Court weighs media role in police raids in home searches
Supreme Court justices questioned the legality of police bringing TV cameras and reporters into private homes during arrests and searches. The cases from Maryland and Montana examine whether officers can be sued for allowing journalists on raids, with lower courts split on the issue and media outlets defending journalistic access as a public watchdog.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
David H. Souter
Montana
Maryland
Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia
Washington
Richard Willard
Washington Post
U.S
Los Angeles
Henry Rossbacher
Richard Cordray
William H. Rehnquist
Lawrence Fletcher-Hill
Associated Press
Montgomery County
Rockville
Charles
Geraldine Wilson
Dominic
Paul Berger
Berger
CNN
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
Japan's gift preserves aging Yoshino cherry trees
Washington marks 1912 gift of Yoshino trees as 125 of the originals remain. Agriculture Secretary Glickman announces 500 saplings to join 3,700 trees around the Tidal Basin and near the Washington Monument. Arboretum scientists used DNA fingerprinting to clone exact replicas from cuttings.
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Washington
United States
National Arboretum
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Tidal
Jefferson Memorial
Washington Monument
Glickman
Ruth Dix
Tidal Basin
East
West Potomac Parks
Bipartisan push for review before U.S. sanctions use
Lawmakers from both parties urge a sanctions policy reform act to require better information before unilateral actions. The measure allows sanctions but mandates analysis of costs and gains, with automatic sunset after two years and nonbinding guidelines for future actions. Entities include Rep. Bill Archer Sen. Chuck Hagel Trent Lott and CSIS findings.
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Ashington
United States
Congress
Bill Archer
Texas
Ways and Means
House
Chuck Hagel
Rneb
Senate
Hagel
Cuba
Iran
Libya
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Indiana
Phil Crane
R-Ill
Ways and Means Trade
Hagel Said Majority Leader ‘Trent Lott, R-Miss
Crane
Congressional
Executive Branch
U.S
IRS to curb use of intimidating audit letters
The IRS will stop mailing audit threat letters to all taxpayers after two months, limiting them to cases where needed information could not be obtained directly. Commissioner Charles Rossetti said the rewrite will reduce alarm and the letters will not be sent prematurely, addressing criticism from lawmakers and professionals.
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IRS
Internal Revenue Service
Charles Rossetti
Rossetti
Congress
David Lifson
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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CSIS
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Zambia
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Hunt Midwest
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