Weapons discovery at airport may lead to charges, deportation Nov 2, 2007
"We did not get any indication they had planned any overt act on the plane," said FBI spokesman Steve Emmett. "We are deferring to local charges.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Mandatory program 'treats'politically incorrect attitudes Oct 31, 2007
"As another example, after an investigation showed that males demonstrated 'a higher degree of resistance to educational efforts,' the Rodney complex chose to hire 'strong male RAs.' Each such RA 'combats male residents' concepts of traditional male identity,' in order to 'ensure the delivery of the curriculum at the same level as in the female floors.' This language is disturbingly reminiscent of a pivotal scene from George Orwell's '1984,' in which the protagonist's captors tell him that 'The... (WorldNetDaily)
Catholic Worker co-founder charged with soliciting sex Oct 25, 2007
"Local police say they had received two complaints of inappropriate behavior concerning Niece over the years, but neither warranted any charges."Both these cases were thoroughly investigated in 2003 and 2005 and there was not enough evidence to support a prosecution," said Half Moon Bay Police Chief Don O'Keefe. "It was a matter of talking, there was no overt act ... If it was just a matter of talking on the phone and not showing up, that would have been one thing," said O'Keefe. "But him... (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Kidnap or misunderstanding? Oct 20, 2007
"Detectives determined there was no overt act to attempt to seduce or unlawfully take the girl, and it could not be determined if the woman was actually calling to the 9-year-old student," police said in a statement. E-mail Henry K. Lee at. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Better watch where you shine that spotlight Sep 30, 2007
To be charged with that, Adcock said, a person must have been observed committing an overt act consistent with the hunting of deer at night. Such observation of an overt act includes, but is not limited to, witnessing the discharge of a weapon capable of killing a deer, hearing the shot, seeing the person in possession of a recently killed deer that could not have been killed during legal hours, or witnessing the person committing any acts consistent with headlighting deer. (The Clarion-Ledger)
It's time to kick your chatty cleaner to the curb Sep 26, 2007
But that seems unnecessarily collusive with the adulterous husband, and also an overt act of betrayal of the wife, who, as you say, signs her cheques. Why bite the hand that feeds you. (Globe and Mail)
9th Circuit reverses several pretrial rulings in W.R. Grace casePosted on Sept. 20 Sep 21, 2007
He said the government failed to allege the defendants committed an overt act to knowingly endanger others within the five-year statute of limitations that began in 1999 ... "The district court dismissed the knowing endangerment object in the original indictment as 'time-barred' because it failed to allege an overt act within the statue of limitations, not because the indictment was untimely filed," the three-judge panel wrote. (Missoulian, MT)
The Petraeus-Crocker Testimony Sep 13, 2007
By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. General Petraeus has served this country for over 35 years with honor, distinction, and integrity. (Human Events Online)
PLANS VIDEO FOR 9/11... Sep 7, 2007
Roosevelt's administration had no clue that The Japanese were going to commit such an overt act of war (Pearl Harbor). Kennedy had the Bay of Pigs. (The Drudge Report)
Judge orders WSI trial Aug 30, 2007
"The fact that a disclosure may have occurred in this case is irrelevant. It is the agreement and the commission of an overt act that are at issue.". Hoffman's brief contended that WSIinvestigators, according to testimony of WSIinvestigator Todd Flanigan, did not show driver's license photos in the photo lineup, which was alleged to contain photos obtained from driver's licenses through a Department of Transportation agreement, as well as photos from the agency's intranet. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Man on trial again over 1971 crime he already served time for Aug 21, 2007
But prosecutors say they can now prove the shooting was an "overt act" in a broader conspiracy to kill officers ... Aside from the shooting of Officer Lawrence Heap, for which he served time, O'Neal is not named in any of 10 other "overt acts" in the alleged conspiracy, including the murders of two New York City police officers in 1971 and the bombing of a church during the funeral of a San Francisco officer in 1970. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Raina: Selective Justice India Aug 8, 2007
