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Arkansas state treasurer resigns in face of federal charges
ReutersBy Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 21 (Reuters) - Arkansas' state treasurer resigned on Tuesday, a day after federal authorities charged her with extortion stemming from accusations that she gave a broker state bond business in exchange for repeated...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Blackmail and Extortion, Elections, Justice System, Executive Branch
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Crime & Punishment: Commissioner of Torrington's Board of Public Safety Accused of Making Threats Against His Office
A British man was convicted of defrauding an aging musician/author in a scheme to sell key chains supposedly containing dirt from Yankee Stadium. Mark Hayward, president of the Mark I Group, a Westport marketing company, approached Bob Runk of Fairfield...
Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, West Haven, Middletown, Justice System
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Timeline: Events in IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversy at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service involving extra scrutiny in 2010-2012 of politically conservative groups is dominating the political agenda in Washington, with congressional hearings set for Tuesday and Wednesday....Tags: Darrell E Issa, White House, Social Movements, Republican Party, Danny Werfel
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Bank official's boyfriend held in $565,500 robbery
It seem like the perfect crime: Masked men snatch an assistant bank manager in her garage, strap a bomb to her and force the woman to rob her own East Los Angeles bank of $565,500. But now authorities allege that one of three men charged with last fall'...
Tags: Bank Robbery, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Bank of America Corp.
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Guilty plea in KPMG insider-trading case
A San Fernando Valley jeweler at the center of an insider-trading scandal pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and agreed to turn over $1.27 million in ill-gotten stock gains made from tips from a top auditor at accounting giant KPMG. Bryan Shaw, 52,...
Tags: Punishment, Jewelry and Watches, KPMG, Crime, Law and Justice, Services and Shopping
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Crime rates fall in sheriff's patrol areas, report finds
When battling street gangs across Los Angeles County, sheriff's deputies rely too heavily on suppression and not enough on gang intervention, according to a study released Monday. By not doing more to connect with the communities they police, the report...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gang Activity, Lee Baca
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It's news, not espionage
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn't chilling, it's...Tags: Espionage Act of 1917, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Media Industry, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Cell videos show man screaming as he's restrained by deputies
Warning: explicit language in video. This post has been updated. See below for details. Two new videos from a cellphone showing Kern County deputies restraining a screaming David Sal Silva and then them seemingly trying to revive him were released...
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Deadline today for Do Not Call registry
INDIANAPOLIS - Today is the next deadline to sign up for Indiana's Do Not Call registry. Since January, the state attorney general's office says it has received more than 5,000 complaints about telemarketing calls from live operators or prerecorded...Tags: Consumers
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Fox News 'Outraged' by Justice Department Spying on Reporter (Update)
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - (Updates with additional comment from the Justice Department.) Fox News says it is outraged by a Washington Post report that the Justice Department monitored one of its reporters -- even tracking his visits to the State...Tags: The Washington Post, White House, The New York Times, Freedom of the Press, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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George Zimmerman's father: My son faces 'malicious prosecution'
Robert Zimmerman, father of murder defendant George Zimmerman, is complaining about a state audio expert who reported hearing George Zimmerman make righteous statements during a call to police just before he shot Trayvon Martin. "It now appears the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Prosecution, Justice System
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Bank manager's boyfriend faked bomb vest, indictment says
The boyfriend of an assistant bank manager arranged for her to strap on a fake bomb so she would appear to be a hostage -- setting the stage for him to rob $565,000 from an East Los Angeles bank last year, according to a federal indictment unsealed...
Tags: Bank Robbery, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Bank of America Corp., Explosions
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