US State Department Outrage

"Palestinians Ask U.S. To Intervene in Suits Over Terrorist Attacks By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Staff WriterTuesday, February 12, 2008; Page A15 The State Department is considering supporting the Palestinian Authority in its quest to avoid paying hundreds of millions...

Personal devices subject to search & seizure without warrant or probable cause

Many years ago the courts in the U.S. gave clear interpretations of the laws concerning search of personal information devices:  devices with limited amounts of memory could be searched by police without a warrant - but search of devices with large amounts of memory...

IIllness outbreak from eating Gulf Fish

" Several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning have been confirmed in consumers who ate fish harvested in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration said this week. The FDA said that fish such as grouper, snapper, amberjack and barracuda represent the...

Federal judge rules flood victims can't sue Corps

"Wednesday January 30, 2008, 3:03 PM, By Susan Finch, Staff writer, Times-Picayune Thousands of homeowners who sued the Army Corps of Engineers over flooding of their property when three New Orleans drainage canal levees failed after Hurricane Katrina are out of luck...

Ketek Side Effects and FDA Under Investigation by Congress

"A congressional subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena former and current Food and Drug Administration investigators to testify about fraudulent clinical data that supported approval of the antibiotic drug Ketek. Ketek was approved in 2004. It is manufactured by Sanofi...

Couple find nearly $12K in 'cold cash'

"JANESVILLE, Wis. - A Janesville couple are hoping they will be allowed to keep the nearly $12,000 in cash they found in their refrigerator when they moved into an apartment. "It would be a very big help," said Colleen Mesler, 65. "We've been waiting and waiting, and...