http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2010 MiamiHerald.com Nation 60 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:01:24 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536791/health-plan-gets-push-pull-before.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1536791/health-plan-gets-push-pull-before.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00 EDT Buoyed by estimates that their healthcare overhaul would cut the deficit by $138 billion over the next decade, congressional Democrats unveiled their final blueprint Thursday and set the stage for a dramatic House vote Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537234/release-of-guantanamo-detainees.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537234/release-of-guantanamo-detainees.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:27 EDT All U.S. intelligence agencies agreed unanimously on which war-on-terror captives now held at Guantánamo can be let go and which alleged terrorists must be held -- with or without trial, President Barack Obama's national intelligence director and attorney general told the Senate on Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/1535765/guantanamo-or-no-feds-to-buy-illinois.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/18/1535765/guantanamo-or-no-feds-to-buy-illinois.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:57 EDT The Obama administration plans to purchase a state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., regardless of whether Congress allows terrorism suspects to be transferred there, a Department of Justice official said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1534025/fbi-christmas-suspect-has-been.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1534025/fbi-christmas-suspect-has-been.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:02 EDT FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday defended his bureau's handling of the Christmas airline bombing attempt, insisting agents in Detroit moved quickly to protect lives. The suspect, he added, has been cooperating after his arrest. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1532187/holder-weeks-away-from-decision.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1532187/holder-weeks-away-from-decision.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:35 EDT Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1524813/behind-obamas-wavering-on-terror.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1524813/behind-obamas-wavering-on-terror.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:56 EST As the White House reconsiders the decision to prosecute the five alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in civilian court, the likely change of course seems designed to protect vulnerable Democrats in Congress more than it is to improve the chances for conviction. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523713/critics-of-justice-dept-lawyers.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523713/critics-of-justice-dept-lawyers.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59 EST A conservative group's bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the "al Qaeda Seven" has struck a nerve in the U.S. legal community, prompting even some fellow Republicans to denounce the group's attack. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523702/complaints-persist-as-us-frees.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523702/complaints-persist-as-us-frees.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50 EST Under a program started in January, local Afghan leaders can petition for and win release of Bagram prisoners not deemed a threat if area chiefs pledge to monitor them for signs they are aiding the insurgency. The policy is part of a transition for the Afghan government to take control of the controversial detention facility within a year. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/09/1520809/ex-spy-chief-us-misled-allies.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/09/1520809/ex-spy-chief-us-misled-allies.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:15 EST United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/08/1519203/after-setbacks-obama-looks-to.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/08/1519203/after-setbacks-obama-looks-to.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:09 EST White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantánamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/04/1512804/group-seeks-info-from-uk-on-guantanamo.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/04/1512804/group-seeks-info-from-uk-on-guantanamo.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:02 EST A human rights group challenged Britain's government to hand over documents relating to a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who alleges his extraordinary rendition flight refueled on British territory en route to another country where he was tortured. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/03/1511301/former-guantanamo-detainee-said.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/03/1511301/former-guantanamo-detainee-said.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:02 EST A man who was freed from Guantánamo after he claimed he only wanted to go home and help his family is now a senior commander running Taliban resistance to the U.S.-led offensive in southern Afghanistan, two senior Afghan intelligence officials say. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/26/1501665/uk-court-orders-disclosure-of.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/26/1501665/uk-court-orders-disclosure-of.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:27 EST A senior British judge on Friday accused domestic spy agency MI5 of colluding in the alleged torture of detainees in U.S. custody, issuing a stern criticism despite a government attempt to suppress the details. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/24/1498532/judge-upholds-detention-of-2-men.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/24/1498532/judge-upholds-detention-of-2-men.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:57 EST A federal judge Wednesday ruled that the Pentagon can continue to hold indefinitely at Guantánamo two Yemeni captives whom the Bush administration cleared for release two years ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/23/1495710/rights-group-seeks-legal-review.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/23/1495710/rights-group-seeks-legal-review.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:12 EST Britain's courts will be asked to rule whether advice for spies and soldiers on handling detainees overseas was lawful amid allegations they may have colluded in torture, an advocacy group said Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/22/1493330/petraeus-backs-closing-camps-limits.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/22/1493330/petraeus-backs-closing-camps-limits.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:28 EST The Pentagon's top commander of forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, still supports closing the prison camps at Guantánamo and is not troubled by President Barack Obama's inability to do so by a Jan. 22 deadline. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538316/chief-sd-police-followed-rules.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538316/chief-sd-police-followed-rules.