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Jackson Doc Hires Attorney
to Meet LAPD

Cops question Murray just to 'fill in blanks,' lawyer says

Jun 27, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Conrad Murray, the man at the center of suspicion surrounding Michael Jackson’s death, hired a lawyer before meeting again with police today, the Los Angeles Times reports. But Murray’s attorney says authorities have assured him the cardiologist isn’t a suspect. “We’ve been told more... More »

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investigation • Los Angeles • autopsy • death • LAPD • Michael Jackson • Conrad Murray

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 No Evidence 
 of Demerol 
 Injection: LAPD  


Jun 26, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities have seen no evidence that Michael Jackson was injected with the painkiller Demerol before his death, a detective tells the Los Angeles Times. The widely reported claims “are coming from outside the investigation,” he said today. Meanwhile, Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, has returned to the city... More »

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entertainment • music • investigation • death • opiates • Michael Jackson • Demerol • Conrad Murray • Los Angeles Police Department

Iranian Leaders at Odds on Election Results

Ministers at odds as violent scenes come to light

Jun 21, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rift is growing between Iran’s political leadership as two top-ranking officials issued opposing statements on the results of the recent presidential election, CNN reports. The country’s parliamentary speaker today suggested Iran’s election authority had sided “with a certain candidate,” while the foreign minister claimed... More »

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Iran • investigation • Ali Larijani • protests • Manouchehr Mottaki • Iranian election

 Berlusconi Faces  
 Prostitution Probe 

Showgirl: I was paid to go to PM's party

Jun 18, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Already in hot water for connections to an 18-year-old model, a “mock marriage,” and a party with topless women, Silvio Berlusconi is now facing a probe into allegations over whether he paid showgirls to attend parties at the Italian PM's residences, the Times of London reports. An inquiry... More »

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prostitution • investigation • Italy • probe • Silvio Berlusconi • showgirls

(Newser) - Three families of victims in the Air France crash have signed on as plaintiffs in a manslaughter probe into the Air France crash, reports the BBC. Under French law, they'll now have access to investigative files. The Paris prosecutor launched the probe last week, which is routine in such cases.... More »

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investigation • prosecutor • crash • plane crash • manslaughter • probe • records • airplane • Air France • Air France Flight 447 • plaintiff

(AP) - Five US contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in Baghdad's Green Zone, officials said today, in what may become the first case of US citizens facing Iraqi justice under a security agreement that took effect this year. But the five have not been... More »

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investigation • murder • contractors • Iraq police • Iraq war

(Newser) - David Carradine’s family has asked the FBI to look into his death, the New York Daily News reports. “They want an investigation,” said a lawyer for Carradine’s brother. The 72-year-old actor was found in a hotel closet in Bankok with a rope tied to his... More »

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entertainment • suicide • investigation • FBI • crime • Thailand • David Carradine

Feds to Probe Murder of Abortion Doc

Suspect may have broken 1994 law regulating clinic access

Jun 5, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal investigators have opened a probe into the murder of abortion provider George Tiller, the AP reports. The Justice Department’s civil rights division will decide if Scott Roeder violated a federal law imposing criminal penalties for harmful conduct against abortion providers and patients. In a brief jailhouse phone interview,... More »

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abortion • Department of Justice • investigation • George Tiller • Scott Roeder

Feds Boost Abortion Clinic Security Amid Tiller Probe

FBI checks earlier vandalism incident

Jun 2, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - US Attorney General Eric Holder boosted security for abortion providers yesterday as the FBI investigated a vandalism incident at the clinic operated by slain doctor George Tiller, the Wichita Eagle reports. Tiller reported a threat last month, days after the Women’s Health Care Services clinic sustained thousands of dollars... More »

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abortion • investigation • FBI • security • Attorney General • vandalism • Eric Holder • clinic • George Tiller • Scott Roeder

Under Fire, USC Drops Ball
in Sports Perks Probe

NCAA expands Bush, Mayo investigation; school takes little action

May 31, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Years after footballer Reggie Bush was accused of accepting gifts from marketers while at USC, the university is still doing almost nothing to investigate the matter, despite the spread of allegations to a top basketball player and coach, the Los Angeles Times reports. Though the NCAA has expanded its own... More »

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investigation • NCAA • University of Southern California • USC • Reggie Bush • OJ Mayo • college basketball • college football

Burris Offered Blagojevich a
Personal Check

FBI tape reveals offer, but the future senator never sent money

May 26, 09 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Ethics Committee will have an interesting conversation to ponder as it considers whether Roland Burris engaged in any shady business before being appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. In an exchange secretly taped by the FBI between Burris and Blago's brother before the gubernatorial scandal... More »

