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...charges can carry a penalty of up to seven years. But Combs is unlikely to do time. Instead, he will probably plead to a lesser charge and agree to a financial settlement. Such a deal would come with a hefty price tag: Stoute could pocket a payment of anywhere from $1 million on up in exchange for agreeing not to file a civil suit. But even if Combs' legal problems are disposed of, there will be lingering questions: Why would one of hip-hop's smartest executives attack a rival and risk jail? What lit his fuse...
...several news organizations, Kenneth Starr reached a plea agreement with presidential pal Webster Hubbell that ends the independent counsel?s last pending case. The resolution of the charges against Hubbell, expected to be announced on Wednesday, gives everyone a little something to go home with: Starr got Hubbell to plead guilty to one felony count of lying about the failed Castle Grande land deal while he was a lawyer at the Rose Law Firm in Arkansas, and also one misdemeanor count involving tax evasion. Hubbell got the prosecutors to agree to no jail time. And the Clintons -- particularly Hillary Clinton...
...lesser charges related to the incident, ?when people take a step back,? says TIME senior writer Adam Cohen, ?the entire trial will be viewed as a major victory for the prosecution: It got its top two targets and the case against Volpe was so strong he had to plead guilty.? The assessment of victory will not only be based on the outcome of the case but also on its process. ?The aggressive prosecution sent out a message: Brutality will not be tolerated, it will be prosecuted, and there will be convictions. Moreover, the police's blue wall of silence...
Although Botterill secured the victory at UNH, the Canadian counterparts are tied for the ECAC Plead with seven game-winning goals each...
...liens against or confiscate property. A credit-card company is a pussycat by comparison. Sometimes it will simply write you off as a cost of doing business and place a blot on your credit report. At worst, it will hand off your debt to a collection agency, which can plead and annoy but not confiscate. And should you file for bankruptcy, the first debts a judge discharges are often those related to credit cards. Tax bills almost never get forgiven...