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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

$125K Diamonds Are Winona's Missing Friend

Ryder says hotel lost borrowed bracelet; owner calls cops

Nov 30, 08 2:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Winona Ryder can't find a $125,000 bracelet and ring set lent to her by Bulgari for a magazine event, and now the company has reportedly called the cops, the Daily Mail reports. Ryder says she handed the jewelry over to staff at her Madrid hotel, but management says there's... More »

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investigation • diamond • party • jewelry • Winona Ryder

 Palin Didn't 
 Abuse Power in 
 'Troopergate': 
 Counsel 

Report slams 1st probe for using wrong law

Nov 3, 08 7:06 PM CST
(Newser) - An Election Day eve report by an independent counsel found Sarah Palin innocent of charges in the so-called "Troopergate" scandal, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Anchorage attorney Timothy Petumenos, hired by Alaska's Personnel Board, said Palin did not violate a state ethics law in firing her public safety... More »

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investigation • Alaska • Troopergate • Sarah Palin

New Take on
Old Law Stymies FBI Probes of Congress

Constitutional clause being used as shield

Nov 1, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI is doing its best to root out corruption on Capitol Hill—Robert Mueller called it the bureau’s “top criminal priority”—but investigators are being thwarted by a new twist on a constitutional provision, the Washington Post reports. The “speech or debate” clause was... More »

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Congress • investigation • FBI • John Doolittle • Tom DeLay • William Jefferson • corruption • Ted Stevens • Rick Renzi • speech or debate clause

 Drew Peterson: 
 Come Forward, Stacy 

On anniversary of her disappearance, husband maintains she's with another man

Oct 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson marked the first anniversary of his wife’s disappearance with an interview on the Today Show, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Drew, the subject of intense scrutiny in the unsolved case, reiterated that he thought Stacy ran off with another man, leaving behind their two young children. He... More »

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investigation • Matt Lauer • anniversary • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • Today show

 IMF Won't 
 Punish Boss 
 Over Affair 

But 'serious error in judgment' sidetracked fund

Oct 26, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The IMF’s governing board unanimously cleared its managing director of using his position to pursue an affair with a subordinate, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dominique Strauss-Kahn didn’t engage in “harassment, favoritism, or any other abuse of authority,” but his actions were “regrettable and reflected... More »

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investigation • International Monetary Fund • abuse • IMF • harassment • affair • probe • Dominique Strauss Kahn

Amid Scandal, IMF Exec Wins Praise for Nimble Work

Strauss-Kahn's 'activist' economics suit crisis

Oct 20, 08 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as he faces a probe for misconduct, the head of the International Monetary Fund is being praised for a decisive response to the world financial crisis, Bloomberg reports. Europe’s chief banker says he’s “convinced the investigation will prove that Dominique Strauss-Kahn didn’t abuse power.”... More »

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investigation • Paul Wolfowitz • International Monetary Fund • IMF • Iceland • probe • Dominique Strauss Kahn • scandal • financial crisis • Bretton Woods • Piroska Nagy

 IMF Chief Probed Over Affair

Investigation rattles key organization during financial crisis

Oct 18, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a shakeup amid the financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund is investigating whether its managing director abused his position in an affair with a subordinate, the Wall Street Journal reports. Backed by US and Russian representatives, Egypt’s rep to the IMF called for the probe into the relationship... More »

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investigation • Paul Wolfowitz • International Monetary Fund • affair • Dominique Strauss Kahn • financial crisis

US Probes of Lehman May Include Fuld Subpoena

NY, NJ prosecutors convene grand juries to investigate stock-offer fraud

Oct 17, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lehman Brothers is getting the evil eye from three different US attorneys, who have convened grand juries to investigate the failed investment bank, Bloomberg reports. Prosecutors are particularly interested in a $6 billion stock offering made in June, and suspect Lehman was not straightforward with investors about the financial health... More »

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US attorney • investigation • bankruptcy • Lehman Brothers • credit crisis • grand jury • Richard Fuld

Obama Ordered to Return Illegal Donations

Newsweek report prompts GOP to request federal inquiry

Oct 6, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s record-breaking $485-million war chest includes a number of small, illegal donations that federal officials have ordered the campaign to return, reports Newsweek. The GOP has requested a federal investigation into Obama’s campaign finances, the Washington Post writes. Roughly half of Obama's funds have been raised through... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • investigation • campaign finance • Republican Party • Federal Election Commission • Election 2008

