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FBI Agent Kills FL Man During Questioning About Boston Bombing

Jeralyn — 2013-05-22T16:52:00-05:00

The FBI and Boston police were in Florida questioning Ibragim Todashev, an acquaintance of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, when the FBI says he got violent and an FBI agent shot and killed him in self-defense. Here is an interview with a friend of...

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Tuesday Night Open Thread

Jeralyn — 2013-05-21T22:22:52-05:00

Ryan Lizza at the New Yorker has details of the Government's investigation of Fox News Reporter James Rosen. DOJ also got phone records. In South Africa, Oscar Pistorius' brother Carl was acquitted of culpable homicide and lesser charges...

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Jodi Arias Asks Jury to Impose Life Sentence

Jeralyn — 2013-05-21T15:50:01-05:00

Jodi Arias has changed her mind. She wants to live. Today, she spoke to the jury and told them why, and what she can contribute from prison. More here and here. The judge denied a motion for mistrial after a defense witness who would have...

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Zimmerman Defense Pleading on Trayvon Martin's Marijuana Use

Jeralyn — 2013-05-21T15:24:26-05:00

George Zimmerman's attorneys have filed a response to the State's motion to exclude evidence of Trayvon Martin's marijuana use. The pleading is available here and includes this information: From other evidence in the case, it is...

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Vermont Governor Signs "Death With Dignity" Law

Jeralyn — 2013-05-21T10:55:32-05:00

Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed Vermont's "Death With Dignity" law. The law allows doctors to prescribe medication that permitting the terminally ill to end their lives. It takes effect today. The law, which went into effect Monday, allows for...

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Hearing on IRS Underway

Jeralyn — 2013-05-21T10:48:04-05:00

The Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on the IRS targeting of conservative groups. Former acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller is testifying now. You can watch here. Also expected to testify: Former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman....

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Monday Open Thread

Jeralyn — 2013-05-20T15:21:17-05:00

Busy day. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

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Sunday Open Thread

Jeralyn — 2013-05-19T09:31:00-05:00

Our last open thred (Friday) is all filled up. I'm off to a college graduation this morning (which unbelievably is going to last four hours until 1 pm, and then with lunch, till 3pm.) Then I get to rush home to meet Comcast who will try and...

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Jacksonville's "I Spy" Program

Jeralyn — 2013-05-18T16:25:53-05:00

Jacksonville, Florida , and 11 other counties in northeast Florida are the latestto introduce a program encouraging people to report people they see engaging in behavior they deem suspicious and possibly terrorism-related. The program is called...

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Docket: Missing Entries

Jeralyn — 2013-05-18T14:47:42-05:00

Yesterday, the Judge in the Boston bombing case of defendant Dzokhar Tsarnaev issued an order denying a motion filed under seal in which the defense asked to take periodic photographs of Dzhokhar (Jahar) at Devens Medical Facility to be able to...

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Galanter Throws O.J. Simpson Under the Bus

Jeralyn — 2013-05-17T15:22:53-05:00

O.J. Simpson's former attorney, Yale Galanter, threw O.J. under the bus today, testifying O.J. told him he knew others were bringing guns to the hotel room where O.J. planned to retrieve his possessions. He even said O.J. told him he asked the...

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Uzbek Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

Jeralyn — 2013-05-17T14:41:11-05:00

Fazliddin Kurbanov, a 30 year old Uzbek truck driver legally residing in the U.S. has pleaded not guilty to terror charges in Boise, Idaho. He's accused of providing material support to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a designated terrorist...

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Thursday Open Thread

Jeralyn — 2013-05-16T14:15:03-05:00

I'm offline today, here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

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Why the U.S. Wanted to Investigate the AP Leak

Jeralyn — 2013-05-16T10:50:00-05:00

The media uproar over the subpoena of AP telephone records continues. The reason for seizing the records that is being put forth is that it was part of an investigation into intelligence leaks about a new explosive device being made by AQAP in...

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Federal Courts Seek Emergency Funding

Jeralyn — 2013-05-16T08:44:00-05:00

The federal courts are in a state of financial crisis due to sequester. Here is the letter the Federal Judicial Conference sent to the White House yesterday seeking emergency funding. "The judiciary is confronting an unprecedented financial...

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