swearing- In

CORRUPTION
Oklahoma Grand Jury Indicts State Auditor, Wife
South Carolina Court Assistant Admits to Stealing
Media Wants Access to Tennessee Judge's "Graphic Fantasies" Tape

2008-01-07T17:54:00.001-08:00

New FBI Agent Takes Over Hunt for D. B. Cooper
Bush Administration Slow to Investigate Halliburton Rape Claims
Criminal Probe Opened into CIA Tape Destruction
Lawmaker Warned CIA Not to Destroy Tapes
Judge Urges Laptops for Jailed Ft. Dix Suspects
Inside the CIA's Notorious "Black Sites"
British Security Firm Accused of Failing to Pass On Iraq Intelligence
CIA Veterans: Destruction of Tapes Stems from "Almost Tribal" Fear
CIA Hid Tapes from the 9-11 Commission
CIA Wants Agent Who Discussed Waterboarding Investigated
Ex Fannie Mae Boss Says Bush Administration Orchestrated Accounting Scandal
Lakota Sioux Disavow Treaties; Declare Independence from the United States
Recently Freed Guantanamo Inmates Released from UK Custody
Judge Orders Hearing to see if Bush Violated Court Order
Bush Lawyers Discussed Destroying CIA Tapes Before the Fact
FCC Passes Controversial "Cross Ownership" Rules
Congress Moves to Ease Access to Public Records
Carlyle Group Founder Buys the Magna Carta for $21.3 Million
Judge Throws Out Florida Voting Law
Dodd Threatens Filibuster on Warrantless Wiretap Bill
Judge: White House Visitor Logs are Public
House Passes Bill Banning Waterboarding
Britain Sees Role for Taliban in Afghanistan
Record Number of Soldiers Commit Suicide
CAMPAIGN 2008
Kucinich Sues to Get on the Texas Ballot

Huckabee Campaigning for 23% Sales Tax
As Primaries Begin, FEC will Shut Down
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
NC Man Ruled Insane in Child's Beheading

Idaho Police Motto: Don't Suffer from PTSD, Cause It
Mom Accuses Jacksonville Pastor of Sending Lewd Text Messages to Daughter
CORRUPTION
Media Wants Access to Tennessee Judge's "Graphic Fantasies" Tape
Ohio Election Official Pleads Guilty to Corruption
Chicago Drug Dealing Cop Sentenced to 25 Years
California Patrolman Accused of Stealing $1 Million worth of Cocaine
HEALTH
Researchers Reverse the Effects of Sleep Deprivation
Study: Most Free Drug Samples go to Wealthy, Insured Patients

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Researcher Accuses Sears of Spreading Spyware

Recent Headlines

2007-12-20T12:57:00.000-08:00

Bush Lawyers Discussed Destroying CIA Tapes Before the Fact
Judge Orders Hearing to see if Bush Violated Court Order
Congress Moves to Ease Access to Public Records
FCC Passes Controversial "Cross Ownership" Rules
Judge Throws Out Florida Voting Law
Carlyle Group Founder Buys the Magna Carta for $21.3 Million
Judge: White House Visitor Logs are Public
Dodd Threatens Filibuster on Warrantless Wiretap Bill
Britain Sees Role for Taliban in Afghanistan
House Passes Bill Banning Waterboarding
U. S. Repatriates 15 Inmates from Guantanamo
Record Number of Soldiers Commit Suicide
Merck Recalls 1 Million Doses of Childhood Vaccine
Bush Vetoes Second Children's Health Care Bill
Gitmo Troops Vandalize Wikipedia
Dad's Plea: "Make VA Go to the Soldier"
Jury Awards 2.5 Million to Woman Misdiagnosed with HIV
Plan to Open Las Vegas "Mob Museum" Gains FBI Support
Evidence from Waterboarding Could be Used in Military Trials
Federal Court Orders Government to Preserve Evidence of Torture
War Court Legal Adviser Won't Say if Waterboarding Violates Geneva Convention
Ex-Halliburton Employee: I was Raped on the Job
State Dept. Retains Manager of Troubled Embassy Project
Flashback! Justice Dept. Conducting Criminal Probe of Baghdad Embassy Contracts
China Warns U. S. to Stay Out of Taiwan
Pharmaceutical drugs made in China may mean trouble for U.S.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Ex-Mormon Cartoonist Tells of Romney's Secret Pledge
Lieberman Endorses John McCain
Ron Paul Raises $6 Million in 24 Hours
Kucinich Excluded from Iowa Debate
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Conservative Student Admits Faking Attack
Millionaires Found Guilty of Treating Maids like Slaves
CORRUPTION
Maine: Audit Finds $100,000 in Fraudulent Misuse
Justice Department Investigating Suspended Federal Judge
Two Plead "No Contest" to Recount Rigging in 2004 Ohio Presidential Race
Georgia Judge Faces Misconduct Charges for Signing Blank Warrants
HEALTH
Dolphin Therapy a Dangerous Fad, Say Researchers

Scientists Cure Mice of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cells

