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Highlights from the New York Times Headlines January 23, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NYTimes.com, January 23, 2008.

ECONOMIC SCENE
Worries That the Good Times Were a Mirage
By DAVID LEONHARDT
"For years many spent freely. Now comes the big payback."

Padilla Gets 17 Years in Conspiracy Case
By KIRK SEMPLE
"The sentence for the accused terrorist was more lenient than the federal sentencing guidelines recommended and was a setback for the government."

Justices Broaden Immunity for Officers
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
"The Supreme Court ruled that federal law enforcement officers are immune from lawsuits for mishandling, losing or even stealing personal property that comes under their control in the course of their official duties"

Democrats Try to Delay Eavesdropping Vote
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
"Putting off the vote for a second time riled Republicans because they insist that national security will be put at risk if Congress does not meet a Feb. 1 deadline to amend the eavesdropping law."

Drugs-for-Information Scandal Shakes Up New York Police Narcotics Force
By AL BAKER
"A continuing corruption investigation in Brooklyn offers a striking example of police officers who appeared to have gone too far to make arrests."

Spitzer Plans Cuts and Fees to Close Deficit of $4.4 Billion
By DANNY HAKIM
"Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York proposed an array of taxes and fees and almost $1 billion in health care cuts, and scaled back plans for new education aid and property tax relief."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).