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Oakland fires 80 police officers, lists crimes cops will no longer respond to
The Oakland Police Department is feeling the burn of California’s unending budget crisis, as 80 officers were laid off Tuesday night after negotiations between city and police union failed to reach an accord. The department’s chief had said in recent days that unless the city could meet the union’s demands,…
Ex-congressman who allegedly groped staffers claims Cheney wanted to institute ‘coup’
The same ex-congressman who claimed that there was no sexual intent behind his tickling of a staffer has a new one for ya. “Gentlemen, what we have here is a constitutional crisis,” then-Congressman Eric Massa (D-NY) told editors for Esquire Magazine in January. “If what I’ve been told is true…
Sean Penn urges Congress not to forget Haiti
Oscar-winning actor turned activist Sean Penn, who has been working on Haiti aid after the massive January 12 earthquake, urged US lawmakers Wednesday to help reopen Haitian hospitals that have shut down for lack of funds. “The hospitals that do exist have got to be staffed, supplied, administrated to,” said…
Scott Brown accused of sexual harrassment in 2000: report
A blogger at Gawker who uncovered a 2000 sexual harassment lawsuit against Sen. Scott Brown is wondering why the Democratic Party never brought it up as an issue during the special Senate election in January that saw the Republican Brown win the seat long held by Democratic icon Ted Kennedy.…
Milbank: Karl Rove’s book ‘nearly made me choke on a pretzel’
Every reporter loves a good quip. Some are better than others. If an insta-poll were taken among mediaites at-large, seeking the best quips in mainstream press for Saturday, March 6, 2010, Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank would probably take top honors. In his review of Karl Rove’s book “Courage and…
US demands Toyota hand over recall-related documents
The United States on Tuesday demanded Toyota hand over documents to officials investigating some of the Japanese automaker’s recent vehicle recalls to determine whether they met safety obligations. The nation’s auto safety watchdog, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said it was using its statutory authority to obtain the documents…
Shiite group claims kidnapping of US contractor in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - – A Shiite Islamist group on Saturday said it has kidnapped an American military contractor in Iraq and warned of attacks, hours after an Internet video showed the captive man wearing US military uniform.…
Lawsuit: Deputies threatened husband as sheriff fondled wife
A sheriff in rural Tennessee has been accused of threatening a husband and wife by “blowing their f—ing heads off” and “inappropriately” touching the wife during an unwarranted traffic stop. In a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Chattanooga, Shawn and Michelle Graham allege that a group of police…
Haiti PM says more than 200,000 dead
HAITIAN Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says “more than 200,000″ people died in the catastrophic January 12 earthquake that devastated his nation. “There are more than 200,000 people who have been clearly identified as people who are dead,” the prime minister said today. He said another 300,000 injured were being seen…
Mystery shrouds Pakistan Taliban chief’s ‘death’
aMystery deepened over the fate of Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud on Monday following fresh reports of his death as his militant faction promised he would appear alive in a video. US missile attacks have repeatedly targeted Mehsud, the head of Pakistan’s powerful Taliban group and involved in a December…
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