112 results for "Michael Doyle"
Prison brew could play pivotal role in California murder case
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 10:25 AMOne of the two inmates accused of killing an Atwater, Calif., prison guard was so drunk on a potent brew dubbed “White Lightning” that he couldn’t understand an FBI agent’s Miranda warnings afterward, defense attorneys cl...
Obama, lawmakers target military sex assault issues
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 12:00 AMWASHINGTON – In a one-two punch from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue on Thursday, lawmakers introduced a sweeping revision of military sexual assault law and the president summoned his uniformed service chiefs.
Obama, lawmakers tackle military sexual assault
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 3:30 PMIn a one-two punch from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue on Thursday, lawmakers introduced a sweeping revision to military sexual-assault law and the president summoned his uniformed service chiefs. The politically popular bill and the high-prof...
Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 1:41 PMA Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill.
As attorney general, Eric Holder is familiar with political attacks
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 3:21 PMEric Holder may have thought he knew what he was in for before he became the U.S. attorney general. But four years after his relatively pain-free Senate confirmation, Holder sizzles on the political hot seat. For reasons both trumped up and genu...
House farm bill has plenty for California growers
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 1:59 PMCalifornia lawmakers will now help plant another farm bill, hoping it will bear fruit for the state’s frustrated growers.
Tax court dings high-living San Luis Obispo couple
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 1:02 PMAn inventive San Luis Obispo County, Calif., couple now owes back taxes and penalties after losing a protracted legal fight with federal authorities.
Whipping GOP troops into line gets tougher
Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 12:00 AMHouse Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy is a genial man with a confounding job.
For GOP House Whip Kevin McCarthy, the job is politics with a side of pizza
Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 9:00 PMHouse Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy is a genial man with a confounding job.
The Hmong, Vietnam era allies, honor their dead from a long-ago war
Friday, May 10, 2013 at 12:43 PMThe old Hmong veterans stood at ragged attention, in a cemetery whose soil is still closed to them.
