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Former owners of Windber-based Kuchera to plead guilty
Associated PressPITTSBURGH (AP) — Two brothers who owned a Windber-based defense contracting business that benefited from earmarks obtained by the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha will plead guilty to charging the military $650,000 for parts that were never delivered and...Tags: Judges, Economy, Business and Finance, Lobbying, Prosecution, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Northern California oysterman wins temporary reprieve for family farm
L.A. NOWNorthern California oyster farmer Kevin Lunny won a temporary reprieve in federal court to allow him to keep his controversial business operating at least two more months.... -
Earned Income Tax Credit A Subsidy Rife With Fraud
The Hartford CourantConnecticut's Earned Income Tax Credit, established at the behest of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy two years ago, is the height of fiscal irresponsibility and ignorance and doubled down on taxpayer-financed fraud already documented at the federal level. In...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress, Personal Income, Eddie A. Perez
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From hero to bum in a flash
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell's body was found Oct. 11, 1970, in a Rochester, Minn., hotel room, political heavyweights tripped all over one another offering bipartisan tributes to the powerful Downstate official. The Tribune reported how...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Government, Chicago Mayor, Internal Revenue Service, Mayo Clinic
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Imperial Valley College, Dr. Milo P. Johnson. resigns
>> 50 Years Ago — Resignation has come from the president of Imperial Valley College, Dr. Milo P. Johnson. Dr. Johnson will leave the Valley to accept the position of president of the recently organized Mt. San Jacinto Junior College District in...Tags: Judges, Ryerson Incorporated, Government, Colleges and Universities, Taxation
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U.S. probing Microsoft for allegedly bribing foreign officials
Microsoft is being investigated by federal agencies for allegedly bribing foreign government officials in order to secure software contracts, according a report Tuesday. The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Italy, U.S. Department of Justice, Government, China
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Ald. Burke calls for hearings on Redflex bribery questions
Clout StreetThe chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee today called for hearings into allegations that Chicago’s red-light camera contract was likely built on a $2 million bribery scheme. The company, Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., already is...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Corporate Crime, Chicago Tribune, Edward M. Burke
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3/13/2013-Bye Bye Karzai
Obviously Hamid Karzai's been smoking the sap from some of those poppies that grow so freely in Afghanistan. This guy is incredible. To accuse the United States of colluding with the Taliban just to prolong the war is beyond understanding. He's as crazy...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Military, Blackmail and Extortion, FBI, Hamid Karzai
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Ex-Detroit mayor convicted, jailed until sentence
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges and then sent to jail to await his prison sentence in yet another dramatic setback for a man who once was among the nation's youngest big-city leaders....
Tags: Rick Snyder, Judges, Organized Crime, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress
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L.A. County Assessor John Noguez makes bail in corruption case
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County Assessor John Noguez, who has been in jail since his October arrest on two dozen corruption charges, finally made bail Friday. Noguez is accused of taking $185,000 in bribes from Ramin Salari, a prominent property-tax consultant and....... -
Rosenthal: Emerging world markets offer opportunities as well as cultural, ethical land mines
Here in Chicago, where locals intuitively know a wink and a nod might have as many different meanings as Tom Skilling has descriptions for precipitation, we should well understand the difficulties faced by companies looking to do business in emerging...Tags: Religion and Belief, Travel, Tom Skilling, Ethics, China
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Red-light camera firm fires VP, sues him over Chicago scandal
Embattled red-light camera vendor Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. fired its executive vice president Wednesday and accused him of misconduct involving the company's scandal-plagued Chicago contract. Reeling from the crippling loss of that contract and the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Justice System, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Mayor
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 13, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
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Mar 11, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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