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Town's Web site expected to go back up, abide by records law
Officials in a Connecticut town said Friday their municipal Web site, which has been offline for a month, will be back…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Oakland police seize, then return, videographer's protest footage
Police stripped an Oakland Tribune videographer of her footage of an Oct. 31 immigration rights protest -- which included an…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Supreme Court hears arguments in indecency case
With all the chuckles, celebrity comments and linguistic explorations into the meaning of the word “fuck,” the oral arguments Tuesday in…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Judge: prosecutors mischaracterized record in secret briefs
A federal judge presiding over the prosecution of Thomas Kontogiannis, a friend of former Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham, released a…Categorized in Court access -
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Colorado man charged with seldom-used criminal libel
A Colorado man was charged this week under the state's rarely used, 45-year-old criminal libel statute for allegedly doctoring photos of a woman…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Lawsuit over McCain hospital records dismissed
Vanity Fair magazine took another hit Friday in its bid for hospital records to help establish whether then-Navy Lt. John McCain was…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Supreme Court to hear arguments over expletives
If anyone is anxiously awaiting to hear “fuck” echo through the Supreme Court chambers during oral arguments in Tuesday’s fleeting…Categorized in Content restrictions -
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Court to review classified DOJ wiretapping memos
As part of a nearly three-year-old Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice was ordered by a federal…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Governor's phone records are not public, judge finds
A Denver judge has ruled against The Denver Post in an open-records lawsuit over phone records of Gov. Bill Ritter. According to The…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Chicago freelancer arrested at crime scene
A Chicago-based freelance photographer was still waiting Wednesday for police to hand back his video equipment, more than a week…Categorized in Newsgathering