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...terrorism-sponsor designation would also prompt Venezuela to counter more loudly with the case of Luis Posada Carriles, the Cuban exile wanted in Venezuela for allegedly masterminding a 1976 terror attack on a Cuban jetliner in Caracas, which killed 73 people. The U.S. refuses to extradite Posada despite FBI evidence implicating him in the crime. The 80-year-old, who lives freely in Miami, denies the accusations. Chavez has long argued that the Posada case proves what he calls a U.S. double standard on terrorism...
Still, despite the relatively low-key public response to the beatings, the situation could still change for the worse. The FBI and the local district attorney have said they are monitoring the department's internal investigation and could bring charges against the officers. Ramsey has been under pressure to revamp the department's policy on the use of violence in the face of 35 incidents in two years where police have killed civilians. Smith says the black community has its eye on Nutter - one of a new, younger, and largely untested generation of African-American leaders - and expects...
...theft is on the rise. Like iPods and laptop computers before them, the pricey gadgets have become the newest high-tech target. Yet even as sales have slowed in recent months as consumers cut back on discretionary spending, theft of the devices has continued to soar. According to the FBI, as of late April, 31,324 portable navigation devices had been reported stolen in the U.S. - a 12% increase since late February. The crime is particularly rampant in big cities - Houston saw such robberies triple last year to 1,303. "These thefts get reported every day," says Captain Don McKinney...
Both Catalano and the FBI declined to say whether Harvard has appointed someone to a Boston joint terrorism task force...
Special agent Gail A. Marcinkiewicz said, however, that the FBI does not film protests...