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:57 EDT The Rapid City, S.D., police chief said in a report released Friday that he regrets his department's outing of a lesbian Air Force sergeant led to her military discharge, but that his officers followed department protocol. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538315/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-calif.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538315/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-calif.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:52 EDT A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to stabbing a moviegoer in the neck with a meat thermometer during a screening of the film "Shutter Island." http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538262/evidence-found-rotting-in-closed.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538262/evidence-found-rotting-in-closed.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:07 EDT A suburban police department left behind a roomful of evidence when it closed two years ago - including a moldy sexual assault kit that authorities said linked a man to the 2006 rape of a 13-year-old girl, nearly 200 guns and hundreds of bags of narcotics, officials said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538261/texas-gov-gives-copy-of-pardon.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538261/texas-gov-gives-copy-of-pardon.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:07 EDT The family of a Texas man who died while imprisoned for a rape he didn't commit cried and hugged at his graveside Friday with a framed copy of the state's first posthumous pardon - a document that finally proves his innocence. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538239/da-utah-officer-justified-in-standoff.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538239/da-utah-officer-justified-in-standoff.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:42 EDT Prosecutors say a police officer was justified in firing his gun during a standoff with a Utah man who worked as an undercover informant during an investigation into American Indian artifact looting. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538233/calif-police-dodge-bullet-in-booby.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538233/calif-police-dodge-bullet-in-booby.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:37 EDT Police officers in this retirement town in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538220/wash-man-charged-in-ex-wifes-killing.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538220/wash-man-charged-in-ex-wifes-killing.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:32 EDT A Washington man accused of shooting his ex-wife to death during a counseling session at a Federal Way church has been charged with first-degree murder. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1531149/controversial-house-tactic-considered.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1531149/controversial-house-tactic-considered.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:00 EDT As the battle over healthcare legislation built Monday toward a weekend crescendo, congressional Democrats considered trying to pass the controversial Senate version without voting for it, a tactic that Republicans and independent analysts warned could be politically treacherous and perhaps unconstitutional. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1531176/storm-darkens-floods-northeast.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1531176/storm-darkens-floods-northeast.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:00 EDT Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major winter storms. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/15/1529728/pentagon-gun-was-previously-held.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/15/1529728/pentagon-gun-was-previously-held.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00 EDT Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tennessee. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/15/1529733/runaway-prius-examined.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/15/1529733/runaway-prius-examined.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00 EDT Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the U.S. government could not replicate the runaway speeding reported by a Prius owner who said his car's accelerator got stuck as he drove on a California freeway, according to a memo for a congressional panel. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/13/1527316/obama-skips-asia-trip-to-make.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/13/1527316/obama-skips-asia-trip-to-make.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:00 EST President Barack Obama, claiming that momentum is building for a historic overhaul of the nation's health insurance system, on Friday postponed a trip to Asia so he can stay in the capital next week to twist arms in Congress. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/13/1527335/disparities-in-sentences-found.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/13/1527335/disparities-in-sentences-found.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:00 EST Black and Hispanic men are more likely to receive longer prison sentences than their white counterparts since the Supreme Court loosened federal sentencing rules, a government study has concluded. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523474/after-us-visit-preval-optimistic.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523474/after-us-visit-preval-optimistic.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00 EST Haitian President René Préval emerged from a round of talks at the White House and Capitol Hill on Wednesday, optimistic that President Barack Obama and lawmakers are receptive to helping the shattered country with direct aid to the government. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523475/jobless-aid-bill-approved.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523475/jobless-aid-bill-approved.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00 EST After months of wrangling, the Senate on Wednesday approved a $138 billion spending bill that would extend jobless benefits, help states pay for Medicaid and extend a bundle of tax measures designed to stimulate the economy. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523467/healthcare-reform-time-for-talk.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523467/healthcare-reform-time-for-talk.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00 EST Touting a new initiative to reduce waste in Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs, President Barack Obama traveled to suburban St. Louis Wednesday to keep up momentum behind his push to complete work on a healthcare overhaul this month. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/10/1521486/florida-lags-in-us-aid-based-on.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/10/1521486/florida-lags-in-us-aid-based-on.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00 EST A study released on the eve of the 2010 Census has some eye-opening news about the count's importance for Floridians: In a national ranking, the amount of Census-based aid flowing to the state and the three-county South Florida region puts both in the bottom five. