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AP Exclusive: DHS released over 2,000 immigrants

AP Exclusive: DHS released over 2,000 immigrants
By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned. The

Ombudsman Says Hiring More Officers Should Be Top Priority

Ombudsman Says Hiring More Officers Should Be Top Priority
SPOKANE, Wash. - The position of Ombudsman was created to keep the police department accountable after the 2006 beating death of Otto Zehm. Complaints to the Ombudsman's officer were up during 2012, and Ombudsman Tim Burns says it is because more people are aware of the position.

Ombudsman Says Hiring More Officers Should Be Top Priority

Ombudsman Says Hiring More Officers Should Be Top Priority
SPOKANE, Wash. - The position of Ombudsman was created to keep the police department accountable after the 2006 beating death of Otto Zehm. Complaints to the Ombudsman's officer were up during 2012, and Ombudsman Tim Burns says it is because more people are aware of the position.

FBI to release records on Withers' informer work

FBI to release records on Withers' informer work
By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI will release records about civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers' work as an informant for the FBI, to settle a Tennessee newspaper's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis reported on its

FBI to release records on Withers' informer work

FBI to release records on Withers' informer work
By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI will release records about civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers' work as an informant for the FBI, to settle a Tennessee newspaper's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis reported on its

Macy's CEO to testify in fight over Martha Stewart

Macy's CEO to testify in fight over Martha Stewart
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Macy's Chairman, President and CEO Terry Lundgren is scheduled to testify in New York State Supreme Court on Monday in a trial that pits the department store chain against rival J.C. Penney Co. over a partnership with home diva Martha

Banks say new agency's oversight is slow, costly

Banks say new agency's oversight is slow, costly
By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Bankers and financial industry leaders are criticizing the early efforts of the government's new consumer finance watchdog, saying a slow and inefficient oversight process has slowed lending and made it more difficult for them to do business

20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her

20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her
By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) - Being chained as a 10-year-old for more than two weeks in a coffin-size box in a suburban New York dungeon was, Katie Beers says 20 years later, "the best thing that happened to me" because it allowed her to escape a life of abuse. On the

20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her

20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her
By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) - Being chained as a 10-year-old for more than two weeks in a coffin-size box in a suburban New York dungeon was, Katie Beers says 20 years later, "the best thing that happened to me" because it allowed her to escape a life of abuse. On the

20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her

20 years on, Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her
By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) - Being chained as a 10-year-old for more than two weeks in a coffin-size box in a suburban New York dungeon was, Katie Beers says 20 years later, "the best thing that happened to me" because it allowed her to escape a life of abuse. On the