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Gay couples blast US Defense of Marriage Act

Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plausible" reason for having a federal definition of marriage that excludes gay couples. The lawsuit was brought by ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, eTaiwan News,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Supreme Court of the United States

Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act

BOSTON—Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plausible" reason for having a federal definition of marriage that excludes gay couples. The lawsuit was brought by ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, Boston Globe,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Supreme Court of the United States

Ex-Mass. House Speaker says he did not break law

BOSTON—Lawyers for former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi have argued that federal corruption charges against him should be dismissed because the state ethics law allows legislators to share legal fees received by an associate in ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Salvatore DiMasi

Lawyer: FBI asked US suspect to be informant

The lawyer for a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring in an alleged terror plot says his client was charged only after he refused three attempts by the FBI to recruit him as an informant. Tarek Mehanna was first arrested last November and ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, eTaiwan News,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Lawyer: FBI asked terror suspect to be informant

A Massachusetts man accused of plotting to kill Americans was portrayed by federal prosecutors Thursday as a jihadist who is too dangerous to be released on bail, but the man's lawyer said he was charged only after he refused to become an FBI ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, eTaiwan News,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Al-Qaeda

Lawyer: FBI asked Mass. suspect to be informant

BOSTON - The lawyer for a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring in an alleged terror plot says his client was charged only after he refused three attempts by the FBI to recruit him as an informant. ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mass. man accused in terror plot seeks bail

BOSTON - The lawyer for a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring in an alleged terror plot says his client should be allowed home confinement without Internet access until his trial. ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Nov 2009

Review: Police did not cause Celtic fan's death

An independent investigation of the death of a Boston Celtics fan who stopped breathing while in police custody found that officers acted "reasonably" and did not contribute to the man's death, but also concluded that police made mistakes at the ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, eTaiwan News,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Boston Celtics,  National Basketball Association

Family disputes police role in Celtics fan's death

BOSTON - The parents of a Boston Celtics fan who stopped breathing while in police custody say they do not believe an investigator's finding that police did not contribute to their son's death. ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Boston Celtics

First Hispanic confirmed as US Attorney for Mass.

BOSTON—Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the state's top federal prosecutor's job. Ortiz, an assistant U.S. attorney who prosecutes white-collar crime, was ...

From DENISE LAVOIE, Boston Globe,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush

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