Judge Michael Chagares of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the computer and identity fraud conviction of computer programmer Andrew Auernheimer, who was one half of the duo that exposed Apple Inc's mobile operating system breach by manipulating AT&T's mobile data plan into "slurpering" 114,000 email addresses.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that based on feedback she received from Irish immigration activists she had met with, Republicans in the House majority are motivated by race to hamper the passing of the comprehensive US immigration law.
According to transcripts shared by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for its own probe on the awarding of the lucrative Simandou deposit to BSGR Resources Ltd, company owner Beny Steinmetz allegedly agreed to pay millions of dollars in bribe money to the wife of a former Guinea president prior to the securing of the coveted mining rights.
The Christian Science Monitor said that the decision of Louisiana Representative Vance McAllister to not order a federal probe on the release of a video of him kissing a staff member was wise should he like to keep his political career.
