Fikre alleges that he traveled to Sudan in late 2009 in pursuit of growing an electronics business in his native East Africa. The FBI questioned him while in Sudan, according to court filings, telling Fikre he was on the No Fly List and could be removed if he became an informant.
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The Crumbleys represent a rare case of parents being charged in connection with a shooting carried out by their child. James Crumbley chose not to testify in his trial with the defense resting after only calling one witness Wednesday. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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New legal action could put an end to the practice of spreading toxic sewage sludge on US cropland as a cheap alternative to fertilizer, and force America to rethink how it disposes of its industrial and human waste.
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The bill, SB 58, adds the sale or offer for sale of an object designed to facilitate the inhalation of nitrous oxide for recreational use to the existing penalties for other drug paraphernalia.
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The Michigan House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing Tuesday on measures to update the state's exoneration law. One of the bills would allow defendants who pleaded guilty to ask to have their cases reopened.
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This case goes deeper than allegations of a cop abusing his power to seek revenge. A Metro Times investigation reveals that both the Warren and Romeo police departments violated laws aimed at preventing “wandering cops,” or officers who move from department to department amid allegations of misconduct.
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The act became effective Jan. 1. Congress hoped it would help stop money-laundering by rooting out the use of anonymous shell companies and would track the flow of illicit money and protect U.S. national security interests.
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Michigan cop’s mistake leads to $320,000 deal with Japanese man wrongly accused of drunken driving
Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test, but it was mistakenly read by the Fowlerville officer as 0.22 — nearly three times over Michigan’s blood-alcohol limit for driving.
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