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  • Abramoff sentenced to prison, restitution 5 Sep 2008 22:11 GMT
    ... in nabbing others convicted in lobbyist and corruption cases. The recent sentencing was handed down ... clients, which were tribes located in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Michigan, hired Abramoff, through his ...

  • Abramoff sentenced to four years 5 Sep 2008 20:55 GMT
    ... lobbyist who orchestrated a wide-ranging scheme to corrupt several members of Congress, was sentenced to ... Both Sprague and David Sickey, from the Louisiana Coushatta tribe, said the Abramoff scandal has ...

  • Change That's Only Skin Deep 5 Sep 2008 20:46 GMT
    ... Barack Obama. Obama came to prominence by rising up through one of the most corrupt political machines in America. (Calm down, Louisiana, I said "one of." Don't be so damned touchy.) He has remarkable charisma and ...

  • McCain Says 'Change Is Coming' 5 Sep 2008 17:55 GMT
    ... "maverick" reputation, McCain cited his history of corruption investigations and his campaign against wasteful spending ... sprint to November begins. Ronald Wanglin, a Louisiana delegate, called the speech "sincere. But he's ...

  • Storm evacuee killed in I-49 crash 5 Sep 2008 15:17 GMT
    ... said Friday that it has reopened two Louisiana casinos that were closed during Hurricane Gustav. ... (AP) - Two Shreveport judges convicted on corruption charges had their sentencing postponed. NEW ORLEANS ...

  • Corps of Engineers wins flood fight during Gustav 5 Sep 2008 15:17 GMT
    ... said Friday that it has reopened two Louisiana casinos that were closed during Hurricane Gustav. ... (AP) - Two Shreveport judges convicted on corruption charges had their sentencing postponed. NEW ORLEANS ...

  • Abramoff Gets 4 Years in Prison for Corruption 5 Sep 2008 13:30 GMT
    ... that Mr. Abramoff serve the time for corruption and tax offenses uncovered by an influence-peddling ... David Sickey of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana told the court that Mr. Abramoff had ...

  • One Cheer for Sarah Palin 5 Sep 2008 12:31 GMT
    ... who don't follow Alaska politics probably don't understand the extent of her achievement. Only Louisiana, another oil rich state, outstrips Alaska in luxuriant corruption, and for years, it was run by Ted Stevens, Frank Murkowski and Don Young. ...

  • Is Linux Immune to Viruses? 5 Sep 2008 09:22 GMT
    ... files, backed them up, restored them from corrupt system drives, and never had so much ... I go to LSMSA boarding school in Louisiana and the internet connection to the dorms ...

  • Federal judge pleads not guilty to sex crime charges 5 Sep 2008 04:34 GMT
    ... criminally charged was Robert F. Collins, a Louisiana-based judge accused in 1991 of scheming with ... indictments of federal judges have been for corruption or other financial misdeeds. Only Congress can ...

  • FEMA to cover hotels for those with damaged homes 5 Sep 2008 03:55 GMT
    ... said Thursday. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana will hand out $20 million in generators ... at the heart of a far-reaching political corruption scandal, was sentenced to four years in ...

  • Abramoff Is Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison 5 Sep 2008 02:34 GMT
    ... that Mr. Abramoff serve the time for corruption and tax offenses uncovered by an influence-peddling ... David Sickey of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana told the court that Mr. Abramoff had ...

  • Vampire mystery 'True Blood' feels drained of fun 4 Sep 2008 22:19 GMT
    ... Apparently not. In Bon Temps, the tiny Louisiana town where "True Blood" opens, all the ... to paper, vampires have stood for a corrupt ruling class ( Count Dracula) and the ...

  • 'True Blood' feels drained of fun 4 Sep 2008 21:37 GMT
    ... Apparently not. In Bon Temps, the tiny Louisiana town where "True Blood" opens, all the ... to paper, vampires have stood for a corrupt ruling class ( Count Dracula) and the ...

  • Carbone Companies files for bankruptcy protection 4 Sep 2008 20:57 GMT
    ... its real estate wing, most notably a Louisiana project that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina ... Georgia, has pleaded not guilty to the corruption charges. His trial is pending. Jones, 58, ...


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