Devlin Barrett
The Archive
Twelfth Russian 'spy' suspect is deported
A 12th suspect in the Russian spy ring case that erupted last month was deported by the U.S. on a free flight without being charged with a crime, The Wall...
Don't be a buzzkill!
WASHINGTON -- Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told yesterday in a new policy memo...
MEDAL OF HONOR CEREMONY AT WHITE HOUSE
By Associated Press Writer President Bush publicly honored a fallen Navy SEAL Monday by presenting his grieving parents with the Medal of Honor - and privately honored their sacrifice by...
THE DRAMA KING
WASHINGTON - Plenty of people and politicians have skeletons in their closets. In the case of Rudy Giuliani, that closet is a walk-in. There are plenty of episodes in the...
DUBAI FIRM $HIPPING OUT
WASHINGTON - Dubai Ports World, the company whose planned takeover of major U.S. port operations ignited a political firestorm earlier this year, has agreed to sell those operations to AIG...
NUKE SCAN FOR U.S. CARGO
WASHINGTON - U.S.-bound cargo at six overseas ports will be screened for nuclear and radiological material in an expanded effort to prevent terrorist bombs from entering American waters, federal officials...
WEIGHT DOOMED TOURISTS' BOAT
WASHINGTON - A tour boat on upstate Lake George was dangerously unstable and should have carried only a quarter the number of passengers it had when it capsized during a...
MAKE LIBYA PAY: N.Y. POL
WASHINGTON - A House committee went on record yesterday against any normalization of relations with Libya until it pays all compensation due to families of people killed in the 1988...
$125M DUE IN 9/11 AID; CONGRESS ENDS LONG STALL
WASHINGTON - Tucked deep inside a massive defense-spending bill approved by Congress yesterday lies a hard-won nugget of aid for rescuers and construction workers still suffering from the after-effects of...
BE$ET AMTRAK FIRES GUNN
WASHINGTON - Amtrak's board of directors yesterday fired President David Gunn, saying the debt-laden rail carrier needs "a leader with vision and experience." Gunn has struggled to maintain Amtrak service...
BOND IN COURT: I DIDN'T CHEAT MY CLIENTS WITH DUD TRADES
Embattled money manager Alan Bond took the witness stand yesterday to deny criminal charges he cheated clients out of millions of dollars. Bond, a once-frequent prognosticator on TV stock shows,...
WRONG MAN RAILS AT LIAR'S JAIL TERM
"Justice is a joke!" raged a wrongly imprisoned Egyptian student yesterday after watching the man responsible for his mistreatment walk away with a weekends-only jail sentence. Abdallah Higazy let loose...
EXECUTIVE SCAMMER SENT TO SLAMMER
A con man who stole the credit-card numbers of bigwig executives and used them to buy $730,000 worth of diamonds and Rolex watches was hit with an eight-year prison sentence...
SUIT: @#$% OZZY REALLY T'S US OFF
A foul-languaged Internet company filed a $15 million lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne yesterday in a fight over a crude T-shirt based on his hit MTV reality show. The New York...
HOUSEWIFE VS. MESSIAH IN S.I. SLAY
A Staten Island housewife who allegedly killed her millionaire husband and then took her kids on a trip to Disney World is expected to go on trial this week -...
EX-FUGITIVE GETS 6 YEARS IN GRANT SCAM
An elderly former fugitive in a multimillion-dollar fraud case that became part of the Clinton pardons probe was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison. Chaim Berger, 76, had spent...
HOTEL HOUNDS HEISMAN GIVERS
The financially strapped Downtown Athletic Club - home of the Heisman Trophy - is now trying to outrun an overdue hotel and catering bill. The DAC, which presents the prestigious...
BLOOMY MAY TAKE STAND IN EXTORT CASE
Mayor Bloomberg may soon be the star witness in the criminal trial of two men from Kazakhstan charged with breaking into his company's computer system to extort money. Oleg Zezov...
CITY HIT WITH $150M SUIT OVER KILLING
The family of a Vietnam vet brutally slain for his apartment sued the city yesterday for $150 million, charging cops had the suspect in custody but released him to kill...
SOTHEBY'S BIG BIDDING FOR A BREAK
Sotheby's tycoon Alfred Taubman filed court papers yesterday asking an appeals court to throw out his conviction for a multimillion-dollar price-fixing scheme. Taubman argues his conviction - and one-year prison...