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Military Contractor Sets Up Sexual Trysts Between Inmates, Prostitutes
PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — A contractor employee at Fort Lee who allowed inmates he supervised to have sex with prostitutes will spend four months on probation. Media outlets report that 49-year-old Donald...
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US Federal Judge Orders Argentina To Pay More Than $1 Billion In Debt
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has finally run out of wiggle room in a billion-dollar showdown over foreign debts unpaid since the country’s world-record default a decade ago, and the stakes...
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Court Lets Stand Obama’s China Wind Farm Ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Friday she can’t overturn President Barack Obama’s decision to revoke a Chinese company’s purchase of four wind farm projects in the vicinity of a U.S. naval...
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Guantanamo Detainees Ask Federal Judge To Stop ‘Genital Searches’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees are asking a federal judge to stop what they describe as new “genital searches” for detainees who want to meet with their lawyers. The lawyers say...
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Judge: Supreme Court Sign Ban Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON — In a case that could end with the Supreme Court deciding how much free speech to allow on its own doorstep, a federal judge has thrown out a law barring processions and expressive banners...
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Unpaid Internships in Jeopardy After Court Ruling
WASHINGTON — Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries,...
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U.S. Judge In Microsoft Antitrust Case Dies At 76
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a historic Microsoft antitrust case and the drug possession trial of former Mayor Marion Barry, has died....
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Judge Upholds Law Meant To Keep Minors Out Of Porn
A federal law requiring pornography producers to verify performers are at least 18 years of age withstood an industry challenge Thursday after a federal judge rejected arguments the measure imposes...
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Fed Judge: Obama Administration Stance On Drone Suit ‘Disconcerting’
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge finds “disconcerting” the Obama administration’s position that courts have no role in a lawsuit over drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen. U.S....
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Armstrong Urges Federal Judge To Dismiss Lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cyclist Lance Armstrong urged a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss the Justice Department’s False Claims Act lawsuit against him, arguing that that the Postal Service got its money’s...
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Federal Judge Refuses To Block New Meat Industry Label Rules
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to block new rules that require the meat industry to include specific information about the origin of their products on labels. Industry groups say...
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Judge Warns Government Against ‘Trying To Hide’ Immigrant Docs From ACLU
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York judge is scolding the government for failing to give a civil rights group documents about thousands of immigrant detainees held for months or years. Judge...
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Carroll County Will Comply With Judge’s Prayer Order
WESTMINSTER, Md. — The Carroll County Commissioners say they’ll reluctantly obey a federal judge’s order barring them from starting their public meetings with sectarian prayers. The five-member,...
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Federal Judge Says Supreme Court Needs To ‘STFU’
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – After the controversy over the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, one federal judge is making his disapproval known in a very explicit manner. Writing in his personal blog...
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Federal Judge Orders IRS To Explain Lost Emails
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge is ordering the IRS to explain under oath how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency’s tea party controversy. U.S. District Judge Emmet...
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Senator: Drop Nomination Of Controversial Judge
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s controversial selection of Michael Boggs to become a federal judge in Georgia lacks enough votes to survive and the nomination should be withdrawn, the chairman of...
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