Washington gets ready to gossip as DC sex blog goes to court

Washington gets ready to gossip as DC sex blog goes to court

Dan Glaister Los Angeles

The Guardian

28 Dec 2006



The Washington Post described Jessica Cutler as “our blog slut”. The National Enquirer opined that she was “beautiful, untalented and morally corrupted”. Now the blogger who wrote about her attempts to juggle affairs with six men while keeping a job... read more...

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At Guantanamo, legal proceedings bog down even an ‘easy’ case

At Guantanamo, legal proceedings bog down even an ‘easy’ case

By Jess Bravin

The Wall Street Journal Europe

20 Dec 2006



AFTER AN HOURS-LONG firefight in an Afghan village called Ab Khail, an enemy fighter hurled a grenade at Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer, causing fatal injuries. For more than a year, Maj. Jeffrey Groharing, a Marine Corps prosecutor, has been... read more...

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Bungs, blank cheques and the Boss: final verdict delivered on Haughey’s corruption (The Guardian, 20 Dec 2006, Page 3)

Bungs, blank cheques and the Boss: final verdict delivered on Haughey’s corruption

Owen Bowcott Ireland Correspondent

The Guardian

20 Dec 2006



During his lifetime Charlie Haughey, nicknamed “The Boss”, evaded his accusers. Yesterday the extent of the corrupt cash for favours culture operated by the former Irish prime minister was exposed in excruciating detail. After nine years of... read more...

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Seasonal offenders face extra time in cells as court staff fight ‘pay cut’

Seasonal offenders face extra time in cells as court staff fight ‘pay cut’

David Hencke and Clare Dyer

The Guardian

18 Dec 2006



Festive rowdies could face being locked up in police cells for longer than they might wish over Christmas and new year following a decision by court ushers and security staff to refuse to work over the holiday period because of a pay claim. The aim of... read more...

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Landmark ruling could spell end of ‘kiss and tell’

Landmark ruling could spell end of ‘kiss and tell’

Clare Dyer Legal editor

The Guardian

15 Dec 2006



The court of appeal delivered a blow yesterday to “kiss and tell” celebrity exposes in a ruling described as a turning point in the development of English privacy law. Lawyers said the judgment would make it easier for celebrities to keep friends,... read more...

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‘National interest’ halts arms corruption inquiry

‘National interest’ halts arms corruption inquiry

David Leigh and Rob Evans

The Guardian

15 Dec 2006



A major criminal investigation into alleged corruption by the arms company BAE Systems and its executives was stopped in its tracks yesterday when the prime minister claimed it would endanger Britain’s security if the inquiry was allowed to... read more...

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