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...retain control of the House this fall. The G.O.P. nominee, Brian Bilbray, is a former member of Congress (and a surfer) with a conservative pedigree that might normally be a good fit for this San Diego district. But he is now a lobbyist - and since Cunningham went to jail because of favors he took from Defense lobbyists, that is no longer the best calling card...
...announced Monday that their trial date has been moved from June to November - a delay, according to the sources, that is the result of infighting over a plea agreement among federal prosecutors, the Alabama state attorney and three county prosecutors. The issue: where the trio will serve their jail time...
...predominantly black), bringing justice home is an issue. "They will do time in Alabama. I am not bending on that," says Bibb County DA Michael Jackson. Meanwhile, Alabama Attorney General Troy King, who is up for re-election this year, says he will not agree to a sentence and jail time that's federal only. "These were Alabama churches, Alabama congregations and there will be Alabama consequences...
...allow the federal and state sentences to run concurrently, with the trio serving all their time in federal lockup. Attorneys for the three men are seeking a federal minimum of seven years, with any state sentence to run concurrently. Alabama prosecutors may still demand at least seven years jail time for each crime. "In this case, everyone wants their pound of flesh," says DeBusk's attorney Brett Bloomston...
...SENTENCED. Kim Woo Choong, 69, founder and former chairman of Daewoo who built the small textile exporter into South Korea's second-largest conglomerate, then fled the country in 1999 as it collapsed under an estimated $80 billion in debt; to 10 years in jail for embezzlement and fraud; in Seoul. Kim, who returned to the country to stand trial last year, was also ordered to forfeit more than $22 billion-a sum far exceeding his net worth. He will not begin serving his sentence for 12 months because of heart problems. Kim's lawyers say they plan to appeal...