The UPA government needs to realize that selective justice may bring relief to a section of the population, but, if such justice is denied to other sections, such a course can only the more justly and forcefully dub it communal than any overt act of commission. It is now generally recognized that Indian Muslims are poised on a threshold moment; with each day their willingness to participate in constructive measures to accord them due rights and opportunities as equal citizens becomes more... (Zmag.org)
For love of lighthouses Aug 5, 2007
The act is considered the first overt act of the Revolutionary War. Whaleback Lighthouse. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Auroran faces 34 child porn charges Aug 3, 2007
Friday 03 August, 2007. "If you could imagine it, not that you'd want to, it was there: sexual conduct, sexual intercourse, sado-masochism ... even children who were blindfolded and wearing dog collars," said Indiana State Police Detective Tom Baxter, a 20-year ISP veteran, who filed the affidavit in Dearborn Superior Court II, Lawrenceburg. (Aurora Journal Press, IN)
Street: What is Racism? Aug 2, 2007
The first consists of overt acts by individuals, which cause death, injury or the violent destruction of property ... When a black family moves into a home in a white neighborhood and is stoned, burned or routed out, they are victims of an overt act of individual racism which many people will condemnat least in words. (Zmag.org)
Security steps up during Marian Days Festival Aug 1, 2007
Barksdale said law enforcement had dealt with threats against the brothers in the 1970s and 1980s due to the Vietnam War, but this was the most overt act. Maybe because of the security implemented to protect the brothers and eventually the festival goers, or coincidentally, the event has grown. (Carthage Press, MO)
Hedge fund tried to sway gas prices, regulator says Jul 26, 2007
The commission is seeking $130,000 for every "overt act" that violates trading laws, said Mocek. The CFTC failed to show "that prices during the period of time discussed in the complaint were even affected by Mr. Hunter's trading," said the statement from Kim, Hunter's attorney. (Boston Globe -- Business)
Legal and moral cloud still shadows Mahony Jul 17, 2007
Even if alleged molestations occurred long ago, a conspiracy can be charged if one overt act such as destroying a piece of evidence or soliciting someone's silence took place in the last three years. "If you managed to keep the crime secret along with others, you may be free from being prosecuted from the crime itself, but you may be prosecuted for conspiracy the conspiracy of concealment," said UC Davis law professor Diane Marie Amann, speaking in general terms. (Los Angeles Times)
Don't need PhD to understand 'police' Jul 7, 2007
No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. So much for your lovely definition of treason, Delta Dawn , you f. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Government Outlines Requested Sentence for Scrushy May 26, 2007
" Id. at 55e. Moreover, the indictment specifically charged two payments to the "CON Board Member," separate and apart from the $500,000 paid to Defendant Siegelman. In particular, 56 charges as one overt act a "payment of $3,000" on August 2, 2002, for creating a CON Board quorum for action on a proposed hospital. Further, 56 charges a February 6, 2002, "payment of $8,000" concerning a certain PET scan application as another overt act. At trial, the testimony of Loree Skelton both... (WSJA.com, AL)
We can do better for the nation's homeless citizens May 26, 2007
He wrote that every overt act or failure to act in regard to fellow human beings affects every citizen of the world. Recently in the same Atlanta, a homeless man in a checkered yellow suit lay asleep in a polished stone alcove at the base of the Hyatt Regency on hilly, windswept Baker Street. (Pensacola News Journal)
Balcony fall earns man prison time May 13, 2007
"Do you acknowledge you told police he made some overt act toward you and that you reacted and he was gone?" Connolly asked. "That is true," Lyndon replied. (Shoals TimesDaily)
Lendman: Free Expression May 11, 2007
It states: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court." Crimes of treason include. . (Zmag.org)
Giuliani gave to Planned Parenthood... May 8, 2007
"An overt act of giving money shows support for a position. That can't be a mistake or misinterpretation." ... "An overt act of giving money shows support for a position. That can't be a mistake or misinterpretation." No matter what, Rudi believes in Womens Rights and that includes abortion. (The Drudge Report)
Abortion law is upheld Apr 19, 2007
It defines "partial-birth abortion" as a procedure in which the clinician "delivers a living fetus" until part of the fetus is "outside the body of the mother" and then "performs the overt act . . . that kills the partially delivered living fetus.". Need for procedure disputed. (FOX59, IN)
Ruling likely to bring new battles over abortion Apr 19, 2007
