WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama and Senate Democrats backed down Wednesday from an embarrassing political fight with the man appointed by accused Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill Mr. Obama's Senate seat. Roland Burris looks in to the ...
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AMERICUS, Ga. - Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell has been laid to rest in his hometown in south Georgia, with friends and family looking on. The crowd gathered Wednesday for a 45-minute graveside military funeral in Americus. Bell died ...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco Superior Court judge Wednesday dismissed the lead attorney for an alleged gang member accused of a triple homicide in the city's Excelsior District in 2008, potentially delaying the case significantly. Edwin Ramos, a ...
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BALTIMORE : A grand jury indicted a Baltimore councilwoman and a prominent developer Wednesday, the first public corruption charges in a three-year probe of city finances that has targeted the mayor. Prosecutors said Councilwoman Helen L. Holton, 48 ...
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Two felony charges against Vikings great Carl Eller are being dropped. A judge will rule on two lesser charges stemming from his clash with police last April. An announcement was made Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court. A judge will now ...
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The judge in the murder case against a man accused of killing a San Francisco father and his two sons removed the lead defense attorney Wednesday because of a possible conflict of interest, an action that will delay proceedings by weeks or months. A
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MIAMI -- The Justice Department is appealing a judge's dismissal of a conspiracy charge against a prominent Miami attorney accused of illegal dealings with a Colombian drug kingpin. Prosecutors filed notice of appeal Wednesday in the case of attorney ...
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