US feds subpoena Elan for brain virus reports

U.S. financial regulators are demanding drugmaker Elan Corp. turn over records about a potentially lethal brain disease linked to its drug Tysabri, according to a government filing form.

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Vegas newspaper to comply with narrowed subpoena

A Nevada newspaper reported Wednesday it will comply with a narrowed federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about the identity of two people who posted Web site comments about a criminal tax trial.

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Investigators say Fed threatened bank CEO

The Federal Reserve threatened to force the ouster of Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis if he didn't follow through with plans to buy Merrill Lynch & Co., Republicans said Wednesday after reviewing internal documents.

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Grand jury subpoenas Visclosky's offices

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed records of an Indiana congressman in a criminal probe involving a top lobbying firm that specialized in funneling federal contracts to defense firms.

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Judge: New Texas law shields subpoenaed reporter

A Texas judge quashed a subpoena Tuesday that sought testimony from a television reporter, using a law enacted this month that gives journalists limited protections from subpoena.

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Department of Labor subpoenas Tribune Co.

The Department of Labor has begun an investigation into Tribune Co.'s employee stock ownership plan, a major piece of Sam Zell's plan to take his media company private, the company said in a bankruptcy court filing.

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Senate Democrats subpoena Mukasey over detainees

Senate Democrats on Tuesday subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey for testimony and documents about the Justice Department's legal advice to the White House on detention and interrogation policies since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Fulmer won't give deposition next week for booster

Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer will not have to give a deposition in a lawsuit involving a former Alabama booster next week, according to a court order.

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SEC intrigue: Fulmer and the subpoena

Lawyers for a former Alabama football booster said they staked out the Southeastern Conference football media event Thursday and served Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer with a subpoena to testify about a lawsuit against the NCAA.

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Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify on Hill

Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department, including whether he influenced the prosecution of a former Democratic governor of Alabama.

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Rove: Courts will have to decide his subpoena

President Bush's former chief political adviser denied meddling in the Justice Department's prosecution of Alabama's ex-governor and said Sunday the courts will have to resolve a congressional subpoena for his testimony.

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Baby subpoenaed for unpaid chiropractor bill

A Harrisonburg court has dismissed a case against a baby boy summoned to appear in court for an unpaid bill. Richard White said he was shocked when he got a subpoena in the mail requiring his 1-year-old son, Jacy, to appear in Rockingham County General District Court next Tuesday over a $391 chiropractor bill.

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Feds Cancel Amazon Customer ID Request

Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show.

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Health insurers could be hit with subpoenas to provide information about high premium increases, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) threatened Wednesday.

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An internal review by the board of directors of the community organization ACORN determined that the amount allegedly embezzled from the community organization was $5 million, well more than the previously reported amount of nearly $1 million, according to a new subpoena in an in …

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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this morning that members of the Mount Vernon school board don't have to testify in the termination hearing of John Freshwater, the eighth-grade teacher accused of teaching religion in science class and burning students with a laboratory device.

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Thursday of last week, the 17th, Hamilton and Freshwater were interviewed on a radio program hosted by David Barton, notorious revisionist pseudo-historian who is in the process of polluting social studies standards in Texas.

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excerpt: "" OK, looks like the pressure is finally getting to Glenn Beck. You can't watch this rant, from his show yesterday, without concluding that the big implosion is on its way.""

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Published reports this morning (see also here and here) says that the federal lawsuit brought by the parents of the boy who was burned with a Tesla coil in an 8th grade science class in the Mt. Vernon City Schools has been settled. According to the report

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The subpoena comes the same day NIR Group said it had hired a new third-party valuation service, after trumpeting the services of its former valuation firm to combat accusations of phony returns just four days earlier.

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It's of some interest that Hamilton informed the hearing referee of his intention to delay the hearing on Tuesday of this week, but it was not acted on until this morning after a bunch of attorneys, a prospective witness, and a (very small) gallery of spectators and media had a …

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R. Kelly Hamilton, John Freshwater's attorney, subpoenaed two members of the Mt. Vernon Board of Education, Ian Watson and Jody Goetzman.

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A grand jury can subpoena just about anyone for any reason.

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The Federal Reserve was served with a subpoena from a Congressional committee on Tuesday, as lawmakers demanded documents related to Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch.

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Fed up - U.S. Central Bank subpoenaed!

The U.S. Federal Reserve was ordered to hand over e-mails and documents pertaining to Bank of America's purchase of Merrill Lynch in January 2009, according to a press release.

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The congressional panel investigating what happened to all that bank bailout money has issued a subpoena to the Federal Reserve, asking them to hand over all documents relating to the takeover of Merrill Lynch by the Bank of America.

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"Shannon Connell of Madison says her brother Michael rarely talked about work," a local Wisconsin paper reported Thursday. "She knew he ran an Ohio company called New Media Communications that set up websites for Republicans including former President George H.W.

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Former vice president Richard B. Cheney said yesterday that he strongly disagreed with President Bush's decision not to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, saying his former chief of staff had been left "hanging in the wind."

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The online networking site MySpace has identified and barred some 90,000 registered sex offenders from using the site over the last two years, MySpace revealed to an investigative task force on Tuesday.

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Attorney John Morgan said Tuesday he plans to videotape depositions with Casey Anthony's family members and release them to the public.

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Just four days before he left office, President Bush instructed former White House aide Karl Rove to refuse to cooperate with future congressional inquiries into alleged misconduct during his administration.

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For eight years, Fox News Channel served as the go-to place for former President George W. Bush, and other administration members, any time there was a breaking scandal or controversy that they wanted to get out in front of.

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Lee Anthony's attorney is speculating that his client may be charged in connection with his actions while his niece, Caylee Anthony, was missing.

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WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee chairman subpoenaed former White House adviser Karl Rove on Monday to testify about the Bush administration's firing of U.S. attorneys and prosecution of a former Democratic governor.

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After being told by prosecutors that their testimony could jeopardize the ongoing criminal investigation, the Illinois House panel considering impeachment charges against Gov.

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In a move intended to force public testimony from President-elect Barack Obama's inner circle, a lawyer for Gov.

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In an effort to prove the Illinois governor's innocence, his lawyers ask the Illinois House panel to subpoena two of Obama's top aides and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The attorney for Casey Anthony, who remains jailed on murder charges in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee, filed a motion seeking a subpoena to obtain surveillance video from area businesses involved in possible Caylee sightings.

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