Donaghy Was Sole Gambling Ref, NBA Finds

Convict's betting prompted league-wide integrity investigation

Oct 3, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - No NBA referee other than Tim Donaghy, who’s currently serving time for gambling, has been up to anything illegal in the sport, a 14-month league probe has found. But the report’s author did have some suggestions for keeping the game clean, including a hotline for tips on suspicious... More »

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NBA • investigation • gambling • NBA referees • corruption • Tim Donaghy

Foley Won't
Be Charged in Page Scandal

Investigators come up dry in case against former congressman

Sep 19, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators haven’t turned up enough evidence to indict former Florida congressman Mark Foley on charges he sent salacious emails to underage pages, the AP reports. Both Florida and federal officials have been investigating the charges for two years, but with Congress blocking access to House computers, they've had little... More »

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investigation • FBI • sex scandal • Mark Foley

 Senate Grills FBI 
 on Anthrax, Ivins 

Lawmakers raise doubts that suspect acted alone

Sep 17, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senators cast strong doubts today on the FBI's conclusion that Bruce Ivins acted alone in the 2001 anthrax scare, reports the Washington Post, with many demanding a more public vetting of the investigation into America’s largest bioterror attack. "There are others out there who should be... More »

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investigation • FBI • Robert Mueller • Patrick Leahy • anthrax • DNA evidence • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

Palin Emails Complain In-Law Wasn't Canned

Governor lambasted
'joke' investigation into trooper's behavior

Sep 4, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin railed against the "joke" investigation of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper embroiled in a nasty custody battle with her sister, in emails sent to the ex-public safety commissioner she fired in July. “This trooper is still out on the street, in fact he's been promoted,... More »

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investigation • Alaska • email • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • firing

 FBI Missed Anthrax Clues

Investigators were fixated on wrong suspect

Aug 15, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI's obsessive focus on the wrong anthrax suspect caused the agency to miss some important clues pointing to Bruce Ivins, the Los Angeles Times reports. Records of key-card swipes show that Ivins, who killed himself last month before being charged, spent hours in a "hot suite" with access... More »

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national security • investigation • FBI • anthrax • biological weapons • Steven Hatfill • Bruce Ivins

UPDATED

 Ivins Had
 Anthrax
 'Identical' to
 '01 Attack

Suspect sought to mislead FBI, released documents show

Aug 6, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(AP) - Army scientist Bruce Ivins is the sole person responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks, and he had custody of highly purified anthrax spores with "certain genetic mutations identical" to the poison that killed five people, the Justice Department says. Ivins was unable to give investigators "an adequate explanation... More »

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investigation • FBI • United States • anthrax • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

Pioneering
Doc Accused
of Sex Abuse

Pediatrician became famous for his work on learning disabilities

Aug 6, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Melvin Levine, famous in his field for pioneering new ways of understanding children with learning disabilities, is followed by allegations of sexually abusing young patients. The accusations span decades of his career, the New York Times reports in investigating the trail of charges. In March, a lawyer who had... More »

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education • investigation • sexual abuse • pediatricians • Melvin Levine • learning disabilities

 Israeli PM to
 Step Down
 in 2 Months

Olmert's move may threaten peace effort, national stability

Jul 30, 08 1:02 PM CDT
(AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced today he will resign in September, throwing his country into political turmoil and raising doubts about progress for US-backed Mideast peace efforts. Olmert's brief address included harsh criticism of police investigations of corruption allegations against him. He said he was choosing the public good... More »

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Israel • Middle East • investigation • politics • Ehud Olmert

Flap Over Cop's Job Ensnares Alaska Gov.

Possible McCain VP pick allegedly pushed
to fire sister's ex

Jul 22, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska's governor, a longshot possibility as John McCain's running mate, is under scrutiny in the wake of allegations she had the state's public-safety commissioner fired as part of a personal vendetta, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Walt Monegan says Sarah Palin pressured him to fire her sister’s state... More »

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investigation • Alaska • McCain 2008 • vice presidential sweepstakes • Sarah Palin • Walt Monegan

SEC Aims to Check False Rumors on Wall Street

Feds worried about false info in skittish market, but nailing culprits is tough task

Jul 14, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - After months of urging from business, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced plans yesterday to clamp down on the rumor mill that can induce Wall Street gyrations with false information. Last week's market turbulence pushed the feds to make the move before this week's trading, the New York Times reports—... More »

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Wall Street • investigation • Bear Stearns • SEC • Lehman Brothers • rumor • securities fraud

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