Topic: Keith Ellison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Orleans federal judge was chosen on Tuesday to oversee civil lawsuits brought by injured rig workers, commercial fishermen and other plaintiffs stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.District Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. D
Transocean argues discovery in Gulf oil spill lawsuits shouldn't begin until NovemberThe company that owns the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig argued in federal court Tuesday that plaintiffs should not begin collecting evidence and testimony on the Gulf oil
Clemens lawyers want federal judge to reconsider defamation suit against former trainerLawyers for Roger Clemens asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision dismissing most of a defamation suit the pitcher filed against his former personal trainer ov
US Democratic representatives Brian Baird and Keith Ellison expressed shock at the plight of the war-shattered Gaza Strip during a rare visit to the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave on Thursday."The amount of physical destruction and the depth of human suffe
US congressmen Brian Baird and Keith Ellison, both Democrats, were in Gaza on Thursday, the first such visit since the Islamist Hamas seized power in the Palestinian territory in June 2007.The pair visited Izzbet Abed Rabbo, a community in northern Gaza d
FBI official: Spray-paint graffiti vandalism at Minn. politicians' homes not a federal crimeThe graffiti vandalism this week to the homes of Minnesota's two senators and four of its House members was not a federal crime, an FBI official said.Special Agent