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submitted by riverdrops 14 months ago, from chicagotribune.com
His political career in tatters and Illinois government in limbo, a defiant and unapologetic Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday he is innocent of the federal corruption charges leveled against him, will fight to clear his name and won't resign. "I am here to tell you right off the bat that I am not... More
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submitted by riverdrops 14 months ago, from online.wsj.com
Illinois lawmakers started impeachment proceedings Monday against Gov. Rod Blagojevich as he continued to show up for work in Chicago and firmed up his legal team to fight corruption charges. The state House of Representatives unanimously authorized a bipartisan committee to explore the... More
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submitted by animaniac 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday morning on corruption charges, including an allegation that he conspired to effectively sell President-elect Barack Obama’s seat in the United States Senate to the highest bidder. More
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submitted by agabriel 16 months ago, from ap.google.com
Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment — a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 — emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows. More
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submitted by riverdrops 17 months ago, from newsweek.com
The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office. What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came... More
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submitted by chiasma 17 months ago, from politico.com
Sarah Palin violated the trust Alaskans placed in her as their governor when she fired a state official who had refused to dismiss her ex-brother-in-law from his job as a state trooper, according a legislative report released Friday night. The long-awaited report into a scandal that’s become known.. More
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submitted by trippie48 17 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
The McCain and Obama presidential campaigns traded accusations of mudslinging Monday in the wake of new ads dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago. Nancy Pfotenhauer, an adviser to the McCain campaign, said it's "absolutely essential" that Americans hear not only about his... More
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submitted by chiasma 17 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
President Bush and congressional leaders conducted fierce eleventh-hour lobbying Thursday for enough House votes to push the $700 billion financial industry bailout bill to the finish line. Bush said "a lot of people are watching" and he kept up his pleas from the White House as Democratic and... More
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submitted by bafficio 17 months ago, from boston.com
The campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain are tussling over reports that McCain's campaign manager's lobbying firm had ties to mortgage giant Freddie Mac as recently as last month -- just before it and Fannie Mae were taken over by the government. More
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submitted by agabriel 17 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
The FBI is investigating four major U.S. financial institutions whose collapse helped trigger a $700 billion bailout plan by the Bush administration, The Associated Press has learned. Two law enforcement officials said Tuesday the FBI is looking at potential fraud by mortgage finance giants Fannie.. More
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submitted by trippie48 17 months ago, from startribune.com
A federal judge on Saturday ordered Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president. The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a setback for the Bush administration in its effort to promote a narrow definition of materials that must be... More
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submitted by bafficio 17 months ago, from boston.com
Is "Troopergate" the other shoe that will drop and dampen the enthusiasm for Sarah Palin? An investigation sanctioned by Alaska's legislature is looking into whether Palin abused the office of governor by pressuring the state's public safety commissioner to fire a state trooper involved in a... More
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submitted by rodeox 17 months ago, from abcnews.go.com
Under attack over his approach to the economy, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday called for a "9/11 Commission"-style probe of the current financial crisis, and blamed "the old-boy network and the corruption in Washington" for the strains facing American families. More
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submitted by agabriel 18 months ago, from biz.yahoo.com
Big Wall Street investment banks have designed and marketed schemes enabling non-U.S. taxpayers, including offshore hedge funds, to evade millions of dollars in taxes each year on U.S. stock dividends, Senate investigators have found. More
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submitted by chiasma 18 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called "earmarks" this year. More
