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Pennsylvania rocked by 'jailing kids for cash' scandal
CNN - Sun Mar 1, 2009
Pennsylvania - At a friend's sleepover more than a year ago, 14-year-old Phillip Swartley pocketed change from unlocked vehicles in the neighborhood to buy chips and soft drinks. More»

Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash
Associated Press - Wed Feb 11, 2009
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania - Two Pennsylvania judges charged with taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send teenagers to two privately run youth detention centers are expected to plead guilty to fraud. More»

Blagojevich unanimously convicted, tossed from office
Associated Press - Wed Jan 28, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Governor Rod Blagojevich was thrown out of office Thursday without a single lawmaker coming to his defense, brought down by a government-for-sale scandal that stretched from Chicago to Capitol Hill and turned the foul-mouthed politician into a national punchline. More»

Blagojevich: I'm The Victim Of Plot To Raise Taxes
Associated Press - Fri Jan 23, 2009
CHICAGO - Launching an all-out media blitz as his impeachment trial draws near, Governor Rod Blagojevich compared himself Friday to an honest, hardworking cowboy and said he was about to be lynched by a band of black-hatted political insiders eager to raise taxes. More»

Conviction overturned for cop in 92-year-old's killing
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Thu Jan 15, 2009
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed the conviction of Arthur Tesler, the former Atlanta police officer sentenced to prison for lying to FBI agents about the botched drug-raid killing of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston. More»

FDA Scientists Allege Mismanagement At Agency
CNN - Sun Jan 11, 2009
WASHINGTON - Nine scientists at the Food and Drug Administration have written a letter to President-elect Barack Obama and his transition team, alleging gross mismanagement at the agency that has "placed the American public at risk". More»

Aide to former Pa. senator admits pocketing $63K
Associated Press - Fri Jan 9, 2009
PHILADELPHIA - A longtime secretary listed as a potential defense witness in the ongoing corruption trial of ex-state Senator Vincent Fumo admitted that she pocketed $63,000 in state funds by padding Fumo's restaurant expenses. More»

Sheriff jailed for pocketing money meant for inmate meals
CNN - Thu Jan 8, 2009
ALABAMA - A federal judge ordered a north Alabama sheriff jailed this week, saying the lawman intentionally served jail inmates "woefully insufficient" meals in order to pocket more than $200,000. More»

Illinois governor's federal security clearance revoked
Associated Press - Fri Jan 2, 2009
CHICAGO - The US Department of Homeland Security has revoked embattled Governor Rod Blagojevich's access to classified federal security information, officials said Friday. More»

Report: Endangered species decisions tainted
Associated Press - Mon Dec 15, 2008
WASHINGTON - A high-ranking Interior Department official tainted nearly every decision made on the protection of endangered species over five years, a new inspector general report finds, concluding she exerted improper political interference on many more rulings than previously thought. More»

FBI agents stage sting to snare corrupt Ill. cops
Associated Press - Tue Dec 2, 2008
CHICAGO - Duffel bags stuffed with cocaine were delivered by plane to an out-of-the-way suburban airport while two sheriff's officers provided security. More»

Whistleblower: Oil watchdog agency 'cult of corruption'
CNN - Mon Oct 13, 2008
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Bobby Maxwell kept a close eye on the oil industry for more than 20 years as a government auditor. More»

Prescription For Profit
CBS - Fri Mar 7, 2008
William LaCorte is no ordinary doctor - "It's amazing that any pharmaceutical reps call on me at all," he said. More»

Judge removes himself from Massey case
Associated Press - Thu Jan 17, 2008
CHARLESTON, West Virginia - The chief justice of the state Supreme Court agreed Friday to remove himself from a pending case involving Massey Energy Company, days after vacation photos surfaced showing him in Monaco with the coal producer's top executive. More»

What's Wrong With Florida's Prisons?
Time - Wed Oct 17, 2007
An uneasy sense of deja vu swept over Florida last week after an all-white jury acquitted seven juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of a black teen last year. More»

Billions of dollars withheld from Australian Aborigines
AFP - Wed Sep 19, 2007
BRISBANE - Australian government bodies withheld billions of dollars from Aboriginal workers, stockpiling the money while children were dying of malnutrition, a study released Wednesday said. More»

Chief Medical Examiner Accused of Witness Intimidation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Sep 12, 2007
Georgia's chief medical examiner, Kris Sperry, tried to intimidate and harass an expert who was to testify that there are problems with the state's method of execution in a pending federal lawsuit, according to lawyers for a longtime death row inmate. More»

11 N.J. officials arrested on corruption
Associated Press - Wed Sep 5, 2007
TRENTON, New Jersey - FBI agents arrested 11 public officials in towns across New Jersey Thursday on charges of taking bribes in exchange for influencing the awarding of public contracts, the US Attorney's Office said. More»

Whistleblowers Treated Like Terrorists
Associated Press - Fri Aug 31, 2007
One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted. More»

Minnesota law sheds light on drug companies
Associated Press - Mon Aug 20, 2007
Saint Paul, Minnesota - A groundbreaking Minnesota law is shining a rare light into the big money that drug companies spend on members of state advisory panels who help select which drugs are used in Medicaid programs for the poor and disabled. More»

GA Sherrif Confesses to Ordering Murder of Sheriff-Elect
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Aug 15, 2007
Former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey has confessed to ordering the murder of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown, DeKalb District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming announced Thursday. More»

Court: FBI violated Constitution in raid
Associated Press - Thu Aug 2, 2007
WASHINGTON - The FBI violated the Constitution when agents raided US Representative William Jefferson's office last year and viewed legislative documents in a corruption investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. More»

U.S. Attorney Became Target After Rebuffing Justice Dept.
Washington Post - Tue Jul 31, 2007
The night before the government secured a guilty plea from the manufacturer of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, a senior Justice Department official called the US attorney handling the case and, at the behest of an executive for the drugmaker, urged him to slow down, the prosecutor told the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. More»

FBI searches Sen. Stevens' Alaska home
Associated Press - Mon Jul 30, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Federal agents with cameras searched the home of US Senator Ted Stevens amid questions about an oil company official's involvement in a 2000 renovation project that doubled the home's size, law enforcement officials said. More»

GA sheriff charged with cover-up in shooting
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon Jul 30, 2007
The Towns County sheriff has been released on $250,000 bond on charges he tried cover up for his chief deputy, who is accused to shooting up the house of his wife's lover. More»

Elderly Atlantan Shot by Police - Informant Told by Police to Lie
CNN - Mon Nov 27, 2006
ATLANTA, Georgia - An informant cited in a search warrant as having purchased narcotics at an elderly Atlanta woman's house denies buying drugs there, authorities say. More»

Republican Congressman Ney Pleads Guilty to Bribery
Associated Press - Sat Oct 14, 2006
A senior Republican congressman linked to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has pleaded guilty to bribery charges in Washington. More»

Patient's Survival is Bad for Business
CNN - Mon Apr 3, 2006
When M Smith learned she had AIDS in the early 1990's, she figured it was a death sentence. More»

U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings
Los Angeles Times - Wed Feb 9, 2005
More than 200 Fish and Wildlife researchers cite cases where conclusions were reversed to weaken protections and favor business, a survey finds. More»

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