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San Francisco Chronicle
Obama Pal Jesse Jackson Jr. Derailed by Corruption Charge
Bloomberg
Jesse Jackson Jr., the son and namesake of a civil rights icon and once a rising Democratic Party star, would have likely flown on Air Force One today had corruption charges not short-circuited his political career. Instead, as his friend President ...
Jesse Jackson Jr. and Wife Charged with Federal Corruption, Make Plea DealsYahoo! News (blog)

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Daily Mail
Was the Pope pushed? An abuse scandal, corruption and the dark intrigue ...
Daily Mail
The room full of people was still in shock at the news of his resignation when Pope Benedict XVI tottered across the marble floor towards a tall, heavy-set man in the red robe and skullcap of a cardinal. As cameras rolled on Monday in the gilded Sala ...

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Parker Drilling To Take Charge for SEC, DOJ Settlement
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Corruption Currents, The Wall Street Journal's corruption blog, digs into the ever-present and ever-changing world of corporate corruption. It is a source of news, analysis and commentary for those who earn a living by finding corruption or by avoiding it.

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Convicted ex-Lumberton official's corruption appeal nixed
phillyBurbs.com
Former Assemblyman and ex-Lumberton official Daniel Van Pelt leaves federal court Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Newark, N.J. Van Pelt, was accused of accepting a $10,000 bribe, as part of a major corruption and international money laundering conspiracy ...
Convicted ex-NJ lawmaker's corruption appeal nixedDanbury News Times

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10News
New judge assigned to South Bay corruption case; Arraignments delayed
10News
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - A judge was assigned Friday to oversee the case involving more than a dozen current and former South County school officials accused of accepting gifts in exchange for votes on construction contracts, resulting in postponement of ...

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Bell corruption trial gets nasty, prompting warning from judge
Los Angeles Times
A former Bell city leader accused of plundering the town's treasury by taking an oversized salary continued to trade barbs with a prosecutor Friday, bringing an admonishment from the judge presiding over the municipal corruption case. George Cole, a ...

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MiamiHerald.com
Lawmaker forced out of parliament after exposing corruption at Samsung
BGR
A South Korean lawmaker who exposed corruption at consumer electronics giant Samsung (005930) has been forced out of office by the country's Supreme Court. The court upheld a ruling on Friday that by publishing wiretaps of conversations between ...
Korean lawmaker who exposed Samsung corruption forced from officeThe Verge

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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Tank Parts Found on Finnish Ship
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Corruption Currents, The Wall Street Journal's corruption blog, digs into the ever-present and ever-changing world of corporate corruption. It is a source of news, analysis and commentary for those who earn a living by finding corruption or by avoiding it.

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WDIV Detroit
Jury moving to deliberations in Kilpatrick case
WDIV Detroit
Local 4 is inside the courtroom for the federal corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick's dad Bernard Kilpatrick and his childhood friend Bobby Ferguson. Each day we bring you information from inside federal court as it ...

ABC News
Jury Gets Corruption Case of Former...
ABC News
He says Kilpatrick engaged in "breathtaking" corruption that robbed Detroit residents of honest government. Kilpatrick, his father Bernard and construction contractor Bobby Ferguson are accused of widespread corruption through bribery and extortion.
Jury gets corruption case of former Detroit mayorMiamiHerald.com
Kilpatrick Corruption Case Goes To The JuryCBS Local
Jury deliberations begin in Kilpatrick corruption trialWXYZ

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Bleacher Report
Hunter Responds to Corruption Allegations
Bleacher Report
There's been talk that National Basketball Players Association will oust executive director Billy Hunter at some point during the league's All-Star Weekend in Houston. In what looks to be an attempt to save his job and credibility, the disgraced union ...

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San Francisco Chronicle
Jury gets corruption case of former Detroit mayor
San Francisco Chronicle
He says Kilpatrick engaged in "breathtaking" corruption that robbed Detroiters of honest government. Kilpatrick, his father Bernard and construction contractor Bobby Ferguson are accused of widespread corruption through bribery and extortion.
Jury deliberations begin in Kilpatrick corruption trialWXYZ
Jurors hear for more final remarks in corruption trial of former Detroit mayorWDIV Detroit
Kilpatrick corruption trial could go to jury by FridayChicago Defender
Detroit Free Press -Deadline Detroit -USA TODAY
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My big fat Spanish corruption story
Huffington Post (blog)
From the outside, politics and corruption seem to go hand in hand but when you work on the inside, the day to day is much more mundane. You hardly expect to find yourself unwittingly entangled in the type of sordid affair that makes big headlines. But ...

Lusaka lawyer arrested on charges of corruption
Zambian Watchdog
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a Lusaka lawyer for Corrupt Practices with public officer. Kieth Mwemba, 34, of House Number 21597 a Lusaka Lawyer was today, Friday, February 15th 2013 arrested and charged with corrupt practices ...

Philadelphia Daily News
Time to put brakes on corruption in Traffic Court
Daily Local News
A few days ago, we harpooned state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi for his plan to reshape the way Pennsylvania awards its 20 electoral votes. We