Word: misdemeanor
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...Ford's personal and political finances from 1967 through 1972; the audit was made as part of the Senate's confirmation hearings after Ford was selected by Richard Nixon to succeed Spiro Agnew. The identity of the informer still is not known (to disclose audit information is a misdemeanor). According to the Washington Post, he is a Carter supporter who gained access to the audit during Ford's vice-presidential confirmation hearings. The Post said that the man insisted he was acting on his own and without prompting from the Democratic camp...
...Williams, 45. Claudine had just been released on a $5,000 bond in the shooting death of her lover, Ski Champion Vladimir ("Spider") Sabich, 31, at his Aspen home, and District Attorney Frank Tucker was preparing to arraign her next week. Possible charges range from criminally negligent homicide (a misdemeanor carrying maximum penalties of two years in prison, a $5,000 fine, or both) to second-degree murder (with a maximum of 50 years' imprisonment...
...standard in Cambridge, which last year claimed the highest per capita rate in the country. The Harvard Police computer does not keep track of the number of cars recovered, but sources say that almost all car thefts are for joy rides. In Massachusetts, borrowing a car is merely a misdemeanor, while keeping it is a felony. One Harvard patrolman says that car owners should be particularly wary on rainy nights--car thieves don't like to walk in the rain. Sexual crimes for the six-month period are low. Only exhibitionists and one "Peeping Tom" were arrested, but police...
Pretty soon, "Section 18" won't even be a misdemeanor...
...ceremony. It was clear that the department was trying to routinely follow its practice of displaying the portraits of all past Attorneys General. There is more apprehension over what to do about John Mitchell, the first Attorney General ever convicted of a felony (Kleindienst's crime was a misdemeanor). So far, Mitchell has not found time to pose for an artist...