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Independent

Lord Levy, the Labour Party's chief fundraiser, has been arrested for a second time, increasing pressure on Tony Blair over the "cash-for-honours" affair. Scotland Yard said the peer, known as "Lord Cashpoint", was detained o

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AP

The California Department of Justice improperly concealed tens of millions of dollars worth of contracts with lobbyists, consultants, legal firms—even couriers and parking garages—in violation of its own confidentiality rules, an Associated Press inv

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USA Today

A teenager who sued the city after claiming Officer Shawn Patrick Shields forced her to do jumping jacks while topless has reached a $35,000 settlement, officials said. The girl told investigators the cop told her to perform five topless jumping jack

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AP

From high-dollar fraud to conspiracy to bribery and bid rigging, Army investigators have opened up to 50 criminal probes involving battlefield contractors in the war in Iraq and the U.S. fight against terrorism, the Associated Press has learned. S

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Liverpool.co.uk

THE family of a cancer victim say he is being hounded in death over an unpaid speeding ticket. They received a letter accusing William Allen of speeding down Balliol Road in Bootle seven months after his family held his funeral.

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Arizona Republic

A grand jury indicted a former Tempe police officer on three felony counts, accusing him of using his position as treasurer to steal thousands of dollars from a local chapter of a national police organization, the state Attorney General said Wednesda

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thenewspaper.com

A top red light camera salesman was convicted in South Carolina of $1.2 million in fraud on Thursday. A jury found Jay Morris Specter, 51, guilty of five counts of forgery carrying a maximum penalties that include a $250,000 fine and ten years impris

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Washington Post

The chief of the U.S. General Services Administration attempted to give a no-bid contract to a company founded and operated by a longtime friend, sidestepping federal laws and regulations, according to interviews and documents.

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Reuters

2 weeks after the U.S. Senate convened with Democrats and Republicans vowing to work together for the public good, they bitterly split over how to clean up the scandal-rocked U.S. Congress. The Democratic-led Senate failed to end a Republican proc

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thenewspaper.com

At least a dozen motorists who used cash to pay their parking tickets to Hudson, Ohio police have been ripped off. Police dispatcher Russell D. McCormick, 37, was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing $1400 in motorist payments over two years.

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AP

New Democratic lawmakers aren't the only ones measuring for drapes and unsealing boxes. In a job swapping cycle unseen for some time, Democratic congressional aides and former members are leaping to lucrative lobbying posts, Democratic lobbyists

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azstarnet.com

Auditors said the agency's finances were exposed to possible error and fraud at four of its biggest units: the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcemen

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AP

Federal investigators are looking at whether Interior Department officials played favorites or took money from companies vying for big oil and gas contracts. The probe is the latest in a series of investigations into Interior's handling of $10 bi

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thenewspaper.com

A roadblock in Tracy, California stopped 350 drivers -- none suspected of any wrong-doing -- for questioning. Police caught no drunk drivers but did snare fifteen motorists for driving without their papers in order. Altogether the roadblock generated

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theagitator.com

So why did the city continue its pursuit of David Ruttenberg's business? My guess is to save their asses. Ruttenberg and his father estimate that the raid and ensuing investigation cost taxpayers around $200,000. And the only thing they had to sh

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