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Clemency hopes flood Bush office
Felons are asking President George W. Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office. Among the petitioners is Michael Milken, the billionaire former junk bond king turned philanthropist, who is seeking a...Tags: George Bush, Corporate Crime
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The sales tax sidestep
Chicago Tribune reporterChicagoan Giao Nguyen thinks it only makes sense for savvy shoppers to try to minimize sales taxes on their purchases. The 32-year-old software developer does that by buying books, consumer electronics and camera equipment on the Internet, where he...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Local Authority, Lake Zurich, Western Springs, Real Estate Sales
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Orange County Police Log
These are among recent reports filed through June 28 by the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Maitland and Orlando police department. Northwest Orange EAST SEMORAN BOULEVARD, 900 block, 3:33 a.m. June 22, someone was arrested and charged with...Tags: International Drive, Court Administration, Vehicles, Maitland, Firearms
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Felons seeking pardons flood Bush as term draws to close
The New York TimesFelons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of clemency requests. Among the petitioners is Michael Milken, the...Tags: Government, Punishment, Bill Clinton, Executive Branch, George Bush
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West Side's king of grants
Chicago Tribune reporterRickey Hendon is an unabashed cheerleader for bringing home the political pork. One need only visit his West Side office to see that. His community meeting room is decorated from floor to ceiling with massive copies of state checks. They represent the...Tags: Dan Rostenkowski, Corporate Crime
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Woman gets 3 years in embezzlement
A Carroll County bookkeeper accused of embezzling more than $236,000 - including a total of almost $50,000 from a Cub Scout troop and an elementary school PTA - was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to three years in prison,...Tags: Mount Airy, Court Administration, Punishment, Prisons, Elementary Schools
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Weiner joins Dixon legal team
Arnold M. Weiner, a well-known attorney who helped overturn former Gov. Marvin Mandel's conviction on federal mail fraud and racketeering charges, has been added to Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal team. Weiner made a name for himself as a prominent defense...Tags: Marvin Mandel, Regional Authority, Organized Crime, Sheila Dixon, Prosecution
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Va. company president admits fraud
The government says the president of a suburban Richmond company that provides home care aides to the elderly and ill has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The U.S. attorney's office said 40-year-old Rina Zavelsky of Glen Allen...Tags: Government, National Government, Punishment, Heads of State, Corporate Crime
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Oil contracts to be limited
The Iraqi government will limit no-bid contracts being negotiated with several major oil companies to one year to avoid overlap with longer-term deals expected to be signed next June, a senior Oil Ministry official said Thursday. There are concerns that...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Saddam Hussein, Contracts, Corporate Crime
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Business Briefing: July 19, 2008
FREDDIE MAC REGISTERS TO SELL MORE SHARES | Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage-finance giant, on Friday took a major step with the Securities and Exchange Commission toward selling billions of dollars of stock. The McLean, Va., company requested, and...Tags: Bears Stearns Cos., Mutual Funds, Charity, Mortgages, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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