The law defines "partial-birth abortion" as a procedure in which the clinician "delivers a living fetus" until part of the fetus is "outside the body of the mother" and then "performs the overt act ... that kills the partially delivered living fetus.". The law allows an exception for cases in which the woman's life is in danger but does not permit doctors to use the procedure because they think a different method would be riskier to the woman's health. (Seattle Times)
Supreme Court upholds federal ban on disputed abortion procedure Apr 19, 2007
Medical textbooks make no mention of "partial-birth abortions,'' according to Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation. Doctors say it is a phrase coined by politicians that does not refer to any specific medical procedure. Generally, however, the phrase has been used to refer to surgical abortions performed toward the end of a woman's second trimester of pregnancy, a procedure in which an abortion provider "deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus''... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Up the river, taxing power, an itchy claim Mar 17, 2007
Agents maintain their covert status after their roles in covert activities are over because. Although nobody intended for Plame to be involved in future covert activities in her career, plans sometimes change ... No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Street: Jim Crows Ghosts Mar 2, 2007
The first consists of overt acts by individuals, which cause death, injury or the violent destruction of property ... When a black family moves into a home in a white neighborhood and is stoned, burned or routed out, they are victims of an overt act of individual racism which many people will condemn at least in words. (Zmag.org)
Clinging to life in the bleak hills of West Virginia Feb 20, 2007
An overt act of unhooking someone from a life-sustaining respirator -- and then waiting for her to suffocate -- seemed a far more troubling moral leap. Unable to talk, laboring in a kind of drug haze, hardly able to focus, she tried to write a note. (The Miami Herald)
Texas mulls deadly force as 1st resort Feb 19, 2007
Legislation introduced in Florida last month would remove criminal and civil immunity if an innocent bystander, particularly a child, is injured, and it would define "threat" as an overt act. Copyright. (FOX59, IN)
Texas may OK shooting first in self-defense Feb 18, 2007
Legislation introduced in Florida last month would remove criminal and civil immunity if an innocent bystander, particularly a child, is injured, and it would define "threat" as an overt act. "There are dozens of cases around the country where people say they were acting in self-defense, where it would not even have crossed their lawyers' minds two years ago to claim that," said the Brady Campaign's Ragbourn. (Los Angeles Times)
Cunningham's alleged corruption began earlier than first realized Feb 17, 2007
Court documents from his 2005 plea agreement cite the first overt act of corruption of Cunningham as having occurred in May 2000, when Brent Wilkes, the Poway defense contractor referred to as co-conspirator No. 1 in the documents, allegedly gave him two personal checks totaling 100,000 ... The federal grand jury indictment alleges that Wilkes' first overt acts of corruption began as early as September 1996, when he allegedly paid thousands of dollars in meals for Cunningham at Washington... (North County Times)
Authorities seek person who shot seal Feb 1, 2007
The Marine Mammal Protection Act makes it a misdemeanor to shoot the harp seal in what LaCasse called an "overt act of animal cruelty." The maximum penalty is a year in prison or a $20,000 fine. "Somebody had the malice and audacity to shoot this animal in the head with a shotgun," he said. (The Standard-Times, MA)
Oh, we're just flirting Jan 9, 2007
Flirting is where the woman comes on to you through some overt act. Anything else is not flirting. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
'Dissonance' has a point of view Jan 7, 2007
Federal actions in Virginia on May 24, then, were not so much a pre-emptive strike as the national government's first overt act of aggression in what was becoming a civil war. The second caveat to be considered is Detzer's attribution of the behavior of white Southerners at this time to the all-pervading influence of race and racism upon Southern society. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
British Cartoon Protester Found Guilty Jan 6, 2007
It s doubtful that this person would have been prosecuted in the USA unless he had also taken some overt act besides the voicing of inciteful comments, but there was a quite clear violation of British law; so the verdict was in accord with the legal system in which the offense was committted. Posted by William O'Connor. (New York Times)
