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I have always considered myself a decent guy. The measure of my decency is based on my mockery of those who believe that the United Nations army in dark helicopters is preparing to take over the United States. I also measure my decency against that...
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Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal....
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The crown of the famed New York Statue of Liberty will reopen tomorrow for the first time since September 11th, 2001, and what better day than the celebration of...
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American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views...
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The Jackson family has decided to hold a memorial for their late son at Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jackson died last week from what was probably a strong...
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Alaska Governor and former Republican 2008 vice-president nominee Sarah Palin has decided to resign from her governorship.
The resignation will come at the end of the...
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A Philadelphia man’s accused of using Tarot cards and mysticism to lure three teenage girls into having sex with him.
“He was reading my cards and told me...
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Brad Pitt surely deserves to be there in the green celebs’ list. Well, you may or may not agree to it. Still his foundation, Make It Right, makes him proud in...
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While the onslaught of miserable June weather played havoc with people’s plans and psyches, it has also provided a quiet benefit to many city neighborhoods. Fatal and...
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Amidst the fireworks, the beer and the cookouts associated with the celebration of the 4th of July Independence holiday, it is common to forget why the founders of the...
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Despite about two trillion dollars pumped into banks and the general economy from the government, the United States’ economy continues to shed jobs.
The U.S....
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Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has an emergency button under his desk that was installed 30 years ago after former City Supervisor Dan White entered City...
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The King of Pop still had it.
In defiance of all the critics who called him Wacko Jacko and a has-been, Michael Jackson still put on a show that eluded most artists....
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California, one of the world’s largest economies, has reached the brink. It is a sad day for America for California always promised the “Golden Road”...
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President Obama promised a break from the old Washington ways of permanent campaigning and a president unaccountable to the people. Put aside the lack of...
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With respect to Gov. Mark Sanford, it’s probably always a mistake for a Puritan to visit Latin America. A handsome cardiologist’s son, he married money,...
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It has long been known that Michael Jackson had an inconsiderate stage-dad. Joe Jackson reportedly pushed his son excessively as a young star.
Jackson has long stated...
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For the first time since 1968, a party will command a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
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Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a...
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Dreaming of a house that is remarkably awesome? Designed by Touzet studio, the amazing North Bay Road Residence located in Miami Beach, Florida is one such example. The...
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As Iran stumbles deeper into political crisis, with scores of protestors murdered and likely more deaths coming after Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami declared them...
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Jeffrey Skilling’s attorneys filed a new round of appeals Tuesday in their efforts to overturn the former Enron Corp. CEO’s convictions for his role in the...
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A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling’s convictions for his role in the energy giant’s collapse but threw out his...
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AP, Houston
An appeals court has upheld former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling’s convictions for his role in the energy giant’s collapse but orders that he be...
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A federal jury in Ohio has convicted a former health-care financing executive in a $1.9 billion fraud case likened to the Enron or WorldCom scandals.
made popular Oct 31 2008
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Rather than face a second trial, the former chief executive of Enron Broadband Services pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of wire fraud.
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A federal judge has approved a plan to distribute more than $7.2 billion recovered as part of a lawsuit by Enron Corp. shareholders and investors in connection with the...
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A federal judge on Wednesday handed down the first sentences to defendants convicted in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case that federal prosecutors compared to the...
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Before the current energy crisis, I don’t think most Americans had even heard of ANWR, or the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. To environmentalists, the giant...
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The widow of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay has paid the condo dues that prompted a lawsuit by her neighbors in an upscale Houston high-rise, attorneys said...
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A book about the rise and stunning decline of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, co-authored by the makers of a book and film about the fall of Enron, is being...
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Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s best chance at overturning some of his convictions could hinge on a legal theory by the prosecution, which an appeals...
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Citigroup Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay $1.66 billion to creditors of Enron Corp. who lost money when the energy trader collapsed in 2001.Citigroup was the last...
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The neighbors of the widow of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay have sued her, accusing her of not paying her share of fees associated with living in one of...
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More than $11 million will be restored to the settlement fund for former Enron Corp. employees who lost their retirement fund during the company’s collapse, the...
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Enron Corp. shareholders and investors hoping to get their cut of more than $7.2 billion recovered as part of a lawsuit they filed in connection with the...
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Three British bankers who pleaded guilty for their roles in a fraudulent scheme with former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow were each sentenced Friday to...
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A federal judge has sentenced three British bankers to just over three years in prison each for their role in a fraudulent scheme with former Enron Chief Financial...
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A federal judge has sentenced a British banker to 37 months in prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme with former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow.David...
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Three former Merrill Lynch & Co. executives whose 2004 fraud and conspiracy convictions connected to an Enron Corp. deal were overturned will be retried...
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Former Enron executive Jeff Skilling leaves the courthouse after the verdict in his fraud and conspiracy trial Thursday, May 25, 2006, in Houston. Skilling’s attorneys were set to argue on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, before a three-judge panel of the 5th..
