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		<title>FACT CHECK: On bailouts, reformer credentials and more, Palin&#8217;s bio goes rogue on some facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Woodward</dc:creator>
		
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FACT CHECK: Palin&#8217;s book goes rogue on some facts
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin&#8217;s new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven&#8217;t become any truer over time.
Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer&#8217;s dime, a reformer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US officials say 2 former Madoff computer programmers arrested for falsifying records</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-Madoff computer programmers arrested
NEW YORK — Two former computer programmers for Bernard Madoff&#8217;s investment firm were arrested Friday on charges they helped cover up the disgraced money manager&#8217;s massive fraud for more than 15 years.

The U.S. attorney&#8217;s office said Jerome O&#8217;Hara, of Malverne, N.Y., and George Perez, of East Brunswick, N.J., were arrested at their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI: Fla. lawyer&#8217;s alleged fraud over $1 billion as investigators ask victims to come forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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FBI: Fla. lawyer&#8217;s alleged fraud over $1 billion

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The suspected Ponzi scheme run by a high-profile South Florida lawyer is likely to exceed $1 billion and involved thousands of investors in the U.S. and abroad, a top FBI official said Thursday.
John Gillies, special agent in charge of the FBI&#8217;s Miami field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI says alleged fraud scheme involving South Florida lawyer could exceed $1 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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FBI: Alleged scheme by Fla. lawyer could top $1B

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Investigators say the alleged fraud scheme run by a prominent South Florida lawyer is likely to exceed $1 billion and involve thousands of investors.
Miami FBI chief John Gilles (GILL-eez) said Thursday morning that investigators want investors with attorney Scott Rothstein to come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setback in Bear Stearns case should force government to change tactics in other meltdown cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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Setback in Bear Stearns case may force gov&#8217;t shift

WASHINGTON — The swift acquittal of two Bear Stearns executives in the government&#8217;s criminal case tied to the financial meltdown likely will force prosecutors to rethink the evidence they planned to present in a raft of cases that have yet to go to trial, legal experts say.
Criminal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors say SC trio promised investors unrealistic returns in &#8216;Hebrew Boys&#8217; scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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Prosecutors: SC trio promised unrealistic returns

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three South Carolina men with no business expertise promised to help clients get out of debt, but instead collected millions and spent it on luxury items for themselves, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
The trio called themselves the &#8220;3 Hebrew Boys&#8221; after the biblical tale of brothers who survived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge rules HOPE artist can switch lawyers, denying motion by The Associated Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge: HOPE artist can switch lawyers in AP suit
NEW YORK — Shepard Fairey has a new legal team and new questions he must answer.
The street artist known for his Barack Obama &#8220;HOPE&#8221; image will be permitted to switch attorneys in his copyright fight against The Associated Press, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emulex files lawsuit against Broadcom, alleging violations of federal antitrust laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Emulex files lawsuit against Broadcom
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Emulex Corp., which makes data storage equipment, said Monday it has filed a lawsuit against chip designer Broadcom Corp., alleging violations of federal antitrust laws.

Emulex&#8217;s suit alleges that Broadcom, based in Irvine, Calif., acted in an uncompetitive manner, made defamatory statements and engaged in acts of unfair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental, Indian groups ask federal court to stop Yellowstone bison slaughters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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Federal judge asked to end Yellowstone bison kills

BLLINGS, Mont. — A coalition of environmental and American Indian groups sued two federal agencies Monday to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside Yellowstone National Park in search of food.
During the last decade, federal agencies working with the state of Montana captured and shipped to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former NYC lawyer with SEC&#8217;s enforcement division admits a role in Marc Dreier&#8217;s fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Ex-SEC lawyer pleads guilty in NY Marc Dreier case

NEW YORK — A former lawyer with the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring with a prominent Manhattan lawyer to dupe hedge funds out of tens of millions of dollars.
Robert Miller, 52, of Englewood, N.J., entered the plea to conspiracy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former hedge fund manager faces federal securities fraud charges in $7 million stock scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-hedge fund boss charged in stock scam
NEW YORK — A former hedge fund manager arrested earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges he participated in a $7 million insider trading scam.