All the Headlines

2007-12-12T18:28:00.000-08:00

Evidence from Waterboarding Could be Used in Military Trials
Federal Court Orders Government to Preserve Evidence of Torture
War Court Legal Adviser Won't Say if Waterboarding Violates Geneva Convention
Ex-Halliburton Employee: I was Raped on the Job
State Dept. Retains Manager of Troubled Embassy Project
Flashback! Justice Dept. Conducting Criminal Probe of Baghdad Embassy Contracts
China Warns U. S. to Stay Out of Taiwan
Pharmaceutical drugs made in China may mean trouble for U.S.
House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites
CIA Destroyed Interrogation Tapes
Romney Says Freedom Requires Religion
Huckabee Says Force behind Rise in Polls "Not Human"
State of Nebraska Spent $265K Caring for Mall Shooter
Supreme Court Ponders Habeas Rights for Guantanamo Prisoners
Scott McClellan Blames Bush for Leak Deceit
Military Demanding Wounded Soldiers' Bonus Money Back
Report: U. S. Prison System a Harmful, Costly Failure
Alberto Gonzales Heckled at University of Florida
California Sues Mattel, Others Over Lead in Toys
Frustrated Moussaoui Judge Questions the Government's Reliability
Krongard Recuses Himself From Blackwater Investigation Also see: 9-11 Insider Trading
CIA Admits to Recording Interrogation of Top Al Queda Captives
Chiquita Banana Accused of Funding Death Squads
Dole Banana Workers Awarded $2.5 Million
Judge Says Hemp Debate Might Be Better Handled in Congress
House Okays Surveillance Oversight Bill
Johns Hopkins Dropout Report Misleading
Diplomats Get Reprieve on Forced Iraq Service
Bush Vetoes Education & Health Bill, Increases Pentagon Spending Instead
U. S. Can Seek Ken Lay's Assets, Judge Rules
Former Pilots, Officials Call For New UFO Probe
UK OK's Extradition of Muslim Cleric to U S
Chalabi Returns to Prominence and Power
Judge Orders White House to Hold Emails
Farmers Ask Federal Court to Disassociate Hemp and Pot
Blackwater Trying For Anti-Narcotics Contract

2007-11-20T13:05:00.000-08:00

Krongard Recuses Himself From Blackwater Investigation Also see: 9-11 Insider Trading
CIA Admits to Recording Interrogation of Top Al Queda Captives
Chiquita Banana Accused of Funding Death Squads
Dole Banana Workers Awarded $2.5 Million
Judge Says Hemp Debate Might Be Better Handled in Congress
House Okays Surveillance Oversight Bill
Johns Hopkins Dropout Report Misleading
Diplomats Get Reprieve on Forced Iraq Service
Bush Vetoes Education & Health Bill, Increases Pentagon Spending Instead
U. S. Can Seek Ken Lay's Assets, Judge Rules
Former Pilots, Officials Call For New UFO Probe
UK OK's Extradition of Muslim Cleric to U S
Chalabi Returns to Prominence and Power
Judge Orders White House to Hold Emails
Farmers Ask Federal Court to Disassociate Hemp and Pot
Blackwater Trying For Anti-Narcotics Contract
Teens Behead, Mutilate Sex Offender
Health Insurance Company Tied Bonuses to Dropping Sick Policy Holders
Losing Firms Log War Contract Complaints
Yahoo Settles Lawsuit over Jailed Chinese Dissidents
War Objector's Second Court Martial Blocked
U S Among Worst in the World for Infant Death
Neil Bush's Education Company Faces Inquiry
FEMA Press Secretary Resigns
Iraq Police Academy Goes Unrepaired
Feds Fight Ruling on National Security Letters
Military's Porn Ban Questioned
Critics Decry U. S. Food Safety System
Bush Vetoes Water Projects Bill
Protesters Stage Waterboarding Outside the Justice Department
CAMPAIGN 2008
Edwards Vows to Reverse Trade Policies

Thompson Adviser a Convicted Cocaine Trafficker
Giuliani Still Working at Firm He Promised to Leave
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Nebraska Police Officer Sentenced to One Year for Sexual Abuse of Inmate
Idaho Daycare Owner Accused of Putting 4-Year-Old in Car Trunk
CORRUPTION
Aspen Police Chief Resigns amid Sexual Harrassment Allegations
Two Plead "No Contest" to Recount Rigging in 2004 Ohio Presidential Race
Sentencing Delayed for Florida Commissioner Convicted of Corruption

HEALTH
Metabolife Founder Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements
FDA Recalls Male Enhancemet Products

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?

MORE GITMO NEWS
Leaked Gitmo Manual Out of Date
47 Gitmo Flights Passed Through Spain

