Clinton: Iran sanctions should target elite
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday the Obama administration has concluded that the best way to pressure Iran to come clean on its nuclear ambitions is to impose sanctions aimed at the country's ruling elite.
"It is clear that there is a relatively small group of decision makers inside Iran," she told reporters traveling with her en route to Hawaii. "They are in both political and commercial relationships, and if we can create a sanctions track that targets those who actually make the decisions, we think that is a smarter way to do sanctions. But all that is yet to be decided upon."
Judge has questions in gay marriage trial in Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage got under way yesterday, with a judge peppering both sides with questions during their opening statements.
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker asked attorney Theodore Olson, who represents two same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8, how the ban could be called discriminatory, since California already allows domestic partnerships.
Olson drew comparisons to some state laws banning interracial marriage in the 1960s that would have banned President Barack Obama's parents from getting married.
Panel wants more scrutiny of biolab workers
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- A federal panel has recommended that researchers who work with deadly pathogens undergo more frequent security screening.
The report was issued Friday by a panel President George W. Bush's administration created to investigate laboratory security after the FBI concluded an Army scientist was behind the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people.
The Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States also recommends tighter scrutiny of foreign nationals who work in U.S. labs. And it suggests the government consider random drug tests and closer monitoring of the physical and mental health of those with access to dangerous pathogens.
Convicted ex-RI mayor might run vs. Rep. Kennedy
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A former Providence, R.I., mayor convicted of turning City Hall into a shakedown racket might run against Congressman Patrick Kennedy or the incumbent mayor.
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci (see-AN'-see) Jr. says he's considering challenging Kennedy or current Providence Mayor David Cicilline (siss-ill-EE'-nee).
He said during his radio show Monday that it doesn't take a genius to win in a state facing almost 13 percent unemployment. He has feuded with both Kennedy and Cicilline.
Cianci was credited for helping revive Providence, but prosecutors allege his administrations ran amok.
He was convicted in 2002 during a federal probe into City Hall corruption and served four years in prison.
Eureka damage at $14.3 million from big earthquake
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) -- California officials yesterday were still tallying damage estimates from a powerful earthquake that struck Humboldt County over the weekend, with only the city of Eureka so far providing a figure.
Eureka, the largest Northern California city affected by Saturday's magnitude-6.5 quake, estimated the damage on Monday to 175 buildings at $14.3 million, Gary Bird, a spokesman for the city said. That's up from Sunday's estimate of $12.5 million.
Officials still don't have a preliminary damage estimate for the whole county and said it might take several days to arrive at that figure.
DUI charge dropped against RI federal prosecutor
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- A drunken-driving charge has been dismissed against a Rhode Island federal prosecutor whose arrest sparked an internal investigation into whether police treated him favorably.
A Warwick judge agreed Monday to a city lawyer's request to drop the charge against Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerard Sullivan.
Robert Sgroi said he made the recommendation partly because Sullivan admitted last week that there was enough evidence to prove he refused a chemical breath test when he was pulled over early on Thanksgiving morning. Sullivan has lost his driver's license for seven months.
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday the Obama administration has concluded that the best way to pressure Iran to come clean on its nuclear ambitions is to impose sanctions aimed at the country's ruling elite.
"It is clear that there is a relatively small group of decision makers inside Iran," she told reporters traveling with her en route to Hawaii. "They are in both political and commercial relationships, and if we can create a sanctions track that targets those who actually make the decisions, we think that is a smarter way to do sanctions. But all that is yet to be decided upon."
Judge has questions in gay marriage trial in Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage got under way yesterday, with a judge peppering both sides with questions during their opening statements.
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker asked attorney Theodore Olson, who represents two same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8, how the ban could be called discriminatory, since California already allows domestic partnerships.
Olson drew comparisons to some state laws banning interracial marriage in the 1960s that would have banned President Barack Obama's parents from getting married.
Panel wants more scrutiny of biolab workers
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- A federal panel has recommended that researchers who work with deadly pathogens undergo more frequent security screening.
The report was issued Friday by a panel President George W. Bush's administration created to investigate laboratory security after the FBI concluded an Army scientist was behind the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people.
The Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States also recommends tighter scrutiny of foreign nationals who work in U.S. labs. And it suggests the government consider random drug tests and closer monitoring of the physical and mental health of those with access to dangerous pathogens.
Convicted ex-RI mayor might run vs. Rep. Kennedy
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A former Providence, R.I., mayor convicted of turning City Hall into a shakedown racket might run against Congressman Patrick Kennedy or the incumbent mayor.
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci (see-AN'-see) Jr. says he's considering challenging Kennedy or current Providence Mayor David Cicilline (siss-ill-EE'-nee).
He said during his radio show Monday that it doesn't take a genius to win in a state facing almost 13 percent unemployment. He has feuded with both Kennedy and Cicilline.
Cianci was credited for helping revive Providence, but prosecutors allege his administrations ran amok.
He was convicted in 2002 during a federal probe into City Hall corruption and served four years in prison.
Eureka damage at $14.3 million from big earthquake
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) -- California officials yesterday were still tallying damage estimates from a powerful earthquake that struck Humboldt County over the weekend, with only the city of Eureka so far providing a figure.
Eureka, the largest Northern California city affected by Saturday's magnitude-6.5 quake, estimated the damage on Monday to 175 buildings at $14.3 million, Gary Bird, a spokesman for the city said. That's up from Sunday's estimate of $12.5 million.
Officials still don't have a preliminary damage estimate for the whole county and said it might take several days to arrive at that figure.
DUI charge dropped against RI federal prosecutor
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- A drunken-driving charge has been dismissed against a Rhode Island federal prosecutor whose arrest sparked an internal investigation into whether police treated him favorably.
A Warwick judge agreed Monday to a city lawyer's request to drop the charge against Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerard Sullivan.
Robert Sgroi said he made the recommendation partly because Sullivan admitted last week that there was enough evidence to prove he refused a chemical breath test when he was pulled over early on Thanksgiving morning. Sullivan has lost his driver's license for seven months.
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