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There is a very strange word game being played with regard to the Honduras "bloodless" coup.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin reportedly resigned because of a federal indictment pending in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly involves her receiving huge financial favors from Spenard Building Supplies.

Here are a few jokes about Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. She will probably be running against Sarah Palin in 2010.

Login or Register to post comments. 39 comments I hope she runs for president. Wed, 07/01/2009 - 08:59 - Stupid Git Her campaign would be the perfect way to bring front and center the anti-intellectual, theocratic, vengeful eliminationist wing of the radical right for all of America to see.

A judge asked federal prosecutors in a major drug-dealing case Tuesday whether they have a pattern of mishandling evidence after a second high-profile prosecution fell apart in his courtroom because of witness problems.

U.S. Rep. Don Young, Alaska's sole representative in the U.S. House for a majority of statehood, announced Monday he would seek re-election in 2010.

A National Archives building planned for Anchorage is in limbo. The building that was to be built on nine acres hasn't happened.

For food producers and those wanting to buy their products, a two-day networking event for Alaska's food supply chain proved fertile ground, with a good mix of marketing tools to stretch their sales points worldwide.

In attempting to defend itself against FERC charges of market misbehavior, Energy Transfer Partners has been denied access to potentially critical evidence, the company complained in motion filed this week.

Attorneys for Paul Minor wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday asking the Justice Department to conduct "an immediate full review" of Minor's case to determine if the government prosecutors who targeted Minor disclosed all of the evidence in their possession prior to Minor's 2005 and 2007 trials.

Veteran LAPD cop Greg Kading had since his days as a rookie cop in Newton Division 21 years ago been intensely interested in George Torres, whom he watched rise from lowly food-cart operator to founder of a grocery empire.

An imprisoned former prominent Mississippi attorney wants his bribery conviction thrown out, with his lawyer on Wednesday accusing prosecutors of withholding evidence as in the botched case against former U.S. Sen.

Citing "evidentiary concerns," the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to dismiss without prejudice a drug conspiracy case against a Chinese-born Mexican millionaire, saying that Zhenli Ye Gon should first be tried in Mexico where authorities allegedly seized some $205 million from his Mexico City mansion.

Federal prosecutors cited problems with evidence Monday when they asked a judge to drop charges against a Chinese-Mexican businessman accused of importing large amounts of methamphetamines to the United States.

CONVICTED LAWMAKERS: Government expected to complete review of evidence by end of July.

A top Justice Department attorney under criminal investigation for withholding evidence in the case against former Sen.

DANIEL S. SULLIVAN: Lawyer had stints in State Department, White House after leaving state in 2002.

Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's ever-evolving saga on the American political stage now has a direct connection with Santa Cruz - or at least to one man in Santa Cruz.

Thomas J. Lucente Jr. Published June 14, 2009 For some reason, most Americans are simply confused when it comes to government.

CON AIR: He flew Outside chained with drug dealers, robbers and a trigger-man. Published: June 12th, 2009 11:45 PM Last Modified: June 12th, 2009 11:45 PM Vic Kohring was never a man with much money; as a legislator, he made a bed in his Juneau legislative office rather than rent a place to live, and secret FBI videos showed him to be an easy mark ...