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...pistol from carry-on? Well, ah... Last week Dallas Cowboy coach Barry Switzer joined thousands of Americans--and dozens of celebrities--in making the silly error of carrying a gun through an airport metal detector. Like most, he'll probably get a hand slap (he was charged with a misdemeanor last week), not the two to 10 years and $10,000 fine the third-degree felony can pack. How to explain the slip-up? Fast thinking, contrition and imagination. Here are some of the most creative excuses from illegally armed celebs...
...free on bond until an October sentencing that could send him to prison for up to three years, though six months is more likely. But can he serve his constituents while serving time? Yes, he can. There is no rule that removes members of Congress for misdemeanor convictions. The House Ethics Commitee, which would review the case if a complaint were filed, won't be taking new cases until mid-September. Looks like Kim could set a whole new precedent for lawbreaking lawmakers...
PLEADED GUILTY. JAY KIM, 58, Republican Representative and the first Korean-American member of Congress, and his wife JUNE; to three and two misdemeanor counts, respectively, for accepting more than $230,000 in illegal campaign contributions; in Los Angeles...
...Erdrich and Dorris pressed attempted-theft charges against Jeffrey, who had been working at odd jobs around the country, and was living in Denver. The charges stemmed from a rambling, five-page letter he wrote from the Denver County Jail, where he was awaiting prosecution on misdemeanor charges of beating his girlfriend. He wrote, "Think about what we put up with as helpless children. You beat us senseless, you terrorized us, you made us walk on eggshells, we feared you, and then Louise comes onto the picture. Instead of stopping his abuse, she kicks in." He blamed his own troubles...
...accountant by training, Stans had been budget director under Dwight Eisenhower and later began fund raising for Nixon, ultimately becoming Nixon's first Secretary of Commerce. To this day Stans steadfastly maintains he was not involved in any Watergate wrongdoing. In 1975 he did plead guilty to five misdemeanor violations of campaign laws, paying a $5,000 fine. (A year earlier he was acquitted of conspiring to stifle an SEC probe of financier Robert Vesco.) Watergate did not dim his loyalty or his powers: he raised $30 million for the Nixon library. Stans deems some of the current D.N.C. contributions...