As compelling as their stories are, older victims in swindle prosecutions can make poor witnesses. Many find it so embarrassing that they insist no one stole anything. Others, who suffer from dementia, believe the suspect is still on their side.
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In swindle trial, alleged victim finds no fault with defendant
Posted by alexcaz 19 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
In net, USA's Ryan Miller is backbone of gold hockey hope
Posted by Dodmeister 20 days ago (http://www.usatoday.com)
Ryan Miller admits to being a recovering perfectionist. "I try to let it go where I can," he say, smiling. "My house is cluttered in some spots, ...
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A mortgage crisis like the one that has devastated homeowners is enveloping the nation's office and retail buildings, and few places are likely to be hit as hard as Washington.
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Seth Greenstein used to jog around the upper Northwest Washington neighborhood of Barnaby Woods, even though he found it kind of boring. "You know -- brick colonial, brick colonial, brick colonial," he said. He had been living in an equally boring rambler in nearby Chevy Chase, just a few blocks...
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In the West, ‘Monument’ Is a Fighting Word
Posted by lordvader 25 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
News that the federal government was considering national monument designation for blocks of land in nine states reopened old wounds in the West.
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In a doomsday cyber attack scenario, answers are unsettling
Posted by beloved 27 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
What if a crippling attack struck the country's digital infrastructure? Experts including current and former officials tackle the question. The results show that the peril is real and growing. The crisis began when college basketball fans downloaded a free March Madness application to their smart phones. The ap
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In Texas, 'tea party' candidate may shake up governor's race
Posted by DarkPaladin 28 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
The Republican primary has been a grudge match between Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, but a little-known activist named Debra Medina has emerged as a factor. Debra Medina isn't calling for Texas to secede from the union. She thinks the state should simply ignore federal laws that Texans can't ab
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Black tar moves in, and death follows
Posted by Brimanke 29 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
Dealers work systematically, pushing heroin in areas where users are unprepared for its potency. On a Monday in September 2007, Teddy Johnson went to his son's apartment.
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In Black Caucus, a Fund-Raising Powerhouse
Posted by EvilPancake 30 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
By taking advantage of political finance laws, the Congressional Black Caucus has built a fund-raising juggernaut unlike anything else in town.
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In poker, go with your gut
Posted by Killer34 30 days ago (http://feeds.sfgate.com)
Just about every poker book ever written will tell you that you should only play the very best hands and that you should always fold when it's clear your opponents have you beat. What the books don't tell you is that sometimes, you also just need to go with...
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In Haiti, a rum everyone can agree on
Posted by Bladeultra 35 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
Rhum Barbancourt is a national tradition, surviving the tumult of the last century and a half. Whether it is weddings or holidays, or raising voodoo spirits, no other will do. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrived here in 1934 to mark the end of America's occupation of Haiti, he insisted on toasting
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In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again
Posted by Killer34 35 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Some families with deep roots in Manhattan kept their heads a few years ago when the market overheated.
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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
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The Saints and their fans awoke Monday to the realization that the once lovable losers from New Orleans were Super Bowl champions for the first time in the club's 43-year history after Sunday's 31-17 triumph over the Indianapolis Colts.
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MOSCOW -- A delegation of international observers on Monday described Ukraine's presidential elections as "professional, transparent and honest," putting pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat despite a tight vote count and her campaign's charges of irregularities.
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In Virginia, offshore drilling a bipartisan goal
Posted by Brimanke 36 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
The Republican governor is 'eager to get started,' and the state's Democratic senators are urging the Obama administration to begin selling leases next year. The plan has raised concern from NASA. Virginia could become the first state on the Eastern Seaboard to open its coast to energy exploration since a decad
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In Texas, a Trial and Possible Prison Time for Reporting a Doctor
Posted by musjones 37 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
A nurse is facing third-degree felony charges for informing state regulators that a doctor at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine.
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In Haiti, some see the spirit world behind the quake
Posted by Aceshigh 38 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
Voodoo practitioners have an age-old take on the devastation, which their Christian neighbors chalk up to just such beliefs. The night was filled with voices, murmuring then gathering together then rising into hymns and chants that carried far in the balmy air.
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Many of the patients were labeled with the same grim diagnosis: "vegetative state." Their head injuries, teams of specialists had concluded, condemned them to a netherworld -- alive yet utterly devoid of any awareness of the world around them.
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In Portland, Growing Vertical
Posted by Dodmeister 42 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
The federal government plans to plant a bold vertical garden with “vegetative fins” that will grow more than 200 feet high on the western façade of the main federal building.
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As Marines Move In, Taliban Fight a Shadowy War
Posted by Calimehtar 42 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
A joint U.S.-Afghan operation shows how insurgents blend ancient signaling methods with modern weaponry.
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In tough economic times, shoppers take haggling to new heights
Posted by valaruko 44 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
The price tag on the smooth pair of Cole Haan loafers at Macy's said $148. I considered that a fair opening bid. Standing across from the salesman and the cash register, I said, "Can you knock off 25 percent?"
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President Obama confronted increasing doubts about the impact of widespread changes to the health-care system, seeking to assure middle-class Americans on Wednesday that the landmark legislation he envisions would improve their quality of life and is essential to curing the nation's economic ills.
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