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- Late ex-Congressman Rostenkowski had lamented that his legacy would be tainted by prison term
- Suriname’s ex-dictator returns, brining painful flashbacks and worries for the future
- Rostenkowski was one of Washington’s most powerful lawmakers _ and a symbol of its excesses
- Former Ill. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, who helped shape tax policy before prison stint, dies at 82
- Jurors in Blagojevich trial tell judge they cannot reach agreement on ‘any given count’
- Mexican presidents criticizes low rate of punishment for people who commit violent crimes
- Naomi Campbell’s former agent tells war crimes court she flirted with Charles Taylor
- 19 years for Khmer Rouge prison chief, drug dealers, political scapegoats: justice in Cambodia
- For now, ex-lobbyist chooses to fight charges rather than cooperate with federal prosecutors
- Afghan president considering new oversight of US-backed units probing corruption
- Aspirations of US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in limbo after allegations in Blagojevich trial
- Lobby firm owner charged with making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions
- Ex-NJ mayor sentenced to 2 years in prison for accepting bribes in sweeping corruption sting
- Alaska congressman’s office says he’s cleared in Justice Dept. probe
- Blagojevich could lose home if jurors in his corruption trial convict him
- House Republican fundraising committee pays fine to settle case over alleged embezzlement
- NRCC pays fine to settle case over treasurer embezzlement
- Spying scandal touches Alvaro Uribe’s inner circle as Colombian president set to leave office
- Afghan president seeks more oversight of who is investigated by new anti-corruption task force
- House ethics committee announces charges against Rep. Waters, setting up possible fall trial
- Turkish military ponders promoting commanders implicated in coup plot
- Detroit mayor’s plans to nominate convicted murderer for police board angers some officers
- Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand suspended 30 days, fined $100,000 for impaired driving
- Mexican soldiers kill top drug lord, dealing major blow to country’s most powerful cartel
- Early and often: Ill. residents to vote twice to fill President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat
- Democrats catch break with Blagojevich trial’s early end, no big-name witnesses
- Former government official arrested as corruption crackdown expands southern China
- Jurors start deliberating corruption charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
- Blagojevich jury gets case, to begin deliberations in corruption trial of ex-Illinois governor
- Hundreds of FBI agents investigated by Justice IG over cheating on surveillance rules test
- Jurors must decide which portrait of Blagojevich to believe: Naive bumbler or crafty schemer?
- SPIN METER: In prospect of a public trial, peril for both veteran chairman and his party
- Jurors will soon get Blagojevich corruption case, competing images of former Ill. governor
- Attorneys offer two portraits of disgraced former governor : naive bumbler or crafty schemer?
- Defense attorney: Blagojevich is insecure talker, bad judge of character, but not a criminal
- AP Impact: Mexico arrests many drug suspects, but few charged and even fewer convicted
- Blagojevich attorney says jurors know from FBI tapes that ex-Ill. governor didn’t commit crime
- Blagojevich attorney says prosecution didn’t prove former Ill. governor guilty of corruption
- Blagojevich defense attorney begins closing argument in corruption trial of ex-Ill. governor
- UK court blocks attempt to extradite ex-Bosnian vice president for war crimes
- Blagojevich judge clashes with defense attorney over closing arguments, sends jury home
- Attorney for former Illinois governor’s brother begins closing arguments, count dropped
- Immigration enforcement through fingerprint program draws fire immigrant groups, some states
- Prosecutors take aim at Blagojevich defense, say alleged attempt to get money, job is a crime
- Prosecutors begin closing arguments in corruption trial of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich
- Warrants issued for Bangladeshi Islamic party leaders on charges of crimes against humanity
- Closing arguments to start in 7-week corruption trial of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich
- Closing in on final arguments, lawyers to agree on jury instructions in Blagojevich trial
- Key question for Blagojevich jurors: Was former Illinois governor just talking or conspiring?
- Blagojevich’s surprise decision not to testify carries high risks, could backfire with jury
- DOJ: Politics influenced firing of US attorney but Bush-era scandal wasn’t criminal
- DOJ: Investigation into fired US attorneys closed, no charges in Bush-era scandal
- Lawyers for ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich say he will not testify in corruption trial
- Sudan president arrives in Chad, defying international arrest warrant for genocide, war crimes
- Will Blagojevich backpedal on vow to testify at corruption trial? Decision to come quickly
- Blagojevich’s brother denies role in alleged sale of Senate seat and fundraising corruption
- Blagojevich’s brother testifies that he never tied campaign cash to government business
- A duel of wits and wills: Blagojevich likely to take the stand at corruption trial this week
- Dallas-area mayor who killed herself, is blamed in daughter’s death, faced city spending probe
- On tapes, Blagojevich bashes politicians, reporters, voters _ which some see as badge of honor
- Blagojevich prosecutors roll through case in 5 weeks, don’t call some potential key figures
- Prosecutors rest case in Blagojevich corruption trial, defense gets more time to prepare
- Former Detroit mayor makes first court appearance since being charged with tax, fraud crimes
- For Polanski, an old life returns: Safe in France, Poland, Switzerland but danger elsewhere
- Blagojevich attorneys to argue for more time to prepare his defense at corruption trial
- Prosecutors say Blagojevich owed lawyers $1.2 million, used campaign funds to settle account
- France’s Sarkozy fights back on TV amid scandals linked to heiress, campaign funding
- France’s Sarkozy defends himself on TV amid scandals linked to heiress, campaign funding
- Blagojevich prosecutors preparing to rest case; what’s been proved about the former governor?
- Blagojevich prosecutors preparing to rest case; what’s been proven about the former governor?
- Lions president Tom Lewand pleads guilty to impaired driving, gets 6 months of probation
- Into the cold: Swapped spies face uncertain lives, reality of modern-day Russia
- White House chief of staff: Spy arrests send signal US is on guard and watching
- Los Angeles mayor says arrest in ‘Grim Sleeper’ case ends years of terror
- US appeals 4 1/2-year sentence of powerful ex-Pa. state Sen. Fumo, ex-aide in corruption case
- Blagojevich trial hears that Jackson supporters mixed talk of cash and the Senate seat
- At heart of Arizona lawsuit: Should gov’t deport all illegal immigrants or just criminals?
- Road-builder in emotional cross-exam with defense attorney over pressure from Blagojevich
- Prosecutors probe allegations that France’s richest woman secretly funded Sarkozy’s campaign
- Roadbuilder says Blagojevich dangled $6 billion highway program, asked for campaign cash
- Bodyguard for Mexican governor ordered jailed on suspicion of belonging to drug cartel
- FBI agent says Blagojevich denied tying state jobs and contracts to campaign donations
- Top rights group says Cuba political prisoners down to 167, nearly half of total from ‘06
- Ousted Ill. Gov. Blagojevich and brother face corruption trial together, but are mostly apart
- Mexican president’s allies head to surprising wins in elections; turnout low in violent states
- Mexico’s old ruling party seeks momentum in elections besieged by drug gang hits, scandals
- Fear, distrust dominates Mexican elections held amid drug war violence
- South Africa’s ex-national police chief found guilty in long-running corruption case
- IRA agent says Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and wife spent lavishly on clothes
- IRA agent says impeached governor and wife awash in debt, spent lavishly on tailored suits
- IRS agent says Blagojevich and wife, awash in debt, spent $400,000 on tailor, upscale clothes
- 16 protesters arrested as Alabama state police raid electronic bingo casino
- Tapes at trial reveal Blagojevich hopeful, angry, unsure in days after 2008 election
- Angry Blagojevich, sounding desperate for money, rips Obama on tape as ‘all take and no give’
- Blagojevich grumbles on tape that newly elected Obama is ‘all take and no give’
