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• Thankful for Obama

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  The Obama juggernaut is fragmenting upon the jagged outcroppings of American popular resistance. Yes, his health care catastrophe might just pass Congress. Accounting gimmickry, rhetorical appeals to Americans most decent moral impulses, and $300 million bribes will do that for even the worst legislation. But the ...
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• The unforgettable turkeys of 2009

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  As we gather round the Thanksgiving table, bow our heads in prayer and feast on the holiday bird, it is only fitting to take a moment to fete the unforgettable turkeys of 2009. The stimulus: Back in February, I wrote that if the trillion-dollar stimulus plan were a Thanksgiving dinner entree, it would be a ...
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• Did probes take deadly toll on Scott?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  We may never know what drove Chicago School Board President Michael Scott to take his life. At the time of his death, Scott had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury looking into the admissions practices at Chicagos selective-enrollment schools. As a member of Mayor Daleys failed Olympic bid team, he also came under ...
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• Building inspector charged with taking bribes after finding asbestos

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  Michael Cease, an inspector for the Department of Environment in Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with taking over $1,000 in bribes from a property owner. Chicago’s inspector general and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered that Cease had told a property owner that asbestos had been found in one ...
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• What Are White Collar Crimes?

  
  Yodle Local Articles — Authority: 157
  Even in their pen house apartments, far above the general working class, executives of large corporations and Wall Street brokers seem to be far from living a “sin-free” life. More and more big name executives, like Bernie Madoff, are finding themselves behind bars. While it is unlikely that they will ransack a ...
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• Europe rocked by fresh match-fixing scandal

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 158
  European football braced on Friday for more details on a fresh match-fixing scandal reportedly involving huge sums of money placed with Asian bookmakers on suspect matches in nine countries. Police across Europe carried out raids and arrests on Thursday, with German prosecutors suspecting that players, coaches, ...
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• DynCorp International And Bribery

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 440
  DynCorp International self reported a possible violation of U.S. bribery laws related to one contract. Bribes have been a problem in defense...
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• Salary, corruption & accountability

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 451
  They are called “Public Servants”, for they are expected to serve the public. But what is being done in the name of serving the public is not even an “open secret”, it is available live on electronic media. Everyday we see some or the other so... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
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• Location bloody location

  
  subMedia — Authority: 116
  First of all, I’m shocked to find out from Stim that “Izzy” was Asper’s nickname. Because that was my nickname as a child from the paternal side of the family. Coincidence? Yes, totally. Incidentally, Comcast is planning to soon bulk up by taking over NBC-Universal . And you thought it was going to end with ...
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• Why play all of these incredibly stupid games with interest rates?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  The Federal Reserve should immediately raise the Federal Funds Rate to 5.25% where it was in August 2007 in one single move and should raise the Federal Discount Rate to 5.00%. Just do it and get it back to where interest rates belong and where they have almost always been historically. Real interest rates need to be ...
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• Senate On Healthcare, Katrina Payback, Afghani Corruption, Terrorists On Trial

  
  Gary Rumor's Anti-Entropic Continuum — Authority: 127
  Today Senator Reid presented the Senate version of the Healthcare bill. This is an excerpt from CNN Money today. “Senate’s health care bill cost: $849 billion Congressional Budget Office says the Senate’s version of the the health care overhaul would cost $849 billion over 10 years and would cut the deficit ...
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• Afghan minister’s $30m bribery allegations worsens Karzai’s corruption woes

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Kabul, Nov. 18 (ANI): A minister in Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s cabinet has been accused of accepting roughly 30-million-dollar bribe to award the country’s largest development project to a Chinese mining firm, a US official has claimed.The Washington Post quoted the US official as saying that there is a ...
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• Sex, Coed, FBI & Sheriff’s Deputies Corruption & Deals to Erase Criminal Records

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 170
  Guilford County, NC Sheriff Deputies under the direction of a felon work out a deal to erase the criminal record of a UNC coed if she sexually induces an innocent victim with knowledge of public corruption into a trap where he would be neutralized. The question is why the FBI allowed access to their computers by a ...
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• Russian Cop Uses YouTube to Expose Police Corruption

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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• Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 128
  Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, the first African-American elected to Congress from Louisiana since Reconstruction, was sentenced on Nov. 13 to 13 years in prison on charges of corruption.District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Va. handed down a sentence that was a little more than what the defense had hoped ...
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• Jeffersons former constiuents react to his sentencing (Billy Jeff D-La breaks corruption record)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Jeffersons former constiuents react to his sentencingAssociated Press - November 13, 2009 9:04 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana residents had mixed reactions about former Congressman William Jeffersons 13-year sentence handed down Friday in federal court in Virginia. Jefferson was sentenced for taking bribes and ...
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• Jefferson Gets 13 Years in Freezer Cash Case

  
  i-live videos — Authority: 164
  Τζέφερσον Gets 13 χρόνια στην κατάψυξη Cash Υπόθεση Ένας πρώην βουλευτής Λουιζιάνα που κρύβονταν περίφημα 90000 δολάρια μετρητά στην κατάψυξη του, καταδικάστηκε την Παρασκευή σε 13 ...
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• Former US congressman sentenced to 13 years in jail

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Nov 14 (DPA) A US judge has levied a 13-year jail sentence on former congressman William Jefferson for corruption that involved US companies and countries across a wide swathe of Africa.Jefferson was found guilty in August of seeking and collecting bribes for his personal business interests after police ...
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• William Jefferson’s bribes lead him to time in the slammah!

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 571
  13years on ice for his frozen money escapades SOURCE
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• City worker guilty of bribery to hide property violations

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 166
  A 51-year-old City of Chicago employee was convicted today of bribery after he was accused of paying off another city worker to erase code violations for property he owned, prosecutors said. It took a jury eight hours to convict Gustavo Ramirez, of the 4600 block of North Harding Avenue, an engineering technician ...
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