2007-11-05T23:36:00.001-08:00

Iraq Police Academy Goes Unrepaired
Feds Fight Ruling on National Security Letters
Military's Porn Ban Questioned
Critics Decry U. S. Food Safety System
Bush Vetoes Water Projects Bill
Protesters Stage Waterboarding Outside the Justice Department
Cheney Protested Inside, Outside Dallas Speech
Blackwater Owner has Spies for Hire
Bush: No Mukasey, No Attorney General
Waterboarding Used to be a Crime
Iraq Postings Anger US Diplomats
Feds Cut Sentences for Crack Cocaine
Defense Contractor Convicted of Bribery
Cheney Defends CIA Methods in American Legion Speech
Immunity Deal Hampers Blackwater Investigation
Israeli Prime Minister Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
Indian "Slave" Children Making Clothes for GAP
CIA Resumes the Use of Secret Prisons
Blackwater Candidate Drops Out of Congressional Race
Carlyle Group in Talks to Sell 10% Stake to China Also see: Meet the Carlyle Group
CAMPAIGN 2008
Ron Paul Raises $4.2 Million in One Day
Thompson Adviser a Convicted Cocaine Trafficker
Giuliani Still Working at Firm He Promised to Leave
President Richardson would Get to the Bottom of Roswell
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Ice Cream Vendor Sentenced for French-Kissing 9-Year-Old Customer
NE New York School Board Member Resigns Following Sex Charges
CORRUPTION
Two Plead "No Contest" to Recount Rigging in 2004 Ohio Presidential Race
Alaskan Lawmaker Found Guilty of Corruption Charges
Oregon Sheriff on Trial for Warning Employees Against Running Against Him
Prosecutor Sentenced to 10 Years for Stealing and Tampering with Evidence
HEALTH
Metabolife Founder Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements
Bayer Halts Sale of Anti-Bleeding Drug

2007-10-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

Indian "Slave" Children Making Clothes for GAP
CIA Resumes the Use of Secret Prisons
Blackwater Candidate Drops Out of Congressional Race
House Defies Bush, Backs New Health Bill
Ebay Lobbies the CIA
Medical Marijuana Advocate Commits Suicide
Charges Dropped Against Pinochet Family
No Fast Delivery of Ray Gun to Iraq
Coroner: Drugs Caused 9/11 Cop's Death
FEMA Holds Fake News Conference
Army Opens Review into Kuwait Contracts
NBA Easing Gambling Rules for Refs
State Department Struggles to Oversee Private Army
FBI Investigating Nagin and Jefferson, says Legislator
Student Pleads "Not Guilty" to Bomb Charge
Che Guevara's CIA Executioner Selling His Hair at Auction
Ex-Attorney General Says Democrats were Targets
Nursing Home Advocates Protest Outside Carlyle Group Headquarters - Again
Bush Gave Marching Orders on Aggressive Interrogation
$1.2 Billion Given to DynCorp to Train Iraqi Police Unaccounted For
Bush Wants $500 Million for Mexican Drug War
Ecuador Wants Military Base in Miami
Suicidal Miami Teacher Attacks Military Policemen
Blackwater Accused of Tax Evasion
State Dept. wants Boeing Lawsuit Dismissed on account of "State Secrets"
Mistrial Declared for Most in Muslim Charity Trial
Navajos Just Say No to Uranium Mining
Government Stands to Waste $100,000 on Anthrax Vaccine
CAMPAIGN 2008
President Richardson would Get to the Bottom of Roswell

Colbert Reaches Double Digits as Third Party Candidate
Giuliani Defends and Hires Ex-Priest Accused of Molesting Teens
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
"Operation First Light" Nets 104 Fugitive Suspects
Couple Sues over Baby's Seizure

2007-10-24T09:49:00.001-07:00

Navajos Just Say No to Uranium Mining
Che Guevara's CIA Executioner Selling His Hair at Auction
Ex-Attorney General Says Democrats were Targets
Nursing Home Advocates Protest Outside Carlyle Group Headquarters - Again
Bush Gave Marching Orders on Aggressive Interrogation
$1.2 Billion Given to DynCorp to Train Iraqi Police Unaccounted For
Bush Wants $500 Million for Mexican Drug War
Ecuador Wants Military Base in Miami
Suicidal Miami Teacher Attacks Military Policemen
Blackwater Accused of Tax Evasion
State Dept. wants Boeing Lawsuit Dismissed on account of "State Secrets"
Mistrial Declared for Most in Muslim Charity Trial
DEA Chief to Quit for Motorola Job
Government Stands to Waste $100,000 on Anthrax Vaccine
Sexual Misconduct Plagues U S Schools
Seven Protesters Arrested at Blackwater Headquarters
NJ National Guard Prepares for Largest Mobilization since WWII
Woman Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Military Sensors to China
Gitmo Readied for Post-Castro Refugee Rush
Secret CIA Jails on British Island to be Investigated
Bush Says He is Relevant
Federal Judge Orders Detainee Released
Reconstruction in Iraq at a Crawl, Auditor Reports
Guatemalan Union Head Killed Despite Trade Deal
Saddam's Former Jailer Court Marshaled for Treason
Intelligence Panel Okays Surveillance Bill
Ex-FBI Agent on Trial for Mob Deaths
First Baby Boomer Applies for Social Security
New Suspicion over David Kelly's Death Flashback! Suicide Watch
Pentagon Using "National Security Letters" to Gather Financial Information
CAMPAIGN 2008
Candidate Wives Share Common Platform
Giuliani Defends and Hires Ex-Priest Accused of Molesting Teens
Thompson on Schiavo: I Had to Make Those Decisions (Daughter's Overdose)
Flashback! Thompson: Doesn't Recall Details of Schiavo Case
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Walking for Iraq

