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Feds Want To Keep Jared Loughner Medicated

AP | JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Tucson Shooting Rampage, Jared Lee Loughner, Tucson Shooting, Tucson, Forcible Medication, Jared Loughner Forcible Medication, Feds, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner Forcible Medication, Jared Loughner, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Crime News

PHOENIX — The suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage should remain forcibly medicated with psychotropic drugs despite his lawyers' claims that d...

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Twitter Reportedly Under Federal Investigation

Business Insider | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Federal Investigation, Anti-Trust, Twitter, Ftc, Biz Stone, Developers, Feds, Tweetdeck, Investigation, Third Party Developers, Technology News

The Federal Trade Commission is actively investigating Twitter and the way it deals with the companies building applications and services for its plat...

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The Fed's 'White Whale' Of Insider Trading

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hedge Fund Insider Trading, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Steve Cohen, Hedge Funds, Feds, SAC Capital, Blackstone, Steven A. Cohen, Business News

NEW YORK/BOSTON (By Matthew Goldstein and Svea Herbst-Bayliss) - Soon after prosecutors charged two of his former employees with trafficking in co...

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Feds SUE NYC, Say City Committed Medicaid Fraud

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Feds Sue Nyc, Feds, Medicaid, Ny News, New York News

NEW YORK — The federal government sued the city of New York on Tuesday for Medicaid fraud, accusing it of overcharging the program tens of milli...

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Hawaii County Files Trespassing Charges Against Census Worker Russell Haas

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Census, Law, Anti Government, Census Bureau, Police, Russell Haas, States Rights, District Attorney, Hawaii, Feds, Honolulu, Politics News

HONOLULU — In these divisive times, Census worker Russell Haas has come to expect some resistance when he goes door to door to count the residen...

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Obama Memo Gives More Benefits To Federal Workers' Same-Sex Partners

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Same Sex, Congress, Benefits, Domestic Partners, Feds, Day Care, Gay Families, Gay Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Memo, Lesbians, Gays, Extended Leave, Gay Marriage, Federal Employees, Civil Rights, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered government agencies Wednesday to extend additional benefits to same-sex partners of federal employee...

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BP Oil Spill Causes Huge Drop In Value, But Company Will Likely Survive

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liability Cap, Cap, Court, Shareholders, BP Oil Spill, Doj, Oil Spill, Lawsuits, Feds, Stock Market, Gulf Oil Spill, Stock Price, Company, Investors, Green News

NEW YORK — BP is probably sturdy enough to survive the worst oil spill in U.S. history. But investors are shaving billions of dollars off its va...

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U.S. Considering Criminal Case Against BP

LA Times | Richard A. Serrano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, White House, Doj, Size, Estimates, British Petroleum, Feds, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Lawsuit, Cleanup, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Criminal Charges, Leak, Tony West, Gulf of Mexico, Green News

A team of top federal prosecutors and investigators has taken the first steps toward a formal criminal investigation into oil giant BP's actions befor...

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Monica Conyers, Wife To John Conyers, Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Detroit Bribes

AP / Huffington Post | ED WHITE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conyers, Detroit City Council, Avern Cohn, Guilty Plea, Monica Conyers, Prison, Detroit, Feds, Sentencing, Jail, Bribes, Bribery, John Conyers, Politics News

DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit city councilwoman was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for bribery after a federal judge r...

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Feds Interview Northwest Pilots Who Overshot Minneapolis Airport

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Minnesota, Crime, Minneapolis, Pilots, Missed Airport, Investigation, Ntsb, Air Safety, Overshot, Crew, Feds, Northwest Pilots, Delta, Sleeping, Asleep, Overshoot, Probe, Home News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Federal investigators interviewed the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on ...

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Feds Move To Seize 4 Mosques, Tower Linked To Iran

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alavi Foundation, Feds, Iran, Mosques Seized, Iran Mosques, Alavi, Alavi Foundation of New York, Alavi Foundation Wiki, Four Mosques Seized, Feds Move to Seize 4 Mosques, Maryland Mosque Seized, Siezing of Mosques, Houston Mosque Seized, World News

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organiza...

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China Swaps US Debt for Equity: All Problems Solved!

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Bearish, Recession, Federal Reserve, Obama, China, Bullish-Market, Goldman Sachs, Unemplyment, Trade Deficit, Lehman Brothers, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Feds, Economic Recovery, Ben Bernanke, Funny, Comedy News, North Korea, Comedy News

Goldman Sachs has announced that its Treasury Dept. has completed a debt for equity swap with the People's Republic of China, effectively solving most of America's problems.

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Fed Releases Rare "Snapshot" on Economy

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Funny, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Feds, Federal Reserve, Economic Recovery, V Graph, Ben Bernanke, Train Wreck, Bearish, Bullish-Market, Unemplyment, Snapshot, Recession, Comedy News

In a rare glimpse behind the closed-doors of The Federal Reserve, Chairman Ben Bernanke released a snapshot of the economy they have been looking at for months.

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Piaget Building Examined By Feds: Links Between Iran, Skyscraper Suspected

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Piaget Building, New York-New York, Piaget Building Nyc, Mosques, Feds, Federal Prosecutors, Seizure, Iran, Seized by Feds, Piaget Building Seized, New York, New York City, Islamic Republic of Iran, Piaget Building Specs, Piaget Building New York, Alavi Foundation, Piaget Building Model, New York News

UPDATE: Despite being known to some as the Piaget Building, luxury Swiss jeweler Piaget wrote in a statement that "the company does not own the buildi...

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The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Moonbow, Civil War, Stockholder, Whiskey Rebellion, Newport, Marijuana, Feds, Barter System, Prohibition, Politics News

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

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Najibullah Zazi: Feds Prepare Charges Against Airport Shuttle Driver In Terror probe

AP/ The Huffington Post | By STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Al Qaida, Terror Probe, Terrorism, Fbi, Terrorism Probe, Feds, Najibullah Zazi, New York, Denver, Denver News

UPDATE From CNN: FBI agents raid home of man questioned in terror plot: AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- FBI agents late Saturday arrested Najibullah Zazi, ...

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Feds Recover 18-Carat Gold Bookmark That Reportedly Belonged To Hitler

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eva Braun, Feds, Hitler Boomark, Adolf Hitler, Bookmark, Home News

SEATTLE — Authorities have recovered a stolen 18-carat gold bookmark that reportedly was given to Adolf Hitler by his longtime mistress, Eva Bra...

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Take Back Your Money

Jon Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Freddie Mac, Fdic, Money, Revolution, Bank Run, Indymac, Fannie Mae, Banks, Bear Stearns, Feds, Bank Runs, Saving Money, Business News

Want to know how to take back this country, or start a revolution? The answer is as obvious as the nose on your face. Banks. Take your money out of t...

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