Archive for September, 2008

Senator seeks to have sex sting plea voided (Reuters)

Written by on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 in Latest News.

U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho), (R), before the start of the presentation ceremony of the 2007 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medals from U.S. President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 15, 2007. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters – Lawyers for U.S. Sen. Larry
Craig of Idaho questioned a Minnesota Court on Wednesday to void the
guilty plea he made following his arrest last year in a men’s
toilet sex-sting operation.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Police charge man in Philly subway hammer attack (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 in Latest News.

AP – Police have arrested a man suspected of brutally attacking a dozing subway passenger with a hammer while other riders did nothing to stop the assault, the city’s police commissioner said Wednesday.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Pentagon: Afghan strategy not succeeding (Reuters)

Written by on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 in Latest News.

A U.S. soldier keeps watch as a helicopter lands in the Maalistan district of Ghazani province, June 2, 2008. (Shir Ahmad/Reuters)Reuters – The U.S. military conceded it was
not winning the battle against an increasingly deadly
insurgency in Afghanistan and said on Wednesday it would revise
its strategy for the region to include militant safe havens in
neighboring Pakistan.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back



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