Curt Anderson

April 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla will serve his term at a Colorado federal prison known as "Supermax" for its strict, isolated conditions and roster of infamous inmates, prison officials said Friday.Padilla, 37, was sent from a Miami prison to the high-security facility in Florence, Colo.

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March 01, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - The long-delayed terrorism support and conspiracy trial of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for 3 years as an ''enemy combatant,'' can go ahead next month after a federal judge ruled him mentally competent.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke rejected defense arguments Wednesday that the suspected al-Qaida operative suffered severe mental damage during his years of interrogation and isolation in a military brig.

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October 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A wealthy accountant is seeking a lenient sentence for his cooperation in the U.S. tax evasion investigation into Swiss bank UBS AG.A Miami federal judge scheduled sentencing Wednesday for Steven Michael Rubinstein, the first American charged in the UBS probe. Rubinstein, also a South African citizen, pleaded guilty in June to filing a false tax return.

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March 03, 2010 | Daily Report Online

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July 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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September 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A federal judge agreed Wednesday to shave two years from former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff's prison sentence for a fraudulent Florida casino boat deal because of his extensive cooperation in that case and a wide-ranging political corruption probe that upended Washington politics.The decision by U.

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March 08, 2011 | Daily Report Online

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November 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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January 17, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Citing a lack of evidence, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed terrorism support and conspiracy charges against the younger of two Muslim clerics accused of funneling thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban.

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November 07, 2011 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A federal judge in Miami is considering whether to finalize a $410 million settlement in a lawsuit claiming Bank of America charged excessive overdraft fees.The hearing Monday is to consider any objections or other issues related to the deal originally reached in May.The class-action lawsuit contends that Charlotte, N.

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