Author: Pete Yost
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers so these new businesses can stash away savings, make payroll and pay taxes like any other enterprise. But it’s not clear whether all banks will get on board. State banking regulators in Colorado and Washington –…
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U.S. government says it won’t seek death penalty for Snowden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. In a letter dated July 23, the attorney general said the criminal charges Snowden faces do not carry the death penalty and that the U.S.…
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Scandal widens; US general’s emails ‘flirtatious’
WASHINGTON — The sex scandal that felled CIA Director David Petraeus widened Tuesday to ensnare the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, in a suddenly public drama involving a Tampa socialite, a jealous rival, a twin sister in a messy custody dispute and flirty emails. The improbable story — by turns tragic and…
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Appeals court rules against Afghanistan detainees
WASHINGTON — Detainees at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their imprisonment the way detainees in Guantanamo Bay have, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a victory for the Obama administration. Three appeals court judges said in a unanimous decision that the fact that Afghanistan is a war zone…
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Battle over Bagram detainees echoes Gitmo argument
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court panel expressed deep skepticism Thursday about giving three detainees at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan the same right to challenge their indefinite detention as prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During a courtroom argument about a Tunisian and two Yemeni prisoners seeking to be released from Bagram, the judges suggested that…
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Did ACORN get too big for its own good?
WASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help the poor in Arkansas and quickly went national, growing into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man it backed is the president. Oh yeah, it’s also the unwilling star of…
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McCain linked to private group in Iran-Contra case
WASHINGTON – GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.McCain’s ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40…
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Biden’s career provides grist for McCain’s mill
WASHINGTON – In August 2007, three men who later became entangled in a Mississippi bribery scheme raised money for Sen. Joe Biden’s run for president.A month later, two of the three were overheard in a phone call recorded by the FBI discussing federal legislation and a prospective meeting with Biden’s brother, Jim.It’s unclear whether any…
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Edwards admits having affair with filmmaker
WASHINGTON – Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side by side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos as he prepared to launch his campaign.Acknowledging a sex scandal he had dismissed as “tabloid trash”…
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Court sides with banks in case over investors’ tech losses
The 7-Eleven Velodrome in Memorial Park, the main training site for Olympic Training Center cyclists, is in good shape but is unusable when it snows or rains. The 333-meter track with a 33-degree banking is one of the fastest in the world. Photo by (THE GAZETTE FILE)