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...faces up to 30 years in prison and as much as $25 million in restitution to the victims of his alleged conspiracy alone. As part of the deal, he agreed to hand over more than $1.7 million in unpaid taxes to the IRS. On Wednesday, he's expected to plead guilty to fraud and conspiracy in a related case, involving his purchase of the SunCruz casino boat line...
...Equal Exchange, countercultural thinking comes naturally. Employees ride bicycles and trains to pickup spots to minimize auto emissions en route to company headquarters in an industrial park in West Bridgewater. The office wing resembles a college dormitory: tapestries cover walls, posters plead for peace, an acoustic guitar sits atop the desk of Rob Everts, Dickinson's copresident and a former organizer of California farmworkers. As a matter of policy, top management earns no more than three times the salary of entry-level employees, who start at around $25,000 a year. After a probationary period, all employees own one share...
...other Washington legal news, Michael Scanlon-a partner of former uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and onetime aide to former Republican Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay-was indicted on a conspiracy charge. Scanlon is expected to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors investigating possible corruption among lobbyists, congressmen and staffers. A legal team for DeLay, himself under indictment in Texas, may try to subpoena former grand jury members to show the Texas prosecutor mishandled his case against DeLay...
...experts disagree about whether any laws were violated. But Gingrich's attempt to plead ignorance of the law rings hollow, particularly coming from one of the nation's top lawmakers. Also, GOPAC memos show that in 1990 attorneys warned against using charitable funds for politics. The IRS is reportedly conducting its own probe; proven violations could bring fines and jail time...
...life: drugs, drinking, and, worst of all, staying up late. Though I initially ridiculed the comparison, I now acknowledge that his emphasis couldn’t have been better placed.I’ve never had a problem with the first evil, and I’ll have to plead the Fifth on the second, but late bedtimes have been the bane of my existence since freshmen year. And certainly this humble, yet irritable and reactionary columnist is not the only one confounded by this difficulty.Trucking along until the wee hours is one of the few things we students have...