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6 die in family murder-suicide in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersKarthik Rajaram had fallen hard. The 45-year-old Porter Ranch financial manager who once made more than $1.2 million in a London-based venture fund had lost his job. His luck playing the stock market ran out. On Sept. 16, he bought a gun. He wrote two...Tags: Northridge, Homes, Stocks, School Examinations, Century City
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Lawmakers probe role of insurance giant AIG in financial meltdown requiring government bailout
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The government's rescue of American International Group Inc. last month is getting a critical eye from lawmakers examining the chain of events that forced a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. Three former AIG chief...Tags: $700 Billion Bank Bailout, Bankruptcy, Federal Reserve, Henry Paulson, Financial and Business Services
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Stevens defiant, a little salty, and advocating belief in his innocence on trial tapes
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Even when he thought no one was listening but his old friend Bill Allen, Sen. Ted Stevens repeatedly proclaimed his innocence in an Alaskan corruption investigation in between lectures on staying healthy and keeping out of prison on...Tags: Trials, Ted Stevens, Corporate Crime, Values, Corrupt Practices
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Lawmakers grill Lehman chief
The chief executive of Lehman Brothers Holding Inc., whose bankruptcy filing last month drastically escalated the Wall Street financial crisis, faced angry lawmakers yesterday and defended his leadership and the millions of dollars he and other executives...Tags: National Government, Fannie Mae, Bankruptcy, Government, Henry Paulson
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University of Central Florida celebrates 40 years of growth
Sentinel Staff WriterThe state school that would become the University of Central Florida held its first classes 40years ago today amid great optimism. It also happened to be one of the most turbulent times in the nation's history. Students, staff and faculty who were there...Tags: National Government, University of Central Florida Arena, University of Central Florida, Government, Colleges and Universities
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Open Records office starts up
Call Harrisburg BureauPennsylvania's new Open Records office is up and running, and will have full complement of workers despite a statewide hiring freeze, the agency's executive director told a Senate panel on Monday. Terry Mutchler, executive director of the state Office of...Tags: Local Authority, Executive Branch, Government
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On the hot seat
Of The Associated PressThe now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion...Tags: National Government, Bankruptcy, Fannie Mae, Disasters, Government
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Palin's promise of transparency in Alaska wanes on touchy topics like e-mail and polar bears
Associated Press WriterSarah Palin's promise for a new era of government openness as the reform governor of Alaska started to crack even before Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign built a wall of protectiveness around her. Palin was elected nearly two years ago with...Tags: Censorship, Regional Authority, Conservation, Government, Petroleum Industry
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Pa. lawmakers warn of huge budget deficit
Of The Associated PressThe deteriorating economy and rising cost of such big-ticket items as health care and prisons is leading the state government on a path to a massive deficit that will require a tax increase to erase, two senior state legislators said Monday. The two...Tags: Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Contracts, Government
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Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Pakistan
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA suicide bomber set off his explosives Monday while trying to force his way into an opposition politician's home in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 60 others during a holiday celebration. The targeted lawmaker, Rashid...Tags: National Government, Heads of State, Pervez Musharraf, Newspapers, Government
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FBI tapes catch Sen. Ted Stevens with his guard down
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCaught on tape discussing the burgeoning corruption probe against him two years ago, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was both combative and pragmatic, denying in sometimes coarse language that he and a friend had done anything wrong but also acknowledging that...Tags: Ted Stevens, Prisons, Corporate Crime, Values, Corrupt Practices
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McCain's tough stance against pork barrel spending sometimes compromised by tough choices
AP Special CorrespondentCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ It's one of Republican presidential candidate John McCain's most surefire applause lines, a vow to veto pork barrel spending like the road and bridge projects that lawmakers hold dear. "You will know their names. I will make them...Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Government, State Budgets, George Bush
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