Boston Globe latest News

Boston Globe latest News


Ammo found outside Wis. Capitol, site of protests

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PST

Police say they have found live ammunition scattered on the ground around the Wisconsin Capitol, where union-rights protests are in a third week.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Witness testifies for 2nd day in sweat lodge case

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PST

The medical records of a woman who took part in a sweat lodge ceremony that turned deadly show that she did not suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Wis. Senate may order police to bring back Dems

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:35 PM PST

Wisconsin's Senate Republicans voted Thursday to find their AWOL Democratic colleagues guilty of contempt and disorderly conduct, and order police to bring them back to work by force, if the missing senators did not return by late afternoon.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

AD:

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:35 PM PST

Years after vanishing in Iran, US man proven alive

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:31 PM PST

Four years after a retired FBI agent mysteriously vanished inside Iran, U.S. officials have received proof he is alive, a remarkable development that has dramatically intensified secret negotiations to bring him home, The Associated Press has learned.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Russian immigrant convicted in ID theft plot

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:11 PM PST

A Russian immigrant has been convicted of hatching an identity theft scheme that resulted in the death of two victims and the disappearance of a third.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Police: Ohio DUI suspect drinks in front of cop

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:01 AM PST

Police in northern Ohio say a man who was asked during a traffic stop whether he'd been drinking took a swig from an open can of beer and told the officer, "Yes."

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Cops: Man detained after threats against Sanford

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PST

Authorities say a 73-year-old man was escorted off a plane at the Charleston airport after crew members said he threatened former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who was seated next to him.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Carey 'embarrassed' over Gadhafi-linked concert

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:41 AM PST

Mariah Carey says she was unaware that she was booked to perform a concert linked to Gadhafi's clan -- and she's embarrassed "to have participated in this mess."

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Judge: States must continue with health overhaul

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:31 AM PST

A federal judge who declared President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul unconstitutional ruled Thursday that states must continue implementing it while the case makes its way through the courts.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

US: Bolivia, Myanmar, Venezuela poor drug fighters

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:31 AM PST

The Obama administration says the governments of Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela are the world's most derelict when it comes to fighting drugs.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

ICE acknowledges fraud probe after court testimony

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PST

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has acknowledged an investigation of alleged personal misconduct by employees a day after court testimony that a top agency official was suspended amid questions about bogus travel expenses.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Rebels tighten hold on Libya oil port

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PST

Rebels strengthen their hold on the strategic oil installation at Brega on Thursday after repelling an attempt by loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi to retake it. International pressure on the Libyan leader increased as an international court began investigating whether to charge him and his inner circle with crimes against humanity.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Ohio teacher firing case moved to federal court

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PST

The appeal of an Ohio science teacher fired after he was accused of burning students' arms with the image of a cross has been moved into federal court.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Loughner wants to bar records release by prisons

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PST

Attorneys for the suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage have asked a judge to prohibit federal prison officials from passing along confidential medical or psychological records about their client to federal prosecutors.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Mass. woman files $100M lawsuit against Cigna

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PST

An employee of Cigna Healthcare Inc. has filed a $100 million federal lawsuit claiming the health insurer engages in a widespread pattern of gender discrimination and harassment against women.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

AD:

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PST

Illinois gun-info debate grows, legislation stalls

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PST

A plan to prevent releasing the names of those authorized to have guns in Illinois has stalled despite gun owners' burgeoning concern over privacy and safety and gun advocates say they're still pushing to block the disclosures.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

Official: Suspected gunman not on US terror lists

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PST

A U.S. law enforcement official says the man suspected in the fatal shootings of two U.S. airmen at a German airport wasn't on any American terrorism watch list.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article

NJ terror suspects plead guilty

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PST

Two New Jersey men have pleaded guilty to charges that they tried to join an al-Qaida-affiliated group overseas.

Add to Facebook Add to Twitter Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to Reddit Add to del.icio.us Email this Article