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AuthorOliver, Charles
PositionErin Tomasic, sedition and criminal conspiracy charges, Zumba

Federal prosecutor Erin Tomasic has resigned after admitting she listened to surreptitious recordings of conversations between inmates at Leavenworth Detention Center and their attorneys. Many of the inmates are awaiting trial and have not been convicted of any crime.

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Indian officials have charged 15 men with sedition and criminal conspiracy for celebrating Pakistan's win over India in a game of cricket.

Iran has banned Zumba. Officials say the classes, which mix exercise with Latin music, are against "Islamic ideology."

The Austin, Texas, police department has suspended Chris Limmer for 20 days for Tasering a suspect who was not resisting arrest. The man was lying on the ground being handcuffed by other officers when Limmer ran up and Tasered him in the back.

The Hungarian government is threatening to ban Heineken's red star logo, saying it is a symbol of totalitarianism. The move came after the company won a trademark dispute in Romania with a company that produces a beer popular with ethnic Hungarians.

When the Lemay family's teenage daughters arrived home one Saturday, one of them had trouble with the security system's keypad and accidentally triggered the alarm. She called the security company and had the alarm turned off in just a few minutes. Nonetheless, two Minneapolis police officers showed up. Neither came to the door, but one went around back, climbed the seven-foot fence, shot the family's two dogs, and climbed back over the fence.

The Seattle City Council has unanimously voted to force landlords to give voter registration information to all new tenants.

A Transportation Security Administration screener at Orlando International Airport has been charged with third-degree felony theft after taking money from a woman's purse. The owner was...

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