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NY prosecutor wins big with Spitzer investigation
May 15 2008, AP

Michael Garcia’s predecessors as U.S. attorney in Manhattan took on all five mob families, the titans of Wall Street, Osama bin Laden and even Martha Stewart. So it was largely unnoticed when Garcia wanted to attack public corruption.Then his public...

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Canadian leader gambles for majority government
AP, Toronto
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer Canadian voters to the right in Tuesday’s election and...
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UK university holds artificial intelligence test
AP, Reading
Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
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Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis
AP, Akron
By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook...
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`Chihuahua' fetches $17.5M to win another weekend
AP, Los Angeles
An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.
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Fire burns 750 acres northeast of Los Angeles
AP, Los Angeles
A wildfire burned up to 750 acres of forest north of Los Angeles Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary, authorities said.
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Holocaust survivors tell love story
AP, North Miami Beach
In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple.
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Paulson: Protectionist policies won't solve crisis
AP, Washington
Appealing for global unity in a time of crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that isolationism and protectionism do not offer a way to contain the...
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All is forgiven; McCain returning to Letterman
AP, New York
David Letterman and Sen. John McCain will get a chance to make up.
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Counting cards: NY collection includes 6,356 decks
AP, New York
The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics.
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Fire burns 500 acres northeast of Los Angeles
AP, Los Angeles
A wildfire burned about 500 acres of forest Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary north of Los Angeles, authorities said.
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Palin has mixed record as fiscal conservative
AP, Anchorage
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, bills herself as a fiscal conservative. But that can be a relative term when you’re governor...
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Bailout managers may be buying own securities
AP, Washington
The government’s plan to make sure private managers of a $700 billion bailout plan are free of conflicts of interest is weak, according to some critics, and...
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Residents get OK to return after Pa. chemical leak
AP, Petrolia
About 2,500 people who fled when a corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant and evaporated were allowed to return home Sunday after authorities...
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Writers find inspiration in Kerouac's Orlando home
AP, Orlando
This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once the home to Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac and it may be incubating a successor.
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Attorney: Marine fighting extradition from Mexico
AP, Jacksonville
The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States.
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About 2,500 flee chemical leak in western Pa.
AP, Petrolia
About 2,500 people have fled a toxic cloud after a corrosive material was leaked at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania.
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Bush visits finance officials, urges cooperation
AP, Washington
Global finance leaders are pledging cooperation between rich and poor nations to deal with a severe credit crisis after President Bush discussed the seriousness of the...
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Santas coming early to Indiana town to sign oath
AP, Santa Claus
The grandsons of Santa Claus are coming to town.
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Balloon pilots somber at NM festival after death
AP, Albuquerque
Pilots of hot air balloon pilots on Saturday mourned the loss of one of their own in a fiery crash at Albuquerque’s famous balloon festival, even as they say...
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NAACP watching, ready for voter problems
AP, San Antonio
The NAACP will have lawyers targeting 750 precincts around the nation on Election Day to help address complaints about possible voter disenfranchisement, the...
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Brazil prosecutes 81 for Amazon destruction
Celso Camargo, Campinas
Brazil is filing criminal charges against 81 people accused of being the biggest destroyers of the Amazon rain forest.
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made popular Oct 11 2008
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Judge: Ex-prosecutor can question Detroit reporter
AP, Detroit
A judge ruled that a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter can be questioned about unidentified sources he used in a 2004 story about an ethics investigation into a...
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made popular Sep 11 2008
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Top federal prosecutor in NJ: Being undocumented not a crime
AP, Dover
New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor told a Latino group it’s a civil offense _ not a crime _ for immigrants to live in the country without proper...
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made popular Apr 28 2008
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Top N.J. federal prosecutor: Being undocumented not a crime
AP, Dover
New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor told a Latino group that it is a civil offense _ not a crime _ for immigrants to live in the country without proper...
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made popular Apr 28 2008
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Witness Says He Was Paid in Venezuela
AP, Caracas
A man once considered the star witness in the case of an assassinated prosecutor has recanted testimony that helped convict three men and implicated opponents of...
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made popular Apr 9 2008
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Texas DA Found in Contempt of Court
AP, Houston
A former prosecutor who resigned after the mistaken release of racist and pornographic e-mails was found in contempt of court Friday for deleting 2,500 e-mails which...
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made popular Mar 29 2008
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Phelps DUI Prosecutor Charged With Same
AP, Salisbury
A state’s attorney who once prosecuted Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps for drunken driving has been arrested for the same infraction.Wicomico County...
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made popular Feb 23 2008
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Fewer in New Orleans Escape Prosecution
AP, New Orleans
The number of suspects set free because of delays by the prosecutor’s office has dropped dramatically since the departure of Eddie Jordan as district attorney,...
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made popular Jan 4 2008
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Last Charge Against Prosecutor Dismissed
AP, Detroit
A federal judge has dropped the last criminal charge against a former prosecutor who was acquitted of hiding evidence in a major terrorism trial.U.S. District Judge...
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made popular Dec 12 2007
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US to Drop Charge Against Ex-Prosecutor
AP, Detroit
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to drop the final charge against a former federal prosecutor acquitted of holding evidence from the defense in a major...
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made popular Dec 9 2007
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New Orleans, State to Pay $3.4M Judgment
AP, New Orleans
The city and the state of Louisiana will pay the bulk of a $3.4 million racial discrimination judgment against the New Orleans District Attorney’s Office,...
MiddleEast, Asia, NorthAmerica, Jordan
made popular Nov 20 2007
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Atty.: $3.4M La. DA Deal Awaits Approval
AP, New Orleans
A multi-million dollar discrimination judgment that threatens to bankrupt the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office may be a step closer to being paid, an...
MiddleEast, Asia, NorthAmerica, Jordan
made popular Nov 17 2007
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Fired Workers Seize La. DA's Accounts
AP, New Orleans
Fired workers seized several bank accounts of the prosecutor’s office Thursday, including the one for its payroll, as they seek payment of $3.3 million left to be...
MiddleEast, Asia, NorthAmerica, Jordan
made popular Nov 9 2007
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N.O. Prosecutor Pays Part of Judgment
AP, New Orleans
A day before he resigned, former New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan paid a fraction of the $3.7 million discrimination judgment against his office, an attorney...
MiddleEast, Asia, NorthAmerica, Jordan
made popular Nov 2 2007
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DA's Resignation Welcomed in New Orleans
AP, New Orleans
High-profile murder cases fell apart. High-powered prosecutors left. High numbers of cases were dropped altogether.In the end, it wasn’t just a $3.7 million...
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made popular Oct 31 2007
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Former Detroit Prosecutor Acquitted
AP, Detroit
A former federal prosecutor was acquitted Wednesday of withholding evidence from the defense during the nation’s first major terrorism trial after the Sept. 11...
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made popular Oct 31 2007
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New Orleans District Attorney to Resign
AP, New Orleans
District Attorney Eddie Jordan has called it quits, citing a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office.”This is all about the district...
MiddleEast, Asia, NorthAmerica, Jordan
made popular Oct 30 2007
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Lawyers Close in Ex-Prosecutor's Trial
AP, Detroit
A former federal prosecutor and an ex-State Department investigator wanted so badly to win convictions in the nation’s first major terrorism trial after the Sept....
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made popular Oct 30 2007
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La. Mayor: State May Take Over DA Office
AP, New Orleans
Mayor Ray Nagin says the state could take over the New Orleans district attorney’s office as early as Monday as the agency faces a multimillion-dollar civil...
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made popular Oct 27 2007
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