The indictment against 45-year-old Joseph Contorinis of New York City was announced by federal prosecutors on Friday.
The indictment charges him with conspiracy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under settlement, EPA will impose new standards on emissions at PVC plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cain Burdeau</dc:creator>
		
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EPA to impose standards on PVC plant emissions

NEW ORLEANS — The Environmental Protection Agency will set new nationwide emission standards for makers of polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as the plastic PVC, under a settlement with environmental groups announced Thursday.
EPA has agreed to set emission standards by July 29, 2011, for PVC manufacturers as part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: criminal enterprises benefiting from loose requirements for creating corporations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lardner</dc:creator>
		
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Lax laws allow US companies to be used for crimes

WASHINGTON — Lax state laws allow arms traffickers, drug kingpins and money launderers to use U.S. companies to hide their illicit activities from investigators, government officials said Thursday.
An example is the case of Viktor Bout, a Russian businessman accused of supplying dictators and warlords with weapons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds: 14 charged in widening $25M Wall Street insider trading case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Feds: 14 charged in insider trading case
NEW YORK — Two attorneys and Wall Street professionals were among 14 people charged Thursday in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has snared one of America&#8217;s richest men and shown white collar suspects to be using the cover-up tactics of drug dealers.

The actions raise to 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Lawyer headed to meet Fort Hood shooting suspect, asks investigators not to question him
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — A lawyer for the Army psychiatrist accused in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood said Monday he asked investigators not to question his client and expressed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former corporate executive to plead guilty in far-reaching Calif. tomato price-fixing case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Exec to plead guilty in tomato price-fixing case

FRESNO, Calif. — A former executive for a California-based tomato processor agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to drive up food prices nationwide, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Alan Scott Huey, who served as a senior vice president at SK Foods between 2004 and 2008, is accused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax relief for smaller investors in Madoff scheme approaching Senate adoption in jobless bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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Tax relief for small Madoff investors eyed

WASHINGTON — Tax relief for thousands of small, indirect investors in Bernard Madoff&#8217;s swindle and other fraudulent schemes appears close to Senate adoption as part of a broader bill to extend unemployment benefits.
An amendment by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., puts the indirect Madoff investors — who channeled their money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madoff auditor expected to plead guilty, could face years in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Madoff auditor expected to plead guilty
NEW YORK — Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff&#8217;s (MAY&#8217;-dawfs) longtime auditor is expected to plead guilty to securities fraud and other charges that could leave him behind bars for years.

Prosecutors say David Friehling (FREE&#8217;-ling) would have known that Madoff was carrying out history&#8217;s greatest Ponzi scheme — because he kept the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit voters hope Tues. election brings political stability to City Council, mayor&#8217;s office</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Detroit seeks political stability with election

DETROIT — The look of the Detroit City Council could change drastically when voters go to the polls in the city&#8217;s fourth election in just over eight months.
Mayor Dave Bing is expected to easily win re-election in Tuesday&#8217;s nonpartisan race, but five incumbents are being challenged by 13 newcomers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madoff says &#8216;too much credibility&#8217; helped provide cover for Ponzi scheme, document shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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Madoff: Had &#8216;too much credibility&#8217; with SEC

WASHINGTON — As Bernard Madoff sat in jail a few months after pleading guilty to fraud, he sounded faintly boastful.
The only problem with officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s Washington headquarters, he said, is that he had &#8220;too much credibility with them and they dismissed&#8221; the idea that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madoff convinced SEC investigators never thought he was running a Ponzi scheme, document shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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Madoff: SEC never thought it was a Ponzi scheme

WASHINGTON — Bernard Madoff was apparently convinced that it never even occurred to Securities and Exchange Commission staff he was running a Ponzi scheme, despite the agency&#8217;s numerous probes of his business.
A document released Friday details a prison interview conducted on June 17 by the SEC inspector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors say Madoff&#8217;s longtime accountant is expected to plead guilty in cooperation deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Prosecutors: Madoff accountant to enter plea

NEW YORK — Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff&#8217;s longtime auditor is expected to plead guilty next week in a cooperation deal, federal prosecutors told a judge Friday.
Prosecutors said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein that accountant David Friehling was expected to plead guilty at a conference on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: NY billionnaire charged in insider trading case no threat to flee, will clear his name</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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NEW YORK — A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in an insider trading case asked that his bail be reduced from $100 million to $25 million Thursday, noting that even Bernard Madoff&#8217;s bail was only $10 million even after he confessed to a multibillion-dollar fraud.
Attorney John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler returns $5.5 million in bonds to Indiana county to settle dispute over aborted plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Callahan</dc:creator>
		
