Fed Grand Jury Probing Hilton Hotels in Theft of Documents

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nothing like a good hotel war wrapped in a scandal. The Wall Street Journal reports that a federal grand jury is probing whether Hilton Worldwide and several former executives swiped thousands of pages of confidential documents from rival Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The paper, attributing the information to “people familiar with…

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FBI Reports Rapes at 20 Year Low

Here’s good news. It’s good to see law enforcement taking advantage of science. By Donna Leinwand USA TODAY WASHINGTON –– Reported rapes have fallen to the lowest level in 20 years as DNA evidence helps send more rapists to prison and victims are more willing to work with police and prosecutors, victims advocates and crime…

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Joint Terrorism Task Force Lost Terror Suspect on NY Subway During Surveillance

With most investigations, there’s always that ooops moment investigators hope doesn’t amount to much. The question is: Did this one amount to much? Unclear. By Mark Hosenball Newsweek WASHINGTON — In the tense final days before the FBI arrested Afghan-American Najibullah Zazi on terror-conspiracy charges, the Feds had a major scare: NEWSWEEK has learned that…

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