The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dropped a scheduled review of its media ownership rules from the agenda of its scheduled monthly open meeting Thursday. Some of the restrictive rules had been overturned by...
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US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been released from hospital after a two-night stay. He had been "admitted for observation and tests" Wednesday with a high fever, fueling debate over the prospect...
A federal jury in Vermont Thursday recommended the death penalty for Donald Fell, convicted in June of kidnapping and murdering a supermarket worker in 2000. Vermont hasn't executed a convict since 1954,...
New York Gov. George Pataki Wednesday signed a bill allowing the direct shipment of wines into and out of New York, ending limitations that have hampered wine sales since the repeal of Prohibition more than...
The UN's Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has joined Amnesty International in asking Colombian President Alvaro Uribe not to ratify the Justice and Peace Law, which was recently approved by the legislature [JURIST...
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs , said Wednesday he expects a settlement in the Corbell v. Norton lawsuit brought by American Indians for back trust royalties owed to them...
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Wednesday upheld a lower court decision that Microsoft Corp. was liable for infringing on an AT&T Corp. patent for converting speech into computer code in copies...
While amended measures to extend the Patriot Act were approved Wednesday by the House Intelligence Committee and the House Judiciary Committee , Senators introduced their own bipartisan bill setting restrictions and time limits. SB 1389, introduced...
As UN General Assembly debate continued Wednesday on a proposed expansion of the UN Security Council, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan weighed in on the general proposition, telling reporters, "The council can be more democratic and more representative." The...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke on Thursday ordered an immediate review of his exclusion and deportation powers. The move in the wake of the London bombings comes after British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that his...
