Obama Revives Kennedy-Era Excitement for Democrats Mikva, Minow - Bloomberg
June 19 (Bloomberg) — The lives of Abner Mikva and Newton Minow have been intertwined since 1942, when they were 16 and competed for the editorship of their Milwaukee high-school newspaper. Now 82, they are still working together, energized by their

Md. child seat law to change - Delaware Online
BALTIMORE – Parents of young children are being advised that Maryland’s laws governing child restraints in cars are about to change. Effective June 30, 2008, all children under age 8 will have to ride in a booster seat or other appropriate child

Sweden adopts law allowing official eavesdropping - Oakland Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Sweden’s Parliament narrowly approved a law Wednesday that gives authorities sweeping powers to eavesdrop on all e-mail and telephone traffic that crosses the Nordic nation’s borders. Critics have slammed the law as an

New Year gun killers set to appeal - Hounslow Guardian
Two of the four men found guilty of murdering two teenage girls outside a New Year party plan to appeal against their convictions. The move follows a ruling by the Law Lords on Wednesday which allowed a double murder conviction to be quashed because

Law & Order - Modesto Bee
Father killed boy; child kicked ‘like a soccer ball’ Police shoot, kill man who savagely beat toddler to death near Turlock Quest for answers in toddler’s violent death Books Ceres football coach arrested on drug charges Police shoot, kill man who

FBI estimates $1B in losses from mortgage fraud schemes nationwide - International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : The FBI says it has arrested about 300 real estate brokers since March — including dozens over the last two days — in its crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud that have contributed to America’s housing crisis. One law enforcement