West Virginia Baptist Minister Files Lawsuit over Traffic Stop
Pennsylvania Middle School Principal Sentenced for Selling Meth at School
CORRUPTION
Oregon Sheriff on Trial for Warning Employees Against Running Against Him
Ohio Investment Scandal Trial Begins
North Carolina Judge Delays Sentencing for Kidnapping/Drug Dealing
Ex-Indiana Trustee Charged with Stealing $40,000
Houston Judges to Appoint Panel to Review Crime Lab Cases
Florida Police Chief Leaves Scandal-Ridden Department
HEALTH
Biotech Giant Blocks Docs from Cheap Macular Degeneration Drug
Kids Get Correct Medical Care Less than Half the Time
Infants' Cold Medicine Pulled Off the Market
Doctors Flunk Supplement Quiz
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Tests Reveal High Chemical Levels in Kids' Bodies
Are Insects Spying on You?
MORE GITMO NEWS
Portable Halls of Justice Spring Up in Guantanamo
Freed Gitmo Detainee Tells of Desecration

2007-10-15T15:58:00.000-07:00

Ex-FBI Agent on Trial for Mob Deaths
First Baby Boomer Applies for Social Security
New Suspicion over David Kelly's Death Flashback! Suicide Watch

Air Force Acquisition Chief Dies of Apparent Suicide
Pentagon Using "National Security Letters" to Gather Financial Information
Feds Considering Charges in Boot-Camp Death
Lead Found in Popular Lipsticks
Turkey Shells Kurds on Iraq Border
Turkey Warns US on Genocide Resolution
US Anti-War Activists Not Welcome in Canada
Washington Post Reporter Killed in Iraq
Former UN Diplomat Sentenced for Money Laundering
Mukasey Hearing to Probe White House Terror Policies
US, Iraq Discuss Blackwater Expulsion
Israel Opens Criminal Probe Against Prime Minister
Prosecutors Expected to File Charges against Bernard Kerik
NSA Domestic Wiretapping Began 7 Months Before 9-11, Says Convicted Qwest CEO
UK Prisoner Throws "Boiling Oil" on Al Queda Leader
Boot Camp Employees Not Guilty in Boy's Death
CIA Investigating its Inspector General
Rice: Missile Defense Plans to Proceed
CIA Legal Official Quit in Protest of "Enhanced Interrogations"
IRS: Rich Getting Richer
Large Bonuses Keep Experienced Commandos in the Military
Soldiers: Blackwater Guards Fired at Fleeing Cars
CAMPAIGN 2008
Giuliani Spends $13 Million in Third Quarter, Raises $11 Million

Richardson Would Replace U. S. Troops With Arabian Ones
McCain Health Plan Offers $5,000 for Families to Buy Insurance
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Florida Prosecutor Gets 7 Years for Vehicular Homicide
Florida Man Sentenced to Death for Letting Girl get Eaten by Alligators
New Jersey Man Sentenced for Beating Romantic Rival and Stuffing Him into an Oven
Tennessee Minister Indicted on Sex Charges
CORRUPTION
Ohio Investment Scandal Trial Begins

Ex-Indiana Trustee Charged with Stealing $40,000
Houston Judges to Appoint Panel to Review Crime Lab Cases
Florida Police Chief Leaves Scandal-Ridden Department
Connecticut Garbage Executive May Face Arrest
HEALTH
Biotech Giant Blocks Docs from Cheap Macular Degeneration Drug
Kids Get Correct Medical Care Less than Half the Time
Infants' Cold Medicine Pulled Off the Market
Doctors Flunk Supplement Quiz
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Quasar Dust: Where Planets and Humans Come From
Are Insects Spying on You?
GITMO NEWS
Portable Halls of Justice Spring Up in Guantanamo

Freed Gitmo Detainee Tells of Desecration
Charges Filed Against Guantanamo Inmate
ENTERTAINMENT
Britney Turns Herself In
Rapper Wins Awards, is Jailed on Same Day
Accused Uma Thurman Stalker Indicted
Actress Michelle Rodriguez Sentenced to Jail

