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• Patriot Act Renewal Could Make MLK's File Look Like 'A Mere Post-It Note'; Expert Available to Comment on Comparisons in U.S. History

  CLINTON, N.Y., Dec. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Continue to apply these new surveillance tools on a political radical -- newly labeled a 'domestic terrorist'-- and the FBI file on Martin Luther King, Jr. will eventually look like a mere Post-It note,"CLINTON, N.Y., Dec. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Continue to apply...

  Research articles 2005-12-16

  Tags: FBI, USA PATRIOT Act

• Nine years after passing, CALEA problems persist.(News)

  Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER It's been nine years since Congress passed a law designed to help the FBI track terrorists better in a digital age where wireless telephony is the norm, and yet the agency still says it is struggling to ...

  Research articles 2003-09-15

  Tags: FBI, telephony, USA PATRIOT Act

• CAIR Joins First Legal Challenge to Patriot Act

  WASHINGTON, July 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council on American- Islamic Relations CAIR today joined five other advocacy and community groups in mounting a constitutional challenge to the section of the USA Patriot Act that vastly expands the FBI's powerWASHINGTON, July 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council on American- Islamic...

  Research articles 2003-07-30

  Tags: FBI, USA PATRIOT Act

• Post-9/11 law shakes real estate firms

  Dozens of Central Maryland landlords may soon be gathering information on prospective tenants who aren't U.S. citizens and turning it over to the FBI. Under a section of the controversial USA Patriot Act, property management companies can screen applicants for citizenship documentation, keep a record of the information and...

  Research articles 2002-07-09

  Tags: FBI, real estate, tenant, USA PATRIOT Act

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• The S&W .357 magnum: history repeats itself

  [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] In its heyday, S&W's ".357 Magnum" was considered the ultimate fighting and hunting handgun. At its introduction it outshined even the famous Colt Peacemaker and left the fabled S&W "triplelock" in its dust. It cost at least 25-percent more than other comparable S&W revolvers of the...

  Articles 2009-01-01

• Add it up

  6,542,806 FBI's NICS background checks, first seven months of 2008. 563,291 Increase over same period in 2007. 52.74% Hunters saying high gas prices would affect their hunting. 2 OUT OF 3 Americans think the 2nd. Amendment grants the right to bear arms. ...

  Articles 2009-01-01

• Terror alert in New York

  World in brief WASHINGTON Armed security patrols on New York City's underground system, above, were stepped up yesterday after the FBI warned law enforcement agencies of a possible terror attack during today's Thanksgiving holiday. A leaked internal memo said the FBI had a "plausible but unsubstantiated"...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• N.Y. beefs up security along rails

  NEW YORK -- Police bolstered security in subways and trains Wednesday after the government warned that al-Qaida suicide bombers were contemplating an attack on New York's mass-transit systems during the holiday season. An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says the FBI has received a "plausible...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Judge OKs process for auctioning OKC-based SemGroup pipeline

  A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved a schedule and bidding procedures for the White Cliffs Pipeline. The pipeline is one of several assets expected to be auctioned or otherwise sold off during the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of Tulsa-based SemGroup LP and two dozen of its...

  Articles 2008-11-26

• Long Island gun shops reap record sales since Obama win

  Want to make a killing in an economy hurrying south? Sell guns. Starting in October and accelerating with the election of Barack Obama, firearm retailers across the Island followed a national trend by reaping record sales. Although there are no statistics on how many guns have been...

  Articles 2008-11-25

• FILM OF THE DAY; Balls of Fury

  A table tennis champion's life falls apart following his defeat at the Olympics. However, he gets the chance to redeem himself and get revenge when the FBI recruit him to infiltrate a secret underground ping pong tournament run by an elusive criminal genius. Thomas Lennon stars...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• D.C.-based CQ Press reports that N.O. has worst crime rate in U.S.

  New Orleans has the worst crime rate among U.S. cities, according to a new "City Crime Rankings" from Washington, D.C.-based CQ Press. The 2008-09 report came with a disclaimer about New Orleans. "Readers are urged to use caution in interpreting crime rates for New...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Attacks against Hispanics rising

  NEW YORK MCT -- In a Pennsylvania coal mining town last July, four high school football players were accused of shouting ethnic slurs at a Mexican immigrant before a brawl erupted and Luis Ramirez, 25, was killed. Three of the teens were charged with ethnic intimidation, and...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• FILM OF THE DAY; Balls of Fury

  A table tennis champion's life falls apart following his defeat at the Olympics. However, he gets the chance to redeem himself and get revenge when the FBI recruit him to infiltrate a secret underground ping pong tournament run by an elusive criminal genius. Thomas Lennon stars...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• FBI braces for bank-robbery boom

  As the economy continues to go into a tailspin, the FBI is bracing for a potential spike in bank robberies as Christmas approaches. "The holidays are a stressful time for everyone, and with the economy on top of that, we anticipate the desperation factor to play a...

  Articles 2008-11-23

• Sting nabs Boston officials

  BOSTON -- FBI agents arrested a Boston City Council member Friday after he was videotaped allegedly taking a $1,000 bribe from an undercover agent in an expanding investigation into corruption at City Hall and the Massachusetts Statehouse. Chuck Turner was taken into custody at City Hall less...

  Articles 2008-11-22

• Sunday: FILM OF THE DAY; Balls of Fury

  A washed-up ping pong champion is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a tournament run by a criminal mastermind. Comedy, starring Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken and Maggie Q...

  Articles 2008-11-22

• 21 NOVEMBER 1975

  DAYS LIKE THESE May Sarton, the American poet, writes in her diary: "When the news of the seven-year persecution of Martin Luther King by the FBI came out yesterday and the day before, I felt rather sick. We live in such a dirty world, and seem...

  Articles 2008-11-21

• Woodward and Bernstein visit Deep Throat

  Iconic Watergate reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein paid their first joint visit to their famous source -- known for three decades only as "Deep Throat" -- in Santa Rosa on Sunday, a first meeting for Bernstein and a poignant reunion for Woodward. William Mark Felt, the...

  Articles 2008-11-21

• Man charged in airport security breach

  Federal prosecutors have charged a man found walking alongside a runway at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Richard Lamar Hall, 23, was charged Thursday with entering an airport area in violation of security requirements. The FBI wrote in charging documents that Hall arrived at the airport...

  Articles 2008-11-21