Tuesday, March 18, 2008

SPB News for Tuesday.



Lieberman explains support for McCain — STAMFORD — U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn, told the editorial board of The Advocate and Greenwich Time he's supporting Republican John McCain for president because he's the most likely to bring about change in Washington.


United States censors Guantanamo prisoner's sketch of force-feeding --Detainee is cameraman for Al-Jazeera The United States has censored a gruesome drawing by a Guantanamo Bay prisoner [Sami al-Haj] depicting him as a skeleton being force-fed at the military prison, the man's lawyers said Monday as they released a recreation of the sketch.


Guantanamo lawyers ask court to keep prosecutors from contacting prisoners Lawyers for four Kuwaiti men held at Guantanamo Bay have asked a court to block U.S. military prosecutors from contacting the prisoners without their consent, accusing the government Monday of violating legal ethics. The emergency petition, filed last week in a Washington appeals court, raises concerns about a recent assertion by Guantanamo's chief prosecutor that he does not need the lawyers' permission because they do not represent the prisoners before the war-crimes tribunal system.

As the Economy Falters, So Do State Budgets About half of the state legislatures nationwide are scrambling to plug gaps in their budgets, shot through by rapid declines in corporate and sales tax revenue, distressed housing markets and a national economy on the verge of a recession.


Hannaford Bros Supermarkets Hit By Big Data Breach A security breach at an East Coast supermarket chain exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers and led to 1,800 cases of fraud, the Hannaford Bros. grocery chain announced Monday.

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