2007-10-12T12:22:00.000-07:00

Prosecutors Expected to File Charges against Bernard Kerik
NSA Domestic Wiretapping Began 7 Months Before 9-11, Says Convicted Qwest CEO
UK Prisoner Throws "Boiling Oil" on Al Queda Leader
Boot Camp Employees Not Guilty in Boy's Death
CIA Investigating its Inspector General
Rice: Missile Defense Plans to Proceed
CIA Legal Official Quit in Protest of "Enhanced Interrogations"
IRS: Rich Getting Richer
Large Bonuses Keep Experienced Commandos in the Military
Soldiers: Blackwater Guards Fired at Fleeing Cars
U. S. Attack Kills 19 Insurgents (and 9 Children)
Judge Won't Approve Ionic Breeze Settlement
More Than 2,000 Arrest-Related Deaths in 3 Years
Marines Want Afghanistan
State Department may Phase Out Blackwater
Vaccine-Linked Polio Hits Nigeria
Bush Administration Appealing Patriot Act Ruling
Bill to Block Feds from Islamic Convention Booths
Alberto Gonzales Hires Defense Attorney
Democrats Pass Bi-Partisan Bill to Stop War Profiteering
US Switches Resources to Fight Terror
GAO Study Reveals Boot Camp "Nightmare"
CAMPAIGN 2008
Richardson Would Replace U. S. Troops With Arabian Ones
McCain Health Plan Offers $5,000 for Families to Buy Insurance
Ron Paul Says Freedom Under Siege
Former Mexico President Fox Wants Hillary in White House
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
3 Year Old Wisconsin Boy Goes Joyriding in his Power Wheels
Man Faces 5 Years for Beating, Tasering, and Drowning Possum
Colorado Foster Mom held in 2-Year Old's Death
Former Missouri Family Services Worker Admits Role in Child Porn Ring
Oregonians Panhandling for Reparations
Would-Be Anarchist Facing Federal Charges
CORRUPTION
Aspen Police Chief Accused of Sexual Harrassment
Houston Judges to Appoint Panel to Review Crime Lab Cases
Florida Police Chief Leaves Scandal-Ridden Department
Connecticut Garbage Executive May Face Arrest
Wisconsin Political Public Urination Civil Rights Lawsuit can Proceed
Police Face Excessive Force Suit
HEALTH
Biotech Giant Blocks Docs from Cheap Macular Degeneration Drug
Kids Get Correct Medical Care Less than Half the Time
Infants' Cold Medicine Pulled Off the Market
Doctors Flunk Supplement Quiz
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Quasar Dust: Where Planets and Humans Come From
Are Insects Spying on You?
GITMO NEWS
Freed Gitmo Detainee Tells of Desecration
Charges Filed Against Guantanamo Inmate
ENTERTAINMENT
Police Raid Los Angeles Homes in Anna Nicole Smith Investigation
Accused Uma Thurman Stalker Indicted
Actress Michelle Rodriguez Sentenced to Jail
David Spade Donates $25K to Slain Officer's Family

2007-10-10T11:08:00.000-07:00

Vaccine-Linked Polio Hits Nigeria
State Department may Phase Out Blackwater
Kids Get Correct Medical Care Less than Half the Time
Bush Administration Appealing Patriot Act Ruling
Bill to Block Feds from Islamic Convention Booths
Alberto Gonzales Hires Defense Attorney
Democrats Pass Bi-Partisan Bill to Stop War Profiteering
US Switches Resources to Fight Terror
GAO Study Reveals Boot Camp "Nightmare"
School Shooting in Cleveland
Bush Wants Immunity for Telecoms
US Military HQ at Baghdad Airport Hit by Mortars
Chicago Police to Disband Elite Unite for Rampant Misconduct
LBJ Sought Advice from Ike
US Embassy Opening Delayed Indefinitely in Baghdad
Israeli Prime Minister Questioned in Corruption Probe
Britain to Offer Iraqis Asylum Deal
Judge Stops Transfer of Guantanamo Prisoner
Bin Laden May be in City, Not Cave
45 Killed in Government Attack in Darfur Town
Dallas Rapid Transit Officer Indicted for Kidnapping, Rape
Iraq Wants $136 Million Payout from Blackwater
Insurgents Kill 57 in Iraq
Bush Approval Back to Low 30s
Music Industry to Target CD Burners, Radio Listeners
Turkey Prepares to Invade Iraq
2 More Iraqis Killed by US Mercenaries
Backlog, Quotas Overwhelm Patent Examiners
Also see:
Chief Administrative Officer of the Patent Office is a Bush Crony
Democrats Ready to Extend Wiretap Power
American Electric to Pay $4.6 Billion in Pollution Fines
Halliburton Employees Sue: "A Scandal of Epic Proportions"
Rodent Head Safe to Eat, Wal-Mart Customer Told
CAMPAIGN 2008
McCain Health Plan Offers $5,000 for Families to Buy Insurance
Ron Paul Says Freedom Under Siege
Former Mexico President Fox Wants Hillary in White House
Four Democrats to Skip Michigan Primary
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Would-Be Anarchist Facing Federal Charges

Cop Who Fell on Job Sues Family of Baby that Almost Drowned
Grandmother Hangs Herself After Drowning Grandson
Texas Man Freed after 12 Years for Rape He Didn't Commit
Oklahoma Couple Killed While Waving for Help
CORRUPTION
NJ Gambling Cops Want to Withdraw Guilty Plea
Kentucky Sheriff Indicted on Weapons Charge
Deputy Accused of Using Position to Meet Women
Tennessee Sheriff Busted for Painkillers
Drug Task Force Agent Indicted on Embezzlement Charge
Ex-Officer Sentenced for Sexual Misconduct in Oregon
HEALTH
Migraine Drugs Might Help Alcoholics
Doctors Flunk Supplement Quiz
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Quasar Dust: Where Planets and Humans Come From
Are Insects Spying on You?
MORE GITMO NEWS
Gitmo, America's Black Hole
Freed Gitmo Detainee Tells of Desecration
Gitmo Detainees on Supreme Court Docket
New Military Court Clears Path for Dozens of Gitmo Trials
ENTERTAINMENT
Bobby Brown Recovering Following Heart Attack
David Spade Donates $25K to Slain Officer's Family
Keifer Sutherland Going to Jail
Britney to Turn Herself In

