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Oct 23 2008, AP

A wealthy businessman came to the U.S. on an illegal mission, approved by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and directed by Venezuela’s intelligence service, to defuse a Latin American political scandal triggered by the discovery of a suitcase crammed with

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This undated photo released by Kelley Davis via the News & Observer shows Augie, a 2-year-old greater Swiss mountain dog in Apex, N.C., that ate $400 cash that Davis made working extra hours. The 42-year-old Davis says when she took Augie for a walk...