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Money, observed former presidential candidate Paul Tsongas as he withdrew from the race for the White House last March, is the mother's milk of politics. According to federal officials, Tsongas' chief fund raiser and longtime friend, Nicholas A. Rizzo Jr., illegally siphoned off a lot of that milk for himself in what appears to be the biggest campaign-fund fraud case in U.S. history. In a 46-count indictment, they accused Rizzo, 59, of illegally taking more than $1 million meant for the cash-starved Tsongas campaign. Rizzo pleaded not guilty...
LAST APRIL, ROGER CLINTON, WHO IS PARtial to motley Caribbean drawstring pants, squirmed into a tuxedo and showed up at the Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel for a fancy fund raiser honoring his brother Bill. It was, in a way, a coming-out party for Roger. He was seated at the head table, and he led his band, called Politics, before some of Hollywood's established entertainers. But then it came time for Bill to speak. He told the story of a man he had met in Northern California who had supported him because he was out of a job, living...
...Clinton's proposed revenue raiser is a pipe dream...
...seven-week FBI investigation ended with Wachtler, 62, under arrest for blackmail and attempted extortion. He is accused of bombarding his ex-mistress Joy Silverman, 45, a wealthy Republican fund raiser, with a lengthy series of anonymous letters and phone calls that included a demand for $20,000 and a threat to kidnap her 14-year-old daughter. Wachtler, who has now resigned his judgeship, remains confined by court order to the Long Island condo he shares with his wife of 40 years, Joan...
Despite that decline, The Game still promises to be a significant money-raiser for the Athletic Department. Officials, however, would not predict what the gate receipts will...