2007-10-09T08:01:00.000-07:00

Israeli Prime Minister Questioned in Corruption Probe
Chicago Police to Disband Elite Unite for Rampant Misconduct
Judge Stops Transfer of Guantanamo Prisoner
US Embassy Opening Delayed Indefinately in Baghdad
Music Industry to Target CD Burners, Radio Listeners
Britain to Offer Iraqis Asylum Deal
Bin Laden May be in City, Not Cave
Dallas Rapid Transit Officer Indicted for Kidnapping, Rape
45 Killed in Government Attack in Darfur Town
Insurgents Kill 57 in Iraq
Iraq Wants $136 Million Payout from Blackwater
2 More Iraqis Killed by US Mercenaries
Bush Approval Back to Low 30s
Supreme Court Won't Hear Torture Appeal
Turkey Prepares to Invade Iraq
Bush Blows Al-Queda Link
Backlog, Quotas Overwhelm Patent Examiners
Also see:
Chief Administrative Officer of the Patent Office is a Bush Crony
Democrats Ready to Extend Wiretap Power
American Electric to Pay $4.6 Billion in Pollution Fines
Halliburton Employees Sue: "A Scandal of Epic Proportions"
Rodent Head Safe to Eat, Wal-Mart Customer Told
Bush, Texas at Odds over Execution
Plan to Sell Iraqis M-16s Triggers Controversy
Afghanistan Executes 15 Convicts
Carlyle Group Moves Closer to IPO
Insure 10 Million Children = 40 Days in Iraq
Applications for 32 New Nuclear Reactors Expected
Six Years Into War, US Expanding Afghan Base
CIA Man Has "No Regrets" about Che Guevara Execution
CAMPAIGN 2008
Four Democrats to Skip Michigan Primary
Floriday Republicans "Walk the Walk" with Minorities
Former Mexico President Fox Wants Hillary in White House
Edwards Slams Clinton Stratigist's Ties to Blackwater
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Texas Man Freed after 12 Years for Rape He Didn't Commit
Grandmother Hangs Herself After Drowning Grandson
Alabama Man Arrested for Selling Snakes on the Internet
Oklahoma Couple Killed While Waving for Help
3 Charged in Memphis Football Player's Murder
Dallas Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Dog's Death
CORRUPTION
Tennessee Sherriff Busted for Painkillers
Ex-Officer Sentenced for Sexual Misconduct in Oregon
Deputy Accused of Using Position to Meet Women
Humane Society Officer Sentenced to Jail for Misuse of Credit Card
Drug Task Force Agent Indicted on Embezzlement Charge
8 Men Indicted as Favor to Prosecutor's Friend?
HEALTH
Migraine Drugs Might Help Alcoholics
Tasmanian Devil Cancer is Contagious
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Are Insects Spying on You?
Texas Investor Wants Space Station for Orbiting Pharma Lab
MORE GITMO NEWS
Gitmo, America's Black Hole
Freed Gitmo Detainee Tells of Desecration
Gitmo Detainees on Supreme Court Docket
New Military Court Clears Path for Dozens of Gitmo Trials
ENTERTAINMENT
David Spade Donates $25K to Slain Officer's Family
Keifer Sutherland Going to Jail
Britney to Turn Herself In
Hospital Workers Suspended for Leaking George Clooney Records

2007-10-08T08:55:00.000-07:00

Monday, October 08, 2007
Backlog, Quotas Overwhelm Patent Examiners
Also see:
Chief Administrative Officer of the Patent Office is a Bush Crony
Democrats Ready to Extend Wiretap Power
American Electric to Pay $4.6 Billion in Pollution Fines
Halliburton Employees Sue: "A Scandal of Epic Proportions"
Rodent Head Safe to Eat, Wal-Mart Customer Told
Afghanistan Executes 15 Convicts
Plan to Sell Iraqis M-16s Triggers Controversy
Churchgoers' Help Sought in Abuse Payouts
"Economan" Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Stem Cell Researchers Win Nobel Prize
Carlyle Group Moves Closer to IPO
British to Reduce Iraq Troops to 2,500
Applications for 32 New Nuclear Reactors Expected
Insure 10 Million Children = 40 Days in Iraq
Six Years Into War, US Expanding Afghan Base
Heat Kills 1, Sickens 300 at Chicago Marathon
CIA Man Has "No Regrets" about Che Guevara Execution
Internet Vigilantes Expose Handicapped Parking Abusers
Saudi Gitmo Detainees Get Gift
Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans
U. S. Embassy in Baghdad to Open Late $144 Million Over Budget
Antique Planes Violate Bush No-Fly Zone
Guard Suffocated Teen, Coroner Says
Technology would Detect Terrorists Before they Attack
Accounts Differ in US Attack in Baghdad
CAMPAIGN 2008
Edwards Slams Clinton Stratigist's Ties to Blackwater
Clinton: Trade Deals Need to be Rejudged
Romney Confronted With Medical Marijuana Issue
Florida Democrats Suing the DNC
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Dallas Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Dog's Death
Oregon Pipe Bomber Gets 73 Years
McDonald's Worker Wins Strip Search Suit
Teens Set Homeless Man on Fire in Harlem
Indiana Predator Targets Real Estate Agents
Idaho Prosecutor's Son Charged With Child Porn
Alabama Woman Accused of Poisoning Boyfriend
Push-Ups in the Courtroom
CORRUPTION
Deputy Accused of Using Position to Meet Women
Humane Society Officer Sentenced to Jail for Misuse of Credit Card
Drug Task Force Agent Indicted on Embezzlement Charge
8 Men Indicted as Favor to Prosecutor's Friend?
Prosecutor Back in Court as Defendant
Diamonds, Spa Visits Charged on Georgia State Credit Cards
HEALTH
FDA Seeks Warnings for Imaging Drugs
Appendix Isn't Useless After All
SCIENCE & TECHNOLGY
Walruses Invade Alaska Beaches, Alarming Conservationists
Texas Investor Wants Space Station for Orbiting Pharma Lab
MORE GITMO NEWS
Gitmo, America's Black Hole
Freed Gitmo Detainee Tells of Desecration
Gitmo Detainees on Supreme Court Docket
New Military Court Clears Path for Dozens of Gitmo Trials
ENTERTAINMENT
Imus Coming Back to the Airwaves
Judge Recognizes Snoop Dog
Diddy Gets Sued, Acknowledges Daughter
Lil Wayne Busted in Boise