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Chrysler returns $5.5 million bonds to Ind. county

INDIANAPOLIS — Chrysler has returned $5.5 million in bonds to an Indiana county to settle a dispute over millions of dollars the county spent toward a transmission plant that a Chrysler supplier stopped building last year.
The Indiana secretary of state&#8217;s office said Wednesday that it agreed to drop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former oil services company chairman sentenced to 3 years for bribing Alaska politicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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Businessman gets 3 years in Alaska bribery cases

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The oil services executive at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and fined $750,000.
Bill Allen, 72, testified on behalf of the government in three cases, including the trial of former U.S. Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge in Seattle lets multibillion dollar Washington Mutual securities lawsuit proceed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Klass</dc:creator>
		
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Judge lets huge WaMu securities lawsuit advance

SEATTLE — A judge has refused to dismiss a multibillion dollar securities fraud case against former officers, directors, accountants and underwriters of Washington Mutual Bank, which collapsed last year in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history.
A few accusations and a $400 million securities issue were dropped from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friend of Canadian lawyer who apparently committed suicide pleads guilty in NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Dead insider trading suspect&#8217;s pal pleads in NYC

NEW YORK — A longtime friend of a Canadian lawyer who apparently committed suicide this week after he was accused in the largest insider trading case in Canada&#8217;s history has pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the scheme.
Stanko Grmovsek, 40, of Ontario, also an attorney, pleaded guilty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former VECO chief Bill Allen sentenced to 3 years for bribing Alaska politicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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Businessman sentenced for Alaska bribery cases

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The businessman at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Bill Allen, former chief executive of VECO Corp., was sentenced Wednesday and fined $750,000 for bribery and conspiracy. He pleaded guilty in May 2007 to improperly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMD says not aware of any exec misconduct regarding report that ex-CEO passed inside info</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: AMD ex-CEO said linked to Galleon case

LOS ANGELES — Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is &#8220;thoroughly reviewing&#8221; published reports fingering former chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz as the AMD executive who gave confidential company information to a defendant in the Galleon Group insider trading case.
&#8220;We are not aware of any allegation of criminal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fake Cherokee chief gets nearly 5 years in federal prison in Pennsylvania investment fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Fake Cherokee chief gets fed prison in Pa. fraud

PITTSBURGH — A former Pennsylvania man who called himself a Cherokee Indian &#8220;chief&#8221; will spend nearly five years in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar investment fraud.
Federal prosecutors say 80-year-old Robert Eugene Cheney, who now lives in Las Vegas, and another man defrauded investors in several states and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste into Utah takes small step forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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Bill to ban foreign nuke waste makes small advance

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill designed to keep foreign countries from disposing their nuclear waste in the United States is taking a small but significant step toward getting a U.S. House committee vote for the first time.
On Thursday, the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act will undergo a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autopsy set for dead Madoff associate found at bottom of pool at his sprawling Fla. mansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Skoloff</dc:creator>
		
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Autopsy set for Madoff associate found in pool

PALM BEACH, Fla. — An autopsy was planned for a man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff.
Jeffry Picower was found by his wife Sunday at the bottom of a pool at the couple&#8217;s sprawling oceanside Palm Beach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeffry Picower, a Florida philanthropist accused of benefiting from Madoff fraud, dies at 67</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff, was found at the bottom of the pool at his oceanside mansion and died Sunday, police said. He was 67.
Picower&#8217;s wife, Barbara, discovered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire charged in insider trading case is sued in NJ by victims of Sri Lankan rebels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case was sued by victims of violence in Sri Lanka who say he helped finance separatist rebels notorious for suicide bombings.

The federal lawsuit was filed Thursday in Newark, N.J., against Raj Rajaratnam, a 52-year-old portfolio manager for Galleon Group, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors seek 46-month prison sentence for key Alaska corruption figure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal prosecutors say the former chief executive of a company that did construction work for oil companies should be sentenced to nearly four years in prison for offering bribes in exchange for legislation favorable to the petroleum industry.

The government&#8217;s recommendation was filed late Wednesday, a week before Bill Allen, 72, and another [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Massey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico State Investment Officer Gary Bland has resigned amid a federal investigation into state investment deals and pressure to remove him by members of the State Investment Council over his alleged role helping third-party placement agents.

