An Austrian who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive for 24 years refused to speak to her for years, coming into the squalid cellar only to rape her, often in front of the youngsters, a prosecutor said Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009

The misnamed Employee Free Choice Act would, among other measures helpful to union expansion, allow a shop to unionize before its owner knew a union campaign was being waged. ...more

February 10, 2009

OBAMA'S ORDERS •Close the much-maligned Guantanamo facility within a year, a complicated process with many unanswered questions. The administration already has suspended trials for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo for 120 days pending a review of the military tribunals. ...more

January 23, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods. ...more

January 22, 2009

POTSDAM, Germany (AP) -- Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for more than a decade. Top security officials asked state governments in December to begin gathering information on whether they had sufficient grounds to seek a ban. ...more

November 21, 2008

Low-Income Loans The recent decision by the city and county to ban "yield spread premiums" on low-income loans is yet another example of government removing choices under the guise of protecting people. I was in the mortgage business for 12 years but am no longer in it, so I have no dog in this fight, but I can tell you that a yield spread premium is a great way to reduce the out of pocket expenses associated with a home closing. ...more

November 20, 2008

The convictions and possible sentences for O.J. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart are: ...more

October 5, 2008

Jurors in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery and kidnapping trial on Friday heard a recording of the football star angrily accusing two memorabilia dealers of stealing his mementoes and saying, "Don't let nobody out of this room." ...more

September 20, 2008

The breathless electorate of Florida's 9th Congressional District can rest easy tonight. Anita de Palma has bestowed her unequivocal endorsement on Bill Mitchell, her former rival and, as of Tuesday, the Democrats' nominee to take on incumbent Gus Bilirakis. ...more

August 31, 2008

U.S. military prosecutors Monday charged a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison with murder and other crimes for allegedly planning the attack on the USS Cole warship that killed 17 U.S. service members and injured nearly 50 others. ...more

July 1, 2008