2007-10-07T22:38:00.000-07:00

Headlines from Sunday, October 07, 2007
Saudi Gitmo Detainees Get Gift
Sheriff's Deputy Kills 6
Guantanamo Prosecutor Steps Down
Longest Serving Guardsmen Denied Benefits
Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans
U. S. Embassy in Baghdad to Open Late $144 Million Over Budget
Chavez Accuses US of Inciting Military Rebellion
Guard Suffocated Teen, Coroner Says
Oral Roberts University Lawsuit
Accounts Differ in US Attack in Baghdad
Turkey Denies Airspace to Iraq-bound Airline
Lawsuit Against Blackwater Aircraft Operator Can Proceed
Technology would Detect Terrorists Before they Attack
Congress Asked to Stop Export of Doomed Horses
CIA Officer Named to Cuba-Venezuea Post
Concerns about Mercenaries Ignored, Officials Say
CAMPAIGN 2008
Florida Democrats Suing the DNC
Romney Leads GOP
Romney Takes Aim at Guiliani
Obama Drawing Crowds in Iowa
More Campaign 2008 News
AROUND THE USA
Lacrosse Players File Federal Lawsuit
Shopper Sues K-Mart over Toilet Paper Tax
Indiana Predator Targets Real Estate Agents
Idaho Prosecutor's Son Charged With Child Porn
Alabama Woman Accused of Poisoning Boyfriend
Push-Ups in the Courtroom
CORRUPTION
Indiana Trustee Accused of Helping Himself to Federal Grant Money
Illinois P rison Reform Lobbyist Charged in Kickback Case
Diamonds, Spa Visits Charged on Georgia State Credit Cards

MORE GITMO NEWS
Gitmo, America's Black Hole
Freed Gitmo Detainee Tells of Desecration
Gitmo Detainees on Supreme Court Docket
New Military Court Clears Path for Dozens of Gitmo Trials

2007-10-04T00:01:00.000-07:00

Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
From the New York Times
Excerpt: When the Justice Department publicly declared torture �abhorrent� in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited presidential authority to order brutal interrogations.

But soon after Alberto R. Gonzales�s arrival as attorney general in February 2005, the Justice Department issued another opinion, this one in secret. It was a very different document, according to officials briefed on it, an expansive endorsement of the harshest interrogation techniques ever used by the Central Intelligence Agency.

The new opinion, the officials said, for the first time provided explicit authorization to barrage terror suspects with a combination of painful physical and psychological tactics, including head-slapping, simulated drowning and frigid temperatures.

Mr. Gonzales approved the legal memorandum on "combined effects" over the objections of James B. Comey, the deputy attorney general, who was leaving his job after bruising clashes with the White House. Disagreeing with what he viewed as the opinion�s overreaching legal reasoning, Mr. Comey told colleagues at the department that they would all be "ashamed" when the world eventually learned of it. More

2007-10-02T21:03:00.000-07:00

Report: Millions Wasted on Government Travel
From AP via the Raleigh News Observer
Excerpt: Federal employees wasted at least $146 million over a one-year period on business- and first-class airline tickets, in some cases simply because they felt entitled to the perk, congressional investigators say.
A draft report by the Government Accountability Office, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, is the first to examine compliance with travel rules across the federal government following reports of extensive abuse of premium-class travel by Pentagon and State Department employees.

The review of travel spending by more than a dozen agencies from July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, found 67 percent of premium-class travel by executives or their employees, worth at least $146 million, was unauthorized or otherwise unjustified.

Among the worst offenders: the State Department, whose employees typically fly abroad on official business.

Many of the cases involved high-ranking senior officials or political appointees who claimed exceptions to federal travel rules by citing old medical records or questionable approval from a subordinate employee.

Investigators found that senior officials often flew business- or first-class because they felt entitled to the perk. Report: Millions Wasted on Government Travel

2007-09-23T20:29:00.000-07:00

At Nation's Nursing Homes, Profits Rise as Care Slips
From the Boston Globe
Excerpt: Habana Health Care Center, a 150-bed nursing home in Tampa, was struggling when a group of large private investment firms purchased it and 48 other nursing homes in 2002.

