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  • June 2008

    • Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer

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

      Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer

      (Newser) - 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

    • Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation

      Associated Press  |  Jun 4, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation

      (Newser) - The woman who managed the prostitution ring that brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer copped a plea yesterday in federal court, the AP reports. Cecil Suwal, 23, giggled and cried during a Manhattan hearing at which she pleaded guilty to money-laundering and promoting prostitution at the Emperors Club VIP service, where clients like Spitzer paid up to $5,500 an hour. More »

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      New York City  • Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • prostitution ring  • Manhattan  • guilty plea  • money laundering  • Emperors Club  • Ashley Dupre  • Federal Court  • madams

  • January 2008

    • Bonds Wants Perjury Charges Dismissed

      Associated Press  |  Jan 23, 08 10:23 PM CST

      Bonds Wants Perjury Charges Dismissed

      (Newser) - Barry Bonds' attorneys have filed a motion in federal court to have the perjury charges against him dismissed. The charges stem from Bonds allegedly lying to a grand jury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs in December 2003. Bonds claims that the indictment was “scattershot” and that questions poised to him by prosecutors were ambiguous and confusing, the AP reports. More »

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      baseball  • steroids  • Barry Bonds  • performance-enhancing drugs  • BALCO  • Greg Anderson  • Federal Court

  • May 2007

    • Liberal Scholars Embrace Gun Ownership

      New York Times  |  May 6, 07 10:52 PM CDT

      Liberal Scholars Embrace Gun Ownership

      (Newser) - When a federal appeals court ruled against a District of Columbia gun control law in March,  it was the first time an appellate court had used the Second Amendment to restrict gun contol legislation. And it was, even more surprisingly, the result of work by a group of liberal scholars. More »

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      gun control  • Second Amendment  • Washington, D.C.  • Federal Court  • Bill of Rights

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