Kathleen Sebelius Admits ‘Mistake’ In Probe On Violation Of Hatch Act
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admits she made a mistake during remarks in February that investigators say violated a federal law restricting...
View ArticleProbe fault US agents over Mexico gun-running
The US Justice Department has referred 14 of its employees for possible internal discipline in connection with a botched operation that allowed thousands of guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug...
View ArticleAmplats says taking action against South Africa strikers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The world's top platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, has started disciplinary action, including possible dismissal, against workers taking part in an illegal strike, the...
View ArticleBrickbat: Civics Lesson
A judge has found former Toronto teacher Mary Gowans not guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference. Gowans had been charged with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. But...
View ArticlePlatinum mine sacks 12,000 in South Africa
World's top producer of metal says workers failed to show up to disciplinary hearings and have three days to appeal. … Read More
View ArticleTwo more step down amid BBC scandal
LONDON (AP) -- The BBC's news chief and her deputy have been temporarily replaced while the broadcaster deals with the fallout from coverage of a child abuse scandal that forced its director general to...
View Article‘Nightlife prevented Russian hockey juniors from making World finals’
Russia's Vladimir Tkachev reacts after shootout loss to Sweden in semis of the 2013 Junior Hockey World Championship in Ufa. (RIA Novosti / Alexey Kudenko)Disciplinary problems are the main reason that...
View ArticleLos Angeles Cop Killing Timeline: Key Events In Hunt For Christopher Dorner
Key events involving Christopher Dorner, the fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing at least three people including a police officer in Southern California and posting a manifesto on...
View ArticleWere Dorner’s complaints legitimate?
Christopher Dorner, the killer ex-LAPD officer with a $1 million bounty on his head, hinged his sprawling anti-police manifesto on one major event: his dismissal from the LAPD in 2008 for allegedly...
View ArticleEx-cops sympathize with Dorner’s anger
In a blaze of fire and bullets, a man believed to be ex-LAPD officer and alleged killer Christopher Dorner died Tuesday night in a cabin in California's mountainous San Bernardino County. And while...
View Article10 things the FBI won’t fire you for
A year-in-review email recently circulated to employees at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that leaked online this week (PDF) reveals a series of disciplinary actions taken against agents...
View ArticleHawaiian Police: Officer Disciplinary Records Are Not Public Records
In 1995, Hawaii’s police union produced the video below to depict the harsh and frightening reality of a world where disciplinary records are not secret. It’s a world where the media reports on...
View ArticleMother of 13-year-old pushed out of a moving school bus will sue the city
A Brooklyn boy accosted, spit on and, ultimately, pushed a 13-year-old girl out the back door of a moving school bus and into oncoming traffic late last week. Now, Amore-Virginia Peterson's mother is...
View ArticleBoston College threatens to discipline students for giving out condoms
Boston College administrators are threatening to bring disciplinary action against a group called BC Students for Sexual Health over their insistence upon giving away free condoms and sexual health...
View ArticleCop under fire over trigger-happy stag party
A Swedish police officer risks disciplinary action after handing his service weapon to a soon-to-be groom and letting him fire 30 shots at a bachelor party held at the indoor shooting range of a police...
View ArticlePentagon removes 17 officers from duty to launch its most powerful nuclear...
The move comes after the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota performed poorly on an inspection, the Associated Press reports. The 91st Operations Group, which is the unit that oversees the nuclear...
View ArticleThe Resident: Teacher disciplined for informing kids of 5th amendment rights
http://www.youtube.com/v/IvYBeOk881M?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Source: The Resident: Teacher disciplined for informing kids of 5th amendment rights
View ArticleDartmouth students punished for protesting rape
“At least two thirds of the protesters have now received disciplinary letters, and it seems random – some people who were featured prominently in the protest didn’t, and others did,” Karenina Rojas,...
View ArticleBurundi – Media regulator suspends comments on press group’s website
Reporters Without Borders is disturbed to learn that the National Communication Council (CNC), Burundi's media regulator, has ordered the Iwacu press group to prevent visitors to its website...
View ArticleGuantanamo ‘procedure lapses’ resulted in inmate’s drug OD suicide
The 79-page military report concluded that detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif had ingested 24 capsules of an anti-psychotic drug known as Invega, prescribed for mental illness, and a mix of other...
View ArticleCalifornia cop promoted after killing pet dog
City officials in El Monte, California are not releasing the name of the recently promoted police officer, but confirm that it’s one of two men caught on tape last month shooting a pet German...
View ArticleManning doing well at military prison, thankful for support – lawyer
Manning’s lawyer David Coombs wrote on his blog that he spoke with Manning on Wednesday, their first interaction since her sentencing last week. Manning is currently subject to an “indoctrination”...
View ArticleManning being evaluated for gender dysphoria in prison – lawyer
Attorney David Coombs spoke to students and faculty at Roger Williams University School of Law, where he has taught. He said the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has brought in an expert...
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