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  • June 2008

    • Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Jun 10, 08 12:05 PM CDT

      Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer

      The case against Eliot Spitzer is so strong that prosecutors have decided not to strike a deal with the head of the disgraced ex-governor's preferred call girl ring, the New York Post reports. Rather than making a plea agreement, the Emperors Club VIP honcho will plead guilty Thursday. Meanwhile, the feds are probing whether Spitzer used campaign funds to pay for his $4,000-an-hour trysts. More »

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      New York City  • Eliot Spitzer  • prostitution ring  • federal investigation  • Emperors Club  • Federal Court

  • May 2008

    • Scientific Journals Battle Doctored Images

      newser  |  Chronicle of Higher Education  |  May 30, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Scientific Journals Battle Doctored Images

      Scientific journals' status as bastions of objectivity and truth has come under fire in the past 10 years because of "image fraud," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Researchers alter representations of scientific data for inclusion in journal articles for various reasons, and not all have evil intentions. One admitted doctorer said she “was trying to present” the data “even better.” More »

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      federal investigation  • scientific discoveries  • scientific research  • doctored photo  • false statement

    • Feds Probe Al for $1.5M in Back Taxes

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 9, 08 8:31 PM CDT

      Feds Probe Al for $1.5M in Back Taxes

      Washington is investigating Al Sharpton and his companies for nearly $1.5 million in back taxes and penalties, the AP reports. Sharpton, who has been negotiating the size of his federal debt, brushed off the government's latest move today. “Whatever retaliation they do on me, we never stop," the civil rights agitator said. "I think that that is why they try to intimidate us." More »

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      presidential campaign  • US attorney  • Al Sharpton  • federal investigation  • federal income tax  • tax records  • Election 2004

  • April 2008

    • New Gal: Spitz Likes Sex Toys

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Apr 24, 08 11:20 AM CDT

      New Gal: Spitz Likes Sex Toys

      A second hooker has confirmed to federal investigators Eliot Spitzer's proclivity for prostitutes and unprotected sex but has also revealed another embarrassing detail: the disgraced New York governor's fondness for sex toys, the New York Post reports. More »

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      New York City  • Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • prostitute  • Ashley Alexandra Dupre  • federal investigation  • Kristen  • sex toys  • hooker

    • After 20 Years, Feds Crack Hate Mail Case

      newser  |  Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Apr 11, 08 4:14 PM CDT

      After 20 Years, Feds Crack Hate Mail Case

      An Ohio man who authorities believe sent threatening communications to black and mixed-race recipients over the course of 20 years was indicted this week, the Plain Dealer reports. David Tuason, 46, threatened to blow up the US Supreme Court and kill Clarence Thomas in 2003 but eluded capture from the late 1980s until a few months ago, when he switched from postal mail to email. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • FBI  • race  • racism  • hate crime  • federal investigation  • Clarence Thomas  • hate mail

    • Feds Lift Ban on IBM Contracts

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 4, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Feds Lift Ban on IBM Contracts

      The government Thursday lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from competing for new federal contracts. In exchange, IBM agreed to withdraw its protest of an $84 million contract with the EPA it lost last year, and to refund any attorney fees and costs the Government Accountability Office paid to fight it. IBM has placed five employees on administrative leave in the dust-up. More »

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      computer  • Environmental Protection Agency  • IBM  • federal investigation  • contracts  • government contracts  • insider information

    • IBM Banned from Gov't Contracts

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 1, 08 8:36 AM CDT

      IBM Banned from Gov't Contracts

      A US Attorney in Virginia has temporarily barred IBM from pursuing new government contracts while it investigates three 2006 IBM contracts with the EPA, MarketWatch reports. "The basic issue is whether certain information concerning a contract should have been provided to IBM employees by an EPA employee," said an IBM spokesman. More »

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      Environmental Protection Agency  • IBM  • federal investigation  • US Attorney's Office  • government contracts  • insider information

  • March 2008

    • Feds Probe SC Highway Cops for Bias

      newser  |  State (Columbia, SC)  |  Mar 21, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      Feds Probe SC Highway Cops for Bias

      Dash-cam videos that show the South Carolina Highway Patrol ramming black suspects with patrol cars and using racial slurs have triggered a federal probe, the State reports. In one of the five incidents, a trooper sent a suspect flying with his cruiser and then told a fellow officer, "Yeah, I hit him. I was trying to hit him." The state's US attorney is investigating.   More »

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      police  • South Carolina  • racism  • highways  • federal investigation  • police pursuits  • highway patrol

    • Did Governor Use Campaign Funds for Trysts?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 14, 08 6:33 AM CDT

      Did Governor Use Campaign Funds for Trysts?

      Disgraced soon-to-be-ex-governor Eliot Spitzer's troubles could get even worse as prosecutors probe whether he used campaign funds for his meetings with prostitutes, the New York Times reports. Criminal charges linked to the payments could follow if federal investigators discover campaign money paid for the hotel rooms and transportation Spitzer used for his call-girl trysts. More »

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      New York  • Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • prostitution  • campaign funds  • federal investigation

    • FBI Probes Countrywide for Fraud

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 9, 08 5:00 AM CDT

      FBI Probes Countrywide for Fraud

      The FBI has launched a securities fraud investigation against subprime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial for allegedly lying to investors about its financial status and the quality of its mortgage loans, reports the Wall Street Journal . The probe could extend to Wall Street firms that helped package more than $100 billion in mortgage-backed securities for Countrywide over the past three year s . More »

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      FBI  • subprime crisis  • Bank of America  • mortgage backed securities  • home loans  • Countrywide Financial  • federal investigation  • securities fraud

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