Biden: Report to clear Obama aides in gov. probe
Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that a report due to be released imminently will show "no inappropriate contact" between President-elect Barack Obama's staff and embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Prosecutor limits Illinois gov. impeachment probe
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked the committee studying impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich not to delve into the criminal charges against the governor, warning that it could "significantly compromise" their investigation.
5 immigrants face life behind bars for Army plot
Five Muslim immigrants face possible life prison terms after being convicted of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers in a case that supporters called entrapment and prosecutors said was a pre-emptive strike against terrorism.
Texas report: Abuse widespread in polygamist
Nearly two-thirds of the families living at a polygamist group's ranch — targeted in a high-profile raid last spring — had children who were abused or neglected, Texas child welfare officials said in a report released Tuesday.
Lesbian's brutal gang rape investigated in Calif.
A woman in the San Francisco Bay area was jumped by four men, taunted for being a lesbian, repeatedly raped and left naked outside an abandoned apartment building, authorities said Monday.
Official says Calif. could be broke in 2 months
California's chief financial officer warned Monday that the state would run out of money in about two months as hopes of a Christmas budget compromise melted into political finger-pointing by the end of the day.
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Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that a report due to be released imminently will show "no inappropriate contact" between President-elect Barack Obama's staff and embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Prosecutor limits Illinois gov. impeachment probe
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked the committee studying impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich not to delve into the criminal charges against the governor, warning that it could "significantly compromise" their investigation.
5 immigrants face life behind bars for Army plot
Five Muslim immigrants face possible life prison terms after being convicted of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers in a case that supporters called entrapment and prosecutors said was a pre-emptive strike against terrorism.
Texas report: Abuse widespread in polygamist
Nearly two-thirds of the families living at a polygamist group's ranch — targeted in a high-profile raid last spring — had children who were abused or neglected, Texas child welfare officials said in a report released Tuesday.
Lesbian's brutal gang rape investigated in Calif.
A woman in the San Francisco Bay area was jumped by four men, taunted for being a lesbian, repeatedly raped and left naked outside an abandoned apartment building, authorities said Monday.
Official says Calif. could be broke in 2 months
California's chief financial officer warned Monday that the state would run out of money in about two months as hopes of a Christmas budget compromise melted into political finger-pointing by the end of the day.
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