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investigation • Chicago • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • senator • Roland Burris

 Pilot Transcripts Show 
 Idle Talk, Then Terror 

Flight 3407 transcript released ahead of public hearing

May 12, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(AP) - Just seconds before the worst US air crash in more than 7 years, the pilot exclaimed "Jesus Christ" and moments later his first officer screamed as Flight 3407 plunged to the ground. A cockpit voice-recorder transcript released today shows that only minutes before the Feb. 12 crash outside Buffalo,... More »

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investigation • FAA • black box • plane crash • NTSB • pilot • ice • Buffalo • Flight 3407

GOP: Torture Probe Must Include Pelosi

Republicans say speaker knew; hope to quiet Dems on matter

May 11, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - As calls continue for an investigation of Bush administration officials over torture, Republicans think they may have an ace in the hole: Nancy Pelosi, they say, knew waterboarding had taken place but didn’t try to stop it. Some Republicans think threatening the House Speaker will make her and fellow... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • torture • investigation • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • Obama administration

Pilot Training
Faulted in
Buffalo Crash

Captain did opposite
of proper procedure
when plane stalled

May 11, 09 1:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The captain of the commuter plane that crashed in Buffalo in February, killing 50 people, wasn't properly trained on the plane's stall-protection system and had failed several flight tests, the Wall Street Journal reports. When the plane warned of an imminent stall, the pilot did the opposite of proper procedure,... More »

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investigation • FAA • plane crash • NTSB • Continental Airlines • airplane • pilots • Buffalo • Colgan Air

Fleischer: 
Subpoena Me
—I Dare You

Ex-Bush spokesman
would 'be proud to testify' about torture

May 1, 09 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer doesn’t think there should be an investigation of his boss’s torture program. But “I’ll be proud to testify if I get a subpoena,” he said during a panel discussion yesterday. “I’m proud of what we did to protect... More »

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Bush administration • torture • investigation • Guantanamo Bay • subpoena • black sites • Ari Fleischer • Guantanamo prisoners • waterboarding • Gideon Yago

 Craigslist Case 
 Investigators 
 Place Ad on 
 Craigslist 

Seeks other possible victims in case

Apr 24, 09 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators tracking the alleged Craigslist killer's actions are turning to the site at the heart of the case to reach out to more possible victims, the Boston Globe reports. They posted an ad in the site’s “Erotic Services” section reading: “Were you attacked or robbed at a... More »

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investigation • Boston • murder • Facebook • Craigslist • armed robbery • Julissa Brisman • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

 Israel Finds 
 No War Crimes 
 in Gaza Attacks 

Officials say civilian deaths isolated, unintentional

Apr 22, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Israel Defense Forces probe has found that no Gaza civilians were intentionally harmed in Israel’s recent incursion into the region, Haaretz reports. IDF colonels who weren’t involved in the fighting found that the IDF “adhered to international law and maintained a high level of professionalism and... More »

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Israel • investigation • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • war crimes • civilian casualties • Palestinians • probe • Arab Israeli conflict • report

Spain to Indict Gonzales, 'Bush Six' Over Gitmo Torture

Prosecutors seek charges in US officials' Gitmo role

Apr 14, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spanish prosecutors will seek charges against Alberto Gonzales and five other Bush-administration officials over their role in torture at Guantanamo, the Daily Beast reports. The prosecutors plan to announce the probe into the so-called Bush Six today at Spain’s central criminal court. “The evidence provided was more than... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Alberto Gonzales • investigation • Spain • Guantanamo Bay • indictment

 Quake City in Italy 
 Begins Construction Probe  

Rescuers find pillars made of sand

Apr 11, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reeling from the loss of 293 people and counting from this week's earthquake, officials in Italy's regional capital L'Aquila are investigating whether shoddy construction exacerbated the disaster, reports BBC. The probe is expected to focus on modern structures that rose after stringent safety standards were enacted. Rescuers have reported that... More »

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investigation • Italy • construction • earthquake • L'Aquila

(Newser) - A House ethics panel has launched a “preliminary review” of Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr's bid for President Obama’s vacant Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The Office of Congressional Ethics, formed last year as an “investigative entity” of private citizens, will look at communications between... More »

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ethics • Congress • investigation • corruption • House of Representatives • Rod Blagojevich • Jesse Jackson Jr. • Roland Burris • Office of Congressional Ethics

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