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Jeanne M. Holm, 88, dies; first female Air Force general
March 10, 2010Jeanne M. Holm, 88, who opened doors for women in the military as the first female general in the Air Force and the first woman in any military branch to reach the rank of two-star general, died Feb. 15 of cardiovascular disease at Anne Arundel Medical Center. She lived in Edgewater.
Senate votes to extend USA Patriot Act for 1 year
March 10, 2010WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Wednesday to extend for a year key provisions of the nation's counterterrorism surveillance law that are scheduled to expire at the end of the month. In agreeing to pass the bill, Senate Democrats retreated from adding new privacy protections to the USA Patriot Act.
Court throws out death penalty for Texas man
March 10, 2010 HOUSTON -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday threw out the death sentence of a convicted killer whose case has been dogged by admissions of an affair between his trial judge and the prosecutor.
Court says inmate's lawyer request no longer valid
March 10, 2010WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a suspect's request for a lawyer is good for only 14 days after the person is released from police custody, reinstating the confession of a child molester who had asked for a lawyer nearly three years before he confessed.
Supreme Court weighs free speech against aid to terrorists
March 10, 2010The Supreme Court on Tuesday explored the tension between Americans' right to free speech and a federal law that prohibits aid to terrorist groups, and hardly anyone seemed clear about the lines of demarcation.
Death shows gaps in Maryland's supervision of sex offenders
March 10, 2010In 1999, then-Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. flew to Topeka, Kan., and spent a day walking the halls of a state-run facility where sex offenders could be locked up for life if they were deemed too dangerous for release once their prison terms ended.
Outlook: Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama?
March 10, 2010 Jeffrey Rosen, a law professor at George Washington University, legal affairs editor of the New Republic and the author of "The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America," was online Monday, Feb. 22, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his Outlook article titled "Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama?"
Supreme Court returns, firearms regulation and detainees on agenda
March 10, 2010The Supreme Court returns from its midterm break Monday morning, one controversial decision behind it and the potential for more ahead.
Justices consider case with familiar themes
March 10, 2010Sometimes history seems to repeat itself at the Supreme Court, and apparently settled issues reemerge in slightly different forms.
Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama?
March 10, 2010He's too detached and cerebral . Too deferential to Congress. Too willing to compromise . And he's too much of a law professor and not enough of a commander in chief, as Sarah Palin recently admonished.
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