The facility's managers quickly cut costs. Within months, the number of clinical registered nurses at the home was half what it had been a year earlier, records collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicate. Budgets for nursing supplies, resident activities, and other services also fell, Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration said.

The investors and operators were soon earning millions of dollars a year from their 49 homes.

Residents fared less well. Over three years, 15 at Habana died from what families contend was negligent care in lawsuits filed in state court. Regulators repeatedly warned the home that staff levels were below mandatory minimums. When regulators visited, they found malfunctioning fire doors, unhygienic kitchens, and a resident using a broken leg brace.

"They've created a hellhole," said Vivian Hewitt, who sued Habana in 2004 when her mother died after a large bedsore became infected by feces. Habana is one of thousands of nursing homes that large Wall Street investment companies have bought or agreed to acquire in recent years. ...

... Those investors include prominent private equity firms like Warburg Pincus and the Carlyle Group, better known for buying companies like Dunkin' Donuts.

2007-09-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

Carlyle Group Sells Stake to Abu Dhabi Government
From the Financial Times
Excerpt: (The) Carlyle (Group) agreed on Thursday to sell a 7.5 per cent stake in itself to an arm of Abu Dhabi�s government � the latest US private equity group to bring in a sovereign wealth fund as a big investor.

Blackstone sold a near 10 per cent stake in its management company to the Chinese government in May. A different arm of the Abu Dhabi government bought a stake in Apollo Management in July. Selling stakes to international sovereign wealth funds has become a popular way for US buy-out groups to cash in on their booming businesses while expanding their influence in new markets. The Carlyle deal demonstrates that the credit squeeze has not halted such transactions.

The investment comes as Carlyle faces pressure on Capitol Hill from lawmakers who want to impose a tax hike on the private equity industry.

The deal could also come under political scrutiny if Carlyle pursues sensitive takeovers in areas such as defence, technology or critical infrastructure.
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2007-09-19T06:01:00.000-07:00

Baghdad Travel Suspended following Mercenary Killings
From the North County Times (San Diego/Riverside, CA)
Excerpt: Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday disputed Blackwater USA's version of a weekend shooting that left at least 11 people dead and declared he would not tolerate "the killing of our citizens in cold blood."

Land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials outside the fortified Green Zone remained suspended for a second day after Iraqi authorities ordered Blackwater to stop working as an investigation continues into the Sunday incident.

The Moyock, N.C.-based firm is the main provider of bodyguards and armed escorts for American government civilian employees in Iraq.

Americans and Iraqis have offered widely differing accounts of the Sunday incident, with Blackwater insisting that its guards returned fire against armed insurgents who were threatening American diplomats. ...

... Iraqis have long resented the presence of the estimated 48,000 private security contractors _ including about 1,000 Blackwater employees _ considering them a mercenary force that runs roughshod over civilians in their own country.

Blackwater, whose convoys of SUVs careen through the streets with weapons displayed, has been singled out for much of the criticism. "Blackwater has a reputation. If you want over-over-the-top, gun-toting security with high profile and all the bells and whistles, Blackwater are the people you are going to go with," said James Sammons, a former Australian Special Air Service commander who now works for British-based AKE Group that also provides security in Iraq.
Baghdad Travel Suspended following Mercenary Killings

2007-09-11T20:18:00.000-07:00

U.S.: Saudis Still Filling Al Qaeda's Coffers
From ABC News
Excerpt: Despite six years of promises, U.S. officials say Saudi Arabia continues to look the other way at wealthy individuals identified as sending millions of dollars to al Qaeda.

"If I could somehow snap my fingers and cut off the funding from one country, it would be Saudi Arabia," Stuart Levey, the under secretary of the Treasury in charge of tracking terror financing, told ABC News.

Despite some efforts as a U.S. ally in the war on terror, Levey says Saudi Arabia has dropped the ball. Not one person identified by the United States and the United Nations as a terror financier has been prosecuted by the Saudis, Levey says.

"When the evidence is clear that these individuals have funded terrorist organizations, and knowingly done so, then that should be prosecuted and treated as real terrorism because it is," Levey says.

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2007-08-30T22:17:00.000-07:00

U.S. Weapons, Given to Iraqis, Move to Turkey
From the New York Times
Excerpt: Weapons that were originally given to Iraqi security forces by the American military have been recovered over the past year by the authorities in Turkey after being used in violent crimes in that country, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

The discovery that serial numbers on pistols and other weapons recovered in Turkey matched those distributed to Iraqi police units has prompted growing concern by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates that controls on weapons being provided to Iraqis are inadequate. It was also a factor in the decision to dispatch the department�s inspector general to Iraq next week to investigate the problem, the officials said.
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2007-08-27T07:23:00.000-07:00

Witnesses In Army Trial Killed In Crash
From the Army Times
Excerpt: "A Honolulu TV station reports that some of the 10 Hawaii-based soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq last week had been scheduled to testify against their former platoon sergeant.
The charges involve the alleged murder of an Iraqi detainee.
The KITV report does not name any of the soldiers or say how many were to be involved in the case against Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales of San Antonio. A preliminary hearing of the case is set for October in Hawaii." More