Censures

AUSTIN, Texas - Prosecutors say Sharon Keller is "not the right person" to be the highest-ranking criminal judge in Texas if she can't admit she wrongly turned away a death row inmate's attorneys the night of his execution.

BANGKOK - Thai authorities accused ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of terrorism Tuesday, issuing an arrest warrant on charges that carry a possible death sentence for his alleged role in deadly street protests, and setting the stage for further political strife.

ALBANY, N.Y - A Democratic state senator who betrayed his colleagues by joining Republicans in a brief coup and was convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge for dragging his girlfriend around during an argument at his apartment says he'll go back to court to fight his expulsion from the Senate.

ALBANY, N.Y - The New York Senate voted Tuesday night to expel a senator convicted of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend, a resolution the lawmaker assailed as an injustice to the people who elected him.

ALBANY, N.Y. - Legislative officials says a special New York Senate committee is recommending either censuring or expelling a senator following his misdemeanor assault conviction.