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/08/1519738/obama-promoting-healthcare-its.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/08/1519738/obama-promoting-healthcare-its.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:00 EST President Barack Obama took his pitch for healthcare legislation on the road Monday, urging voters in suburban Philadelphia to make their voices heard above the political echo chamber in Washington and demand an up-or-down vote now in Congress. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/08/1518280/obama-praises-iraqi-vote.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/08/1518280/obama-praises-iraqi-vote.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00 EST President Barack Obama praised the Iraqi people for passing ``an important milestone'' Sunday, when millions turned out for national elections despite insurgent attacks that killed more than 30 people. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538182/cops-seek-more-victims-through.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538182/cops-seek-more-victims-through.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:57 EDT Police have been overwhelmed since they released more than 100 photos found in a serial killer's storage locker, more than 30-year-old pictures of unidentified girls and women in bell bottoms, bikinis and Farrah Fawcett hair. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538178/american-released-from-myanmar.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538178/american-released-from-myanmar.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:57 EDT A pro-democracy activist jailed for months in Myanmar after trying to visit his sick mother in prison arrived home in the United States on Friday, capping weeks of discussions between the ruling military junta and the U.S. State Department. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538158/580-pounds-of-pot-seized-at-calif.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538158/580-pounds-of-pot-seized-at-calif.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:52 EDT U.S. Border Patrol agents say they seized 45 bundles of marijuana found inside a tractor-trailer at the Arizona-California border. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538132/la-thief-steals-truck-as-5-year.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538132/la-thief-steals-truck-as-5-year.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:37 EDT California authorities say a thief in the Hollywood Hills stole a truck with a 5-year-old boy sleeping inside but the child was found safely soon after. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538111/nyc-prosecutor-mom-accused-of.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538111/nyc-prosecutor-mom-accused-of.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:17 EDT A prosecutor suggested Friday that a mother accused of killing her autistic 8-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide attempt had a mental problem that spurs people to seek attention by inventing illnesses for their loved ones. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538073/correction-bc-us-plane-kills-beachgoer.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538073/correction-bc-us-plane-kills-beachgoer.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:52 EDT In stories March 16 and March 17 about a jogger hit and killed during an emergency landing by a small plane on a South Carolina beach, The Associated Press erroneously identified the type of engine on the plane. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538067/7th-anniversary-of-iraq-war-passes.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538067/7th-anniversary-of-iraq-war-passes.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:52 EDT It was a day like any other day - except that it was the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And, for the most part, that was forgotten. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538034/chicago-man-sentenced-to-60-years.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538034/chicago-man-sentenced-to-60-years.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:32 EDT A Chicago man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a 2007 crime spree in Illinois that left a sheriff's deputy dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538005/accomplice-to-oc-fortuneteller.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1538005/accomplice-to-oc-fortuneteller.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22 EDT A North Carolina man who helped murder an Orange County fortuneteller and her daughter has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537993/cops-seek-more-victims-through.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537993/cops-seek-more-victims-through.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:17 EDT Police have been overwhelmed since they released more than 100 photos found in a serial killer's storage locker, more than 30-year-old pictures of unidentified girls and women in bell bottoms, bikinis and Farrah Fawcett hair. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537981/apnewsbreak-calif-boosts-sex-offender.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537981/apnewsbreak-calif-boosts-sex-offender.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:07 EDT California parole officials said Friday they have ordered increased monitoring of all sex offenders after recent high-profile lapses, most notably in the case of a young woman who was held captive for 18 years by a convicted rapist. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537980/conn-murder-inmate-with-cancer.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537980/conn-murder-inmate-with-cancer.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:07 EDT Ronald Taylor was handcuffed in a hospital bed where he was being treated for cancer when his lawyer came to tell him a Connecticut judge overturned his conviction in a 1993 killing. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1532899/gay-rights-group-will-honor-two.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1532899/gay-rights-group-will-honor-two.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:00 EDT Two very different South Florida congresswomen -- one a conservative Roman Catholic Republican born in Havana, the other a liberal Jewish Democrat originally from New York -- will be honored Sunday in Miami for their passionate stands in support of gay rights. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1532931/wavering-democrats-feeling-the.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1532931/wavering-democrats-feeling-the.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:00 EDT As a historic vote on sweeping healthcare legislation nears, Democratic moderates in the House of Representatives face relentless pressure as they juggle personal pleas from President Barack Obama, a multimillion-dollar ad barrage and constituents who are fed up with the convoluted congressional process. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1532961/crist-florida-congressmen-confer.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1532961/crist-florida-congressmen-confer.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:32 EDT Declaring ``we're all united on space,'' Gov. Charlie Crist met with Florida lawmakers Tuesday in an attempt to turn back proposed landmark changes to NASA's mission in the state.