The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Wednesday criticizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Customs and Border Protection Agency's Automated Targeting System [DHS backgrounder, PDF;...
The California Supreme Court denied review of a lower court ruling Wednesday, effectively allowing the continuation of a state-sponsored program for stem cell research operated by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine [official...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) considered replacing at least 26 of 93 US Attorneys between February 2005 and December 2006, a much higher number than previously acknowledged by officials, according to a report in Thursday's Washington Post. Documents...
Sandra and Roberta Cote-Whitacre et al. v. Department of Public Health, Suffolk Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 10, 2007 [ruling that a 1913 Massachusetts statute which forbids recognition of Massachusetts marriages of couples who are "expressly prohibited" from marrying...
Suspended Romanian President Traian Basescu Wednesday continued to speak out against political corruption while facing a Saturday impeachment referendum. Basescu was suspended by the opposition-dominated parliament in April for allegedly abusing...
US mining executive Richard Ness , the regional chief executive of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation , filed a civil lawsuit against the New York Times (NYT) in Indonesia Wednesday. Last month...
Culture, Media and Sport - Fifth Report, UK House of Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee, May 16, 2007 ....
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area v. US Department of the Treasury, US District Court for the Northern District of California, May 16, 2007 ....
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) called for the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Wednesday, a day after hearing testimony from former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey regarding an attempt by...
Fifteen activists involved in a prayer vigil calling for the release of Myanmar Nobel laureate and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi were arrested Wednesday and released later in the day by the military government...