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FBI agents raided a federal agency, the Office of the Special Counsel, amid allegations that the office has been misused for political purposes. Agents investigating possible obstruction of justice confiscated computers and also searched the home of Scott Bloch, the head of the OSC.
Federal agents are responding after dozens of small boats were found on beaches near the border.
Marc Dann risks impeachment over a sexual harassment scandal in his office and an admitted affair.
May 6, 2008 · A multiyear investigation has led federal agents to search the Office of Special Counsel's building. Employees have alleged that the agency, which investigates whistleblower complaints, was misused for political purposes. The FBI secured a separate subpoena for the agency chief's home, but no one has officially been charged with a crime.
May 5, 2008 · James Lee Woodard walked out of a Texas prison last week after almost three decades behind bars. The state now agrees that Woodard was wrongfully convicted in 1981 of killing a girl he had been dating. Woodard is the 17th man from Dallas to be cleared by DNA evidence.
May 5, 2008 · The trucks have long been a favorite spot for cheap Mexican food in Los Angeles. But a new law goes into effect next week in Los Angeles County that truck owners say could drive them out of business.
May 4, 2008 · The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo ID is constitutional. Sunday Soapbox vlogger Jacob Soboroff explores the issue, visiting an election law expert and hopping on a bus to time how long it takes to get a photo ID if you don't already have one.
May 4, 2008 · An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were sophisticated fakes of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall and other artists. A member of the FBI's art crime team and a victimized art dealer talk about the growing trend of art fraud online.
April 30, 2008 · Citing budget concerns, authorities in Virginia's Prince William County have scaled back an aggressive policy to check immigration status. A law aimed at checks on the legal status of anyone police stop will now be applied only in case of arrest.
May 1, 2008 · The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil complaint against Larry Langford, the mayor of Birmingham, Ala. Langford is accused of accepting $156,000 to steer millions of dollars of county bond business to two friends.
April 30, 2008 · A lawsuit has targeted details of the settlement of a dispute between the U.S. and Canada over tariffs on Canadian lumber. At issue is a $1 billion payout that the Bush administration arranged to be made directly to U.S. timber groups.
April 30, 2008 · The U.S. Border Patrol is now checking the citizenship of passengers on domestic ferry routes around Washington state's San Juan Islands. Some passengers say having to identify themselves when traveling inside the U.S. is a violation of privacy.
April 30, 2008 · Yoko Ono is going to court over John Lennon's legacy. She is suing Ray Thomas of World Wide Video — which has almost 10 hours of videotapes of Lennon smoking pot and plotting to slip LSD to Richard Nixon — and the makers of the documentary Expelled, who used part of the song "Imagine."
April 29, 2008 · A new court in Buffalo is working with the Veterans Affairs Department to help veterans such as Gary Pettingill, who was busted in a drug sweep, get back on their feet. Court officials hope that reaching out to troubled veterans will help reduce the risk of suicide or violence.
April 29, 2008 · The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can require voters to show identity cards, rejecting arguments that this amounts to an unconstitutional burden, especially on the elderly and minority groups.