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Cardinal law
![Our initial response to reports in The Times that a federal grand jury is investigating Cardinal Roger M. Mahony for his alleged role in covering up child molestation by priests is to applaud prosecutors for their sustained interest in the long-suffering victims. The grounds on which those efforts are said to be based, however, give us pause. Sources told reporters Scott Glover and Jack Leonard that the grand jury's work centers on whether Mahony or other church officials violated <a href="http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C63.txt">a law</a> prohibiting schemes to "deprive another of the intangible right of honest services."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-01/44775133-29155204.jpg "Our initial response to reports in The Times that a federal grand jury is investigating Cardinal Roger M. Mahony for his alleged role in covering up child molestation by priests is to applaud prosecutors for their sustained interest in the long-suffering victims. The grounds on which those efforts are said to be based, however, give us pause. Sources told reporters Scott Glover and Jack Leonard that the grand jury's work centers on whether Mahony or other church officials violated <a href="http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C63.txt\">a law</a> prohibiting schemes to \"deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.\"")
Our initial response to reports in The Times that a federal grand jury is investigating Cardinal Roger M. Mahony for his alleged role in covering up child molestation by priests is to applaud prosecutors for their sustained interest in the long-...Tags: Politics, Suicide, Sex Crimes, Corporate Crime, Los Angeles
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GOP-issued laptops now a White House headache
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen Karl Rove and his top deputies arrived at the White House in 2001, the Republican National Committee provided them with laptop computers and other communication devices to be used alongside their government-issued equipment. The back-channel e-...Tags: Political Campaigns, U.S. Department of Justice, Government Postal Delivery, Political Corruption, Los Angeles
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Galante Turns Himself In
Courant Staff WritersDanbury garbage executive James Galante turned himself in to the state police Friday morning to face charges of making nearly $40,000 in illegal campaign contributions, as a third political figure acknowledged being the recipient of $8,000 in questionable...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Prosecution, Republican Party, Sports, Business
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McCain enters from the outside
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSen. John McCain presented a memento to fellow Republican Sen. Ted Stevens when they met in the Senate earlier this year: a key chain with a small battery-operated pig's head. "You're still an oinker," the presidential candidate told Stevens, the Alaskan...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Ted Stevens, University of California, Finance, Trials
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Barack Obama interview on March 16, 2008
Obama's opening statement: So what I want to do, if this is OK with you guys, I want to start just by talking about my house purchase and Tony Rezko because that's something that I know you guys have editorialized on, suggesting that we haven't...Tags: Values, New York, Minority Groups, Trinity United Church of Christ, Geraldine Ferraro
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Democrats retain U.S. House, push for historic gains
Associated PressDemocrats retained control of the House and pushed for historic gains in their majority yesterday by solidifying their dominance in the Northeast and making inroads in the South and West. "It's the night we have been waiting for," said House Speaker...Tags: New York, Eric Massa, Thomas C. Feeney, New Jersey, Vito Fossella
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Auburn Dam may really be dead this time
Use it or lose it is the rule of California water rights, and after 43 years, the would-be Auburn Dam -- subject of one of the state's bitterest water feuds -- is about to lose it.
The proposed plug on the gold-sprinkled American River northeast of...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Placer County, Disasters and Accidents, Floods, Building Material
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Undercover, under fire
KEN SILVERSTEIN, a former Times staff writer, is the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine.EARLIER THIS YEAR, I put on a brand-new tailored suit, picked up a sleek leather briefcase and headed to downtown Washington for meetings with some of the city's most prominent lobbyists. I had contacted their firms several weeks earlier, pretending to be...Tags: 60 Minutes (tv program), Mass Media, Politics, Lobbying, The Washington Post
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Loans cast pall over candidate
Tribune staff reporterOn the way to his March primary victory, Democratic candidate for state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias found himself defending multimillion-dollar loans his family-owned bank made to a Chicago crime figure. While saying there was nothing wrong with the...Tags: Chicago Mortgages, Alexi Giannoulias, Parties and Movements, Finance, Florida
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Key to the House May Be in New Mexico
Times Staff WriterFirst in a series of occasional articles. Heather Wilson made national headlines recently by forcing the Bush administration to brief members of Congress on its domestic wiretapping program. But here at home, the Republican congresswoman defends Bush'...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, U.S. House of Representatives, Prescription Drugs, Wars and Interventions
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DeLay indicted in Texas probe
Sun reportersWASHINGTON // Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican whose bare-knuckled style propelled him to the top echelons of the House and drew allegations of ethical lapses, was forced to step aside as majority leader yesterday, after a Texas grand jury indicted him for...Tags: Wayne T Gilchrest, Values, Political Corruption, George W. Bush, Finance
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Recent series of political scandals could hurt GOP
Sun reporterWASHINGTON // With Republican fortunes in Washington already in decline, the indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas could hardly come at a worse time for his party. DeLay, often described as the most powerful man on Capitol Hill, had been...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Values, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Houston
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