Investigation dogs Alaska governor - Miami Herald
JUNEAU, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a rising young GOP star mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain, could see her clean-hands reputation damaged by a growing furor over whether she tried to get her former brother-in-law fired as a state

U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules More Federal Intelligence Changes - Washington Post
The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years. The

Gay marriage opponents seek to reverse new law - WXYZ
BOSTON (AP) - The latest twist in the gay marriage fight in Massachusetts is a ballot proposal preventing the unions if they wouldn’t be recognized in the couple’s home state. Brian Camenker of the group Mass Resistance says lawmakers and Governor

Sex Offenders Try to Block Laws Allowing Them to Be ID’d Online - FOX News
LAS VEGAS — Eager to protect children from sexual predators, Nevada and other states across the nation are adopting laws that publicize the names of offenders on the Internet. But sex offenders say they have rights, too, and argue it’s wrong to

DEPP, LAW & FARRELL’S GIFT TO LEDGER’S DAUGHTER - PR Inside
JOHNNY DEPP, JUDE LAW and COLIN FARRELL have donated their fee for completing HEATH LEDGER’s final film role to the late star’s daughter. The acting trio agreed to play versions of Ledger’s character Tim in The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus following

Quotes of note - Boston Globe
“The era of repression is over forever. Dictatorship has become a tale of the past.”– Prime Minister YOUSEF RAZA GILANI of Pakistan, urging President Pervez Musharraf to step down “The only way the turnpike is going to have that money is to increase

Lawyer: Female al-Qaida suspect was set up - MSNBC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for a Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill U.S. military officers in a gunfight in Afghanistan accused the government on Wednesday of setting up her client by planting evidence on her. The lawyer, Elizabeth Fink, also

Lawyer: Pakistani woman set up and tortured - Newsday
The lawyer for a Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan said her client had been mistreated while held overseas and in the United States. Attorney Elizabeth Fink used the word “torture” to describe what she

Seattle attorney finds that the Internet won’t let go of his past - Seattle Times
Seattle attorney finds that the Internet won’t let go of his past A Seattle lawyer is battling to get an old newspaper story about him to stop showing up on Google.

Darren Taylor, 42, gang-peace activist - Boston Globe
LOS ANGELES - Darren “Bo” Taylor, a former member of the Crips who brokered a truce between warring urban gangs after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has died. He was 42. Mr. Taylor died Monday of cancer in San Diego, his sister, Adrienne Galloway, said

Johnson plans to sue former lawyer’s estate - PR Inside
TORONTO (AP) - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson plans to sue his former lawyer’s estate for US$37 million (¤25 million), alleging that Edward Futerman took advantage of his «diminished mental capacities» in «an arrogant, high-handed and