NY STATE SEN. ARRESTED IN ALLEGED MAYOR RACE PLOT
FILE – In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The FBI says Smith and…
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PUBLIC PACKS IOWA HEARING ON RELEASING KILLER
By RYAN J. FOLEY This Nov. 1, 2012 photo provided by the Iowa Department of Corrections shows Rasberry Williams who is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting an acquaintance…
CHICAGO DEMOCRAT CONVICTED OF TAX CHARGES
By MICHAEL TARM FILE – In this March 2, 2012 file photo, Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, left, speaks to reporters, as his attorney Sam Adam Jr. listens, after Beavers’…
EX-OFFICIALS CONVICTED IN CALIF. CORRUPTION CASE
By JOHN ROGERS Five former Bell City elected officials listens to the judge as a guilty verdict is read in their trial on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Los Angeles.…
EX-MAYOR CONVICTED IN BELL, CALIF., CASE
By JOHN ROGERS FILE – This Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, former Bell, Calif., city officials appear for a massive city corruption trial in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Verdicts…
VENEZUELA’S OPPOSITION GROUND DOWN BY CHAVISTAS
By FRANK BAJAK Opposition leader Henrique Capriles holds a copy of the constitution as he speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. Capriles registered his…
FLA. CHARITY PROBE TO NEXT FOCUS ON CAMPAIGN MONEY
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and GARY FINEOUT Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll speaks about the 1,578-acre land acquisition for Camp Blanding in Clay County in front of the Florida Cabinet Thursday, March…
CHINA’S POLITICAL ADVISERS PLEDGE FEALTY TO PARTY
By GILLIAN WONG Delegates line up to cast their votes during a plenary session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held at the Great Hall of the People in…