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...truth is Bush’s vague domestic policy agenda is the biggest fraud on the American public since Richard Nixon campaigned on a secret plan to end the Vietnam War. This latest vacuous ploy makes previous Bush policy announcements pale in comparison. While we’ve come to expect our president to disingenuously pander leftward while lurching ever farther right—think outdoorsy photo-ops for the ill-named Healthy Forest Initiative, which opened up 20 million acres of National Forests to logging and made them more susceptible to fires—this time the Republicans aren?...
...University was absolved of fraud charges but could still face breach-of-contract damages of up to $34.8 million, the amount paid to Harvard by the government after Shleifer’s first improper investment in July...
...This is a civil action for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, intentional interference with prospective business advantage, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, and fraud arising out of Defendant’s... unauthorized use of Plaintiff’s source code and confidential business plans, and usurpation of business opportunity,” said the papers filed on behalf of ConnectU LLC, which estimate the as-yet-uncalculated damages incurred by Narendra and the Winklevosses to exceed...
INDICTED. BILL CAMPBELL, 51, former mayor of Atlanta; on charges of racketeering, bribery and wire fraud; following a five-year federal investigation into corruption during his tenure at City Hall from 1994 to 2002; in Atlanta. Campbell, who has denied the charges, is accused of taking illegal campaign contributions, cash, free trips and home improvements in exchange for city contracts. Ten people who worked for him have been convicted of corruption...
...Colorado last year. He apologized in a statement, saying: "Although I believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not." A civil suit against Bryant is still pending. INDICTED. BILL CAMPBELL, 51, former Atlanta mayor; on charges of racketeering, bribery and wire fraud; in Atlanta. Campbell, who has denied the charges, is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions, cash and other gifts in exchange for city contracts during his 1994-2002 tenure. Ten people who worked for him, including two top aides, have been convicted of corruption. DIED. LARRY...