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payoffs stories: 7 news summaries

Rangel Inquiry Expands to Donor Concerns

Rep. faces allegations he fought tax loophole in funding tradeoff

Dec 10, 08 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - A House ethics committee broadened its probe into Charles Rangel over concerns the New York Democrat fought a tax loophole in exchange for a $1 million donation to his policy institute. The subcommittee has been investigating Rangel’s personal finances since September over several other corruption allegations; now, it looks... More »

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Congress • investigation • Charles Rangel • donation • House Ways and Means Committee • payoffs • House Ethics Committee • Eugene Isenberg • Nabors

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Blagojevich Sought Cabinet Post for Obama's Senate Seat

FBI tapes reveal wish for health secretary post

Dec 9, 08 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich had said he wanted “something real good” in exchange for his choice of a replacement for the president-elect in the Senate, Politico reports. Otherwise, he said in FBI tapes the day before the election, “I’ll just send myself.” A Senate seat is a "... More »

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Barack Obama • FBI • Senate • corruption • Illinois • tape • governor • payoffs • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

Florida District Endures Another Sex Scandal

Election year foibles mirror page-loving Foley he replaced

Oct 16, 08 9:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just two years after Mark Foley resigned, Florida’s 16th district has another sex scandal on its hands, Time reports. Democratic Representative Tim Mahoney, who is fighting for reelection, has been implicated in an affair/payoff scandal, and investigators are wondering if he hushed his mistress with taxpayer dollars. Mahoney... More »

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Florida • sex scandal • mistress • Mark Foley • payoffs • Tim Mahoney • Election 2008

 Stevens May Testify Tomorrow 

Wife could also take stand in senator's corruption trial

Oct 14, 08 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Stevens appears likely to testify tomorrow as part of his defense against corruption charges, Reuters reports. The Alaska Republican, charged with failing to disclose $250,000 gifts from oil firms, told a Washington court today he understood he was not legally required to testify. Stevens’ wife, Catherine, may... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Senate • corruption • Ted Stevens • payoffs • corruption charges

(AP) - Two close friends of Sen. Ted Stevens schemed to conceal the fact that one was paying for extensive work done at the senator's cabin in Alaska, according to FBI audiotapes played today at Stevens' corruption trial. The pair, Bill Allen and Bob Persons, are heard on tape fretting in February... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Senate • corruption • Ted Stevens • payoffs

 CEOs Live the
 Good Afterlife 

Lavish 'severance' payments go to heirs if bosses die at the helm

Jun 10, 08 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Corporate critics who say there is not enough connection between performance and executive pay may be gravely concerned to learn that many execs will keep getting sky-high bonuses when they're 6 feet under. A Wall Street Journal review finds dozens of CEOs will receive "golden coffin" payments if they... More »

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executive compensation • CEO • death • corporations • corporate earnings • payoffs • executives

Bookies Pay Out on Longshot Clinton Bets

At 100-to-1, Hillary's victory startles political gambling websites

Jan 10, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Clinton supporters of an apolitical kind had reason to celebrate after her surprise win in New Hampshire: bettors on a Hillary victory reaped huge payoffs after her odds dropped to a low of 100-to-1. Bloomberg reports that the Dublin-based Intrade had made an Obama result a near certainty, leaving contrarians... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Intrade • Democratic nomination • New Hampshire primary • Internet gambling • bettors • gamblers • bookies • odds • payoffs

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