Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter: Congress is a profile in cowardice

2011-07-23 05:00:00

Washington traditionally boasts about its' profiles in courage. Today, facing arguably the greatest potential financial crisis in American history, politics trumps economics as officials focus on the next election instead of the public interest. The...

U.S. Senate committee to hold hearing on rape investigations

2010-09-07 19:12:00

Concerned that police departments nationwide fail to fully investigate rapes, a congressional committee will examine the issue next week at a hearing spurred partly by a Baltimore Sun examination of the systemic underreporting of sex crimes. The Senate...

Testimony before Senate panel calls for more oversight of crime stats, broader definition of rape

2010-09-14 18:24:00

— In Cleveland, women's claims that a sex offender had assaulted them were ignored, until police found the bodies of 11 women at the man's home. In Milwaukee, a woman tried to report being raped but was told at three different police stations to...

Specter gives up on Spygate

2008-07-23 13:29:56

Apparently, we can officially put Spygate behind us. U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter says that he is not seeking a Congressional inquiry into any further misdeeds by the New England Patriots. The Pennsylvania senator told the Philadelphia Daily News editorial...

No smoking tape but Patriots' rep singed again

2008-07-23 13:29:56

Reports detailing the eight video recordings that former Patriots??? employee Matt Walsh turned over to the league may not include any smoking tapes that go beyond what New England coach Bill Belichick already had admitted to but there are a......

Spygate could end today -- or not

2008-07-23 13:29:56

The much-anticipated meeting between NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and former Patriots employee Matt Walsh is being held today and afterward, Goodell is scheduled to hold a press conference in New York apparently to disclose what he learned.The...

Negative sports vibes in New England

2008-07-23 13:29:56

There's a lot of negativity crackling through the New England sports atmosphere today.Of course, the Orioles made their contribution with last night's 5-4 win over the Red Sox but the big story up is the remnants from Spygate. After the......

No shock that Specter calls for Spygate investigation

2008-07-23 13:29:56

Well, it's not surprising that Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter didn't come away from his interview with Matt Walsh quite as satisfied as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that that there's no more to be learned about Spygate.During a press conference today,....

Specter to push for foreign detainee rules

2005-06-04 05:50:00

WASHINGTON -- The continuing uproar over U.S. treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib has a top Senate Republican looking at the need to clarify in law the rights of foreign detainees. On the heels of Amnesty International calling the U....

Making a fresh start after identity theft

2005-07-11 00:00:00

As companies roll out a growing variety of tools to combat identity theft, some Americans are taking a more radical step: changing their Social Security number. Traditionally, trading in an old number for a new one is something attempted in only the most...

Action near in Congress on combating identity theft

2005-04-15 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Responding to outrage from consumers whose personal information has been stolen from companies, Congress is primed to pass new laws to try to prevent break-ins and to require businesses to confess to customers when private information is...

Roberts promises to keep an 'open mind'

2005-09-13 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - President Bush's nominee for chief justice, Judge John G. Roberts Jr., said yesterday that Supreme Court justices have a "limited role" - to apply the law, not make it. On the first day of Senate hearings on his nomination, Roberts pledged...

The cover of former Sen. Arlen Specter's new book, 'Life Among the Cannibals'

2012-01-03 09:25:51

Former Sen. Arlen Specter returns to the Hill

2012-01-03 09:19:45

Former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has been on both sides of the aisle in Washington, and he doesn't see much to like in the conduct of his former colleagues in the debate over the debt ceiling.

2011-07-22 09:52:01