Bland resigned on Wednesday in a letter to Gov. Bill Richardson, saying he was &#8220;saddened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare economic espionage case goes to trial in California; men could face decades in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Robertson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints — and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband — are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage to have their case heard by a jury.

The rare charge of economic espionage involves the theft of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firm caught up in insider trading case to close hedge funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Jewell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A hedge fund company whose manager is criminally charged in an insider trading case has told clients it&#8217;s shutting down its funds, after investors pulled out millions in the wake of the allegations.

A letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press said Galleon Group LLP plans &#8220;an orderly wind down&#8221; of its funds while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court orders ex-Enron executive to be acquitted of charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — A former Enron Corp. executive is free of criminal charges related to financial fraud at the one-time energy giant after an appeals court ruled he should be acquitted of all counts he faced.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said it would not revisit the case of F. Scott Yeager, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ala. mayor accused of accepting Rolex, other bribes for steering millions to crony&#8217;s business</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mayor Larry Langford, who could be tossed out of office and go to prison if convicted of federal bribery charges, recently offered some advice to a new Birmingham City Council member.

&#8220;The illusion of power is the most dangerous drug on the planet,&#8221; Langford said. &#8220;A little bit of power — nothing intoxicates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 South Fla. men accused of running Ponzi scheme that bilked $14M from Haitians in Fla., NJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Three men are accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from hundreds of Haitian-American investors in South Florida and New Jersey.

In a complaint filed Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Ronnie Eugene Bass Jr., Abner Alabre and Brian Taglieri promised to double their clients&#8217; money every 90 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street wake-up call: Hedge fund boss, 5 others charged in $25M-plus insider trading case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — One of America&#8217;s wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider trading case that authorities say generated more than $25 million in illegal profits and was a wake-up call for Wall Street.

Raj Rajaratnam, a portfolio manager for Galleon Group, a hedge fund [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal regulators told Congress on Friday that they have no power to stop Italy or any other country from dumping tons of radioactive waste in the United States.

It&#8217;s up to Congress to stop other countries from shipping their radioactive waste to the United States, government officials who oversee the nuclear power industry told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outline of case against Petters includes e-mail expressing anguish over Ponzi scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — A preview of the government&#8217;s case against Minnesota businessman Tom Petters includes an e-mail he wrote to an associate expressing shame over his alleged Ponzi scheme.

Prosecutors cited the e-mail in documents filed Wednesday in federal court in preparation for Petters&#8217; trial scheduled to begin Oct. 26.
The filing includes the e-mail Petters wrote to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanford gets sick during court hearing, defense attorney blames it on stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, jailed for allegedly bilking investors out of $7 billion, became ill during a court hearing in Houston and wiped blood away from his mouth.

Stanford&#8217;s attorney later blamed the condition on stress his client feels from being held in solitary confinement.
Stanford was in a Houston courtroom Wednesday at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Fla. members of New York&#8217;s Bonanno crime family plead guilty in racketeering case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One by one, members of a South Florida crew of the New York-based Bonanno crime family stood before a federal judge Wednesday to plead guilty to racketeering charges, including one enforcer who said it was impossible to escape the Mafia life.

Six of the 11 purported crew members indicted in May pleaded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors, defense attorneys debating on when to set trial date in Stanford case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Prosecutors were asking a federal judge on Wednesday to set a trial date for Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who is in jail accused of bilking investors out of $7 billion.

But Stanford&#8217;s recently appointed defense attorneys want U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston to hold off on a decision. They say the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summary of actions by the Supreme Court on Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Tuesday:

— Agreed to hear an appeal from former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling for his role in the collapse of the one-time energy giant. Lower courts have upheld 19 of his 2006 convictions of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors involving the 2001 collapse of Enron.
— Agreed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court will hear former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling appeal of criminal convictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling&#8217;s appeal of his convictions for his role in the collapse of the energy giant, accepting another high-profile challenge to a favorite tool of prosecutors in white-collar and public corruption cases.

Skilling&#8217;s appeal stems from his convictions in 2006 on 19 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lot of dough at stake: Woman wins NJ suit with ex-husband over bakery mixer trademark</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Porter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Twelve years after her divorce, Karin Seruga finally got what she really wanted: A dough mixer.

Not just any dough mixer. This one is 6 feet tall, 4 feet wide and weighs 2 tons. The machine was developed in Switzerland a century ago and is used by commercial bakeries around the world to [...]]]></description>
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