Paul Elias

August 05, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - The U.S. Olympic Committee asked a federal judge Monday for the second time to shut down a Web site it alleges is fraudulently selling tickets to the Beijing Games.Lawyers for the USOC want the judge to permanently disable beijingticketing.com, which they contend has scammed numerous U.S. residents out of thousands of dollars by falsely promising to deliver tickets to the games starting Friday.

By PAUL ELIAS

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January 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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August 28, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - The California Supreme Court on Monday handed two victories to newspapers seeking the salaries of public employees and termination records of police officers throughout the state.The court ruled that Oakland must release the names and salaries of police officers who earned more than $100,000 in 2004.

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December 07, 2010 | Daily Report Online

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February 06, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAN JOSE, Calif. AP - Bush administration lawyers cited national security concerns Tuesday in urging a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit accusing a Boeing Co. subsidiary of illegally helping the CIA secretly fly terrorism suspects to overseas prisons to be tortured.The American Civil Liberties Union sued Jeppesen Dataplan Inc.

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October 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - A federal judge sentenced disgraced track coach Trevor Graham to a year of home confinement Tuesday for lying to federal investigators.Graham once coached Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin. All were later banned for taking performance-enhancing drugs. Jones was released from prison Sept.

By PAUL ELIAS

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January 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP Former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty Friday to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first football player charged in the long-running federal investigation.Stubblefield, a three-time Pro Bowl player who testified before the BALCO grand jury in November 2003, was charged with making false statements to federal agents about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

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March 08, 2013 | Law.com

A television consultant claims that former Vice President Al Gore and others at Current TV stole his idea to sell the struggling network to Al-Jazeera and is demanding more than $5 million.

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July 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $21 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California customers upset with the company's early termination fees, a lawyer on the case said Wednesday.Many details of the settlement still need to be worked out and authorized by an Alameda County Superior Court judge, said Alan Plutzik, an attorney for the customers.

By PAUL ELIAS

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August 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

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