On Tuesday morning, former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon has pleaded guilty to one count of honest services wire fraud, admitting to taking over $50,000 in bribes plus benefits in exchange for business favors.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court rejected the request of New York Times James Risen to intervene in a lower court decision that would force him to reveal his sources for his 2006 book "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration," Bloomberg reported.
A 90-day extension for an appeal briefing on a January decision that bars the operations of Chinese affiliates of the top four biggest accounting firms in the world has been approved yesterday, Bloomberg reported.
Roy Ngerng, a blogger who has been sued for defamation by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, would be the first time in the country a politician has sought legal action against a blogger.
