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Lawyers Earn $4.3M in Fees From Law They Wrote
AP| U.S.
… Rubin, legal director for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area. Avila, Rubin's committee ..... Spakovsky, a former assistant attorney general for civil rights in the George W. Bush administration. "The California …
Story|11/16/2009
Miss. Judge Sentenced to 18 Months for Lying to FBI
AP| U.S.
… 1994 as an assistant district attorney when he helped convict Byron de la Beckwith for the 30-year-old murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Evers was gunned down in 1963. The trial was the basis for the 1996 movie "Ghosts of Mississippi …
Story|11/13/2009
Accused Jaycee Dugard Kidnapper Apologizes in Letter From Jail
AP| U.S.
… mentally competent to stand trial. In a previous letter to the television station, Garrido alleged that Dugard's civil rights were being violated during questioning with authorities.
Story|11/13/2009
Mass. Senate Candidates Battle Over Abortion- Health Protests Pushed
| , FOXNews.com| Politics
… supporters. "Do you think that when they voted on Medicare that it was a perfect bill? Or Social Security? Or the Civil Rights Act? Every one of those bills was major progress with flaws in the bill." The primary will be held on Dec. 8. Seizing …
Story|11/13/2009
U.S. to Seize Mosques, Skyscraper Linked to Iran
AP| U.S.
… a Muslim American major. "Whatever the details of the government's case against the owners of the mosques, as a civil rights organization we are concerned that the seizure of American houses of worship could have a chilling effect on the religious …
Story|11/13/2009
FBI, Muslim Group Relations Remain Strained
| , FOXNews.com| Politics
… they can't come to us with a civil rights complaint," the official said ..... the country on issues related to civil rights ," an aspect of the FBI-CAIR ..... been "talking with" CAIR about a civil rights issue Hooper is particularly invested …
Story|11/12/2009
Jihadists In Military Playing U.S. for Suckers
| - FOXNews.com| Opinion
… quickly followed by "condemnations" from "Muslim civil rights groups," like the Council on American-Islamic Relations ..... raising such questions and becoming the target of " civil rights groups" and politically correct dupes? Intimidating …
Story|11/10/2009
Health Reform Facing Bloody Battle in Senate
FOXNews.com| Hannity
… because we've tied the hands of the intelligence community, that they're so worried about stripping somebody of their civil rights or being accused of falsely accusing somebody and being racially insensitive that they literally are worried themselves …
Story|11/10/2009
Medvedev: Arms Control Deal With U.S. Can Be Reached
AP| World
… Politburo standing on Lenin's Mausoleum in similar coats and hats." Medvedev has championed the rule of law and civil rights , but critics said he has remained in Putin's shadow and failed to add substance to his pledges. Medvedev and Putin …
Story|11/07/2009
Washington State Voters Approve Gay Partnership Measure
AP| Politics
… Council -- say that voter approval of such a measure was a first. Gay equality laws in other states, ranging from civil rights to gay marriage, have either been implemented by the courts or legislative process. Voters have rejected gay marriage …
Story|11/06/2009
