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October 9, 2012

Westgate CEO David Siegel threatens layoffs if Obama is re-elected

theGRIO REPORT - The man who takes credit for getting George W. Bush elected as president is now making efforts…
December 7, 2010

Nigeria charges Cheney over Halliburton bribes

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Halliburton and other firms allegedly paid the bribes to win a contract to build a $6…
June 3, 2010

Mass. sen. who stuffed money in bra pleads guilty

BOSTON (AP) - Dianne Wilkerson, a Boston Democrat, entered the pleas to eight counts of attempted extortion at a hearing…
March 10, 2010

Wife of Rep. Conyers sentenced to 37 months in prison

DETROIT (AP) - As guards cleared the packed courtroom, Monica Conyers yelled that she planned to appeal...
March 7, 2010

Former Birmingham mayor gets 15 years for bribery

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison for taking…
January 5, 2010

Disgraced Mississippi judge reports to federal prison

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Bobby DeLaughter, a former Mississippi prosecutor and judge whose legal conquests became the subject of books…
October 22, 2009

Wrongfully convicted Boston man awarded $14M

A federal jury has awarded $14 million to a man who spent nearly 15 years in prison after he was…
August 5, 2009

Jury convicts former U.S. congressman of bribery

A jury in suburban Washington has convicted former U.S. congressman William Jefferson on 11 of 16 counts including bribery in…
June 8, 2009

Former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson set to go on trial for bribery

MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni) ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson faces several obstacles