FBI criminal cases down by nearly half since 9/11 Oct 5, 2005
The Justice Department also has directed DEA and other federal agencies to take more responsibility for crimes in their domains, Pasco said. Get the full story on every story, every day. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Death With Dignity - First Major Case for Chief Justice Roberts Oct 5, 2005
Oregon's Right to Regulate Legitimate Medical Practice at Question WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Oregon's landmark Death with Dignity Law takes center stage at the Supreme Court tomorrow as attention moves from Chief Justice Roberts' first days and President Bush's new nominee Harriet Miers -- to the actual business of the Supreme Court ... In 1994 Oregonians voted to pass the Death with Dignity Law and defeated efforts to repeal it in 1997 ... In 2001, however, then-Attorney General John... (PR Newswire)
FBI Shifting Focus to Anti-Terror Effort (AP) Oct 5, 2005
FBI Shifting Focus to Anti-Terror Effort - Yahoo. Secondary Navigation. (RSS - Yahoo News - Sept. 11 & Terrorism)
Hugo Chavez Denies Seeking Dictatorship Oct 5, 2005
Journal Advocate - Top Story. " Chavez, a former paratrooper with strong ties to Cuba's Fidel Castro, accuses Venezuelan television channels of playing a role in a short-lived 2002 coup against him and a devastating national strike that ended in early 2003. He took aim in particular at the Venezuelan television channel Globovision, which regularly broadcasts critical coverage. He said the private channel is a "lackey" of the U.S. government. Leopoldo Castillo, a Globovision talk show host, said... (AP-World/International)
High court takes up physician-assisted suicide Oct 5, 2005
Since 1997, when the Oregon Death With Dignity Act took effect, more than 200 individuals have requested medical help to end their lives ... Supporters of the law call the process physician-assisted death ... "He is not the FDA [Food and Drug Administration], he is the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration], and his law enforcement role doesn't allow him to regulate medicine," Stutsman says. (Christian Science Monitor)
