Archive for September, 2007

Ahmadinejad Celebrates US Visit By Shutting Site

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Iran’s judiciary has sealed off the offices of a popular news Web site critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies after journalists continued to update it despite official filtering, the Web site said. The site, when accessed via a link outside Iran, indicated it was last updated on Sept. 23.
In addition, two prominent pro-reform newspapers, […]

Police Keep Kidnapper Secret

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Darrell David Rice spent 10 years in a federal prison for the attempted kidnapping of a woman in Shenandoah National Park in 1997.
The 39-year-old was the government’s prime suspect in a brutal double slaying of two hikers in the same park the year before.
Now he is living on Kent Island, Maryland. The Queen […]

Washington Governer Keeps Open Records Secret

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Gov. Chris Gregoire has refused to reveal the identities of some people who weren’t picked for seats on the state’s new “Sunshine Committee.”
The Sunshine Committee’s job is to sort through the more than 300 exemptions to the state’s Public Records Act and prepare a report by Nov. 15 in which it will recommend that the […]