Court Nominee Accused of Plagiarism Won't Withdraw- July 8, 2008 A nominee for a federal judgeship who has been accused of plagiarism said yesterday that he will not withdraw his nomination because he fully disclosed the controversy to both White House officials and the FBI during interviews for the job.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702342.html?nav=r... EPA Enforcement Is Faulted- July 8, 2008 An official administration guidance document on wetlands policy is undermining enforcement of the Clean Water Act, said a March 4 memo written by the Environmental Protection Agency's chief enforcement officer.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702418.html?nav=r... Appeals court: EchoStar not barred from lease deal- July 8, 2008 ATLANTA -- Federal law does not bar satellite television provider EchoStar Communications Corp. from leasing a transponder to another company to transmit network signals, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702383.html?nav=r... EPA dropped wetlands cases after high court ruling- July 7, 2008 WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration didn't pursue hundreds of potential water pollution cases after a 2006 Supreme Court decision that restricted the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate seasonal streams and wetlands.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702248.html?nav=r... Pittsburgh Steelers in ownership talks- July 7, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney and his son, Steelers President Art Rooney II, are arranging a financing plan to buy Dan Rooney's brothers' shares in the American football franchise, according to a statement on the Steelers' website on Monday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702052.html?nav=r... Today in History - July 7- July 7, 2008 -- Today is Monday, July 7, the 189th day of 2008. There are 177 days left in the year.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070700004.html?nav=r... Guantanamo Crumbles- July 7, 2008 THE CASE OF Huzaifa Parhat provides the clearest, most compelling evidence yet that the process used by the Bush administration to justify holding detainees at Guantanamo Bay is deeply and irreversibly flawed and must be discarded.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070601715.html?nav=r... Who Misread the Data on Deterrence- July 7, 2008 In their June 30 op-ed, "A Death Penalty Puzzle," Cass R. Sunstein and Justin Wolfers asserted that the opinions issued recently in Baze v. Rees by Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia on opposite sides of the death penalty debate are flawed by a misreading of the data on the deterrent effect of capital punishment.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070601723.html?nav=r... Chicago Gun Ban May Test Ruling- July 6, 2008 CHICAGO -- One small reflection of Chicago's bloody year is a sign outside a South Side school that says, "Congratulations Class of 2008. Stop the Violence." The school is not a college or a high school, but Carnegie Elementary in Woodlawn.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/05/AR2008070500565.html?nav=r... Decider on the High Court- July 6, 2008 The most dramatic stories in any field of competitive endeavor are those that recount events that almost never happened. It's the scoreless ballgames that end with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth that linger in the psyches of winners and losers -- not the 9-3 walkovers.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402090.html?nav=r... |