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...Bill Jefferson, whose New Orleans and Washington homes and offices, as well as his car, were raided by the FBI at the beginning of the month. Jefferson is the target of a long-running FBI sting operation investigating whether the Louisiana Democrat pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars of an investor's money in a business deal involving a high-tech company. Jefferson allegedly promised to use his congressional influence to get government contracts for the firm. Jefferson's lawyer told the Washington Post he is confident his client "did not pocket any money...
Ogunwole entered the match still feeling the sting of defeat, and after taking a 1-0 lead over Kilic at the end of the first period, he started to slip...
LAURIE BERKNER: UNDER A SHADY TREE If you're Sting's or Madonna's child, you want Mom or Dad to play at your birthday party, right? Wrong. You want toddler-set diva Berkner. A kind of sippy-cup Sheryl Crow, Berkner inhabits a kid's curious perspective in her lyrics and pens folk-pop melodies that bear repeated-- very repeated--listenings...
...meant to raise not money but awareness of poverty in Africa ahead of this week's G-8 summit in Scotland. Of course, it's not up to rock stars to decide whether the global antipoverty campaign will ultimately be effective. But they were still at their persuasive best. Sting, part of the star-studded London concert, below, rewrote the lyrics to Every Breath You Take to send the G-8 leaders a message: "We'll be watching you." And Madonna kept the profanity to a minimum. At the very least, the London reunion of Pink Floyd--playing together publicly...
...doubt that the plane had CIA connections was dispelled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which confirmed late in the week that the aircraft had been used in a sophisticated 1984 sting operation designed to show that Sandinista officials were involved in the international drug trade. Hidden cameras installed in the plane by the CIA filmed a Nicaraguan Interior Ministry official loading sacks of cocaine into the cargo hold. Last March, President Reagan showed a still photo of the sting operation to a nationwide TV audience during speech advocating resumption of U.S. military aid to the contras...