Curt Anderson

August 02, 2011 | Daily Report Online

A doctor testifying for a death row inmate convicted of killing a police officer 33 years ago testified Tuesday that Florida's planned use of a replacement drug for lethal injections could cause extreme pain in executions.Dr. David Waisel, a Boston anesthesiologist, said the drug pentobarbital commonly sold as Nembutal, hasn't been sufficiently tested to ensure an inmate is unconscious before deadly drugs are administered.

By Curt Anderson

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May 21, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during a hip-hop Urban Beach Week festival in 2011 filed a civil rights and negligence lawsuit Tuesday seeking damages for his death and hoping to figure out what happened.

By Curt Anderson

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January 04, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla sued a key architect of the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies Friday, claiming they led directly to his alleged mistreatment and illegal detention at a Navy brig.The lawsuit claims that John Yoo, a former senior Justice Department official, wrote several legal memos that led President Bush to designate Padilla, a U.

By CURT ANDERSON

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July 17, 2008 | Daily Report Online

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February 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves predicted Thursday he will be acquitted of federal tax evasion charges and suggested the case against him should never have been brought."They are trying to show something that doesn't exist," Castroneves said after a hearing on pretrial motions.

By CURT ANDERSON

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June 28, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Curt Anderson

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April 10, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A federal judge rejected a motion by alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla to dismiss terrorism charges against him over claims he was tortured in U.S. military custody.The ruling removes one of the last major obstacles to the start of Padilla's trial next week.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke stressed in a 12-page order filed late Monday that she was not passing judgment on the torture allegations.

By Curt Anderson

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September 03, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A federal judge ordered the Cuban government and the ruling Communist Party on Wednesday to pay $27.5 million in damages to the mother of a journalist jailed since a 2003 crackdown on dissent.U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold ruled in the case of Omar Rodriguez Saludes, who is serving a 27-year sentence in Cuban prisons that the judge described as "deplorable and degrading" in his 13-page order.

By CURT ANDERSON

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February 23, 2012 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A state legislator who admitted sending numerous inappropriate, harassing text messages using a hidden identity to a married federal prosecutor was home Thursday with his family amid a federal investigation into possible stalking.A spokesman said Rep. Richard Steinberg, a married Miami Beach Democrat, returned home from Tallahassee even though both legislative chambers were in session.

By Curt Anderson

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July 02, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A federal judge agreed Tuesday to allow the IRS to serve legal papers on Swiss banking giant UBS AG in an expanding investigation into U.S. taxpayers who may have used overseas accounts to hide assets and avoid taxes.The order from U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard came one day after the Justice Department requested authority for the IRS to issue "John Doe" summons to UBS.

By CURT ANDERSON

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