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Published on Friday, Nov 06, 2009
WASHINGTON
Decision on terror trials
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept. 11 terrorists from being prosecuted in civilian federal courts. Instead, senators voted 54-45 to support a request by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder to have the option of prosecuting Sept. 11 terrorists such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in either federal courts or by military commission. The vote capped an impassioned — and substantive — Senate debate between those who believe the Sept. 11 terrorists simply don't belong in civilian courtrooms and those who say deciding where to prosecute them should be left to the best judgment of the Pentagon and the Justice Department.
NEW YORK
14 arrests in insider case
Two attorneys and Wall Street professionals were among 14 people charged Thursday in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has snared Raj Rajaratnam, one of America's richest men, and shown white collar suspects to be using the cover-up tactics of drug dealers. The actions raise to 20 the number of people who have been charged in the case first disclosed last month.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.
Kerik pleads guilty to lying
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik admitted in court Thursday that he lied to the White House while being considered for chief of Homeland Security. Kerik, hailed as a hero after the 9/11 attack, also pleaded guilty to lying on tax returns, a loan application and a questionnaire he filled out when he was seeking a separate U.S. government position. Under his plea bargain, which short-circuited as many as three federal trials, he was not required to plead guilty to the main corruption charges against him. Those charges will be dismissed.
OLYMPIA, WASH.
Gay-equality law passes
Washington state voters have approved the state's new ''everything but marriage'' law, marking a significant expansion of rights for gay couples who are registered as domestic partners. National gay-rights groups say the passage of Referendum 71 marks the first time a state's voters have approved a gay-equality measure at the ballot box. With about 69 percent of the expected vote counted Thursday in unofficial returns, the measure was leading 52 percent to 48 percent. Results weren't known until Thursday because almost all voters in Washington cast their ballots by mail, and even those ballots postmarked on Election Day are valid.
Compiled from wire reports.
WASHINGTON
Decision on terror trials
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept. 11 terrorists from being prosecuted in civilian federal courts. Instead, senators voted 54-45 to support a request by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder to have the option of prosecuting Sept. 11 terrorists such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in either federal courts or by military commission. The vote capped an impassioned — and substantive — Senate debate between those who believe the Sept. 11 terrorists simply don't belong in civilian courtrooms and those who say deciding where to prosecute them should be left to the best judgment of the Pentagon and the Justice Department.
NEW YORK
14 arrests in insider case
Two attorneys and Wall Street professionals were among 14 people charged Thursday in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has snared Raj Rajaratnam, one of America's richest men, and shown white collar suspects to be using the cover-up tactics of drug dealers. The actions raise to 20 the number of people who have been charged in the case first disclosed last month.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.
Kerik pleads guilty to lying
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik admitted in court Thursday that he lied to the White House while being considered for chief of Homeland Security. Kerik, hailed as a hero after the 9/11 attack, also pleaded guilty to lying on tax returns, a loan application and a questionnaire he filled out when he was seeking a separate U.S. government position. Under his plea bargain, which short-circuited as many as three federal trials, he was not required to plead guilty to the main corruption charges against him. Those charges will be dismissed.
OLYMPIA, WASH.
Gay-equality law passes
Washington state voters have approved the state's new ''everything but marriage'' law, marking a significant expansion of rights for gay couples who are registered as domestic partners. National gay-rights groups say the passage of Referendum 71 marks the first time a state's voters have approved a gay-equality measure at the ballot box. With about 69 percent of the expected vote counted Thursday in unofficial returns, the measure was leading 52 percent to 48 percent. Results weren't known until Thursday because almost all voters in Washington cast their ballots by mail, and even those ballots postmarked on Election Day are valid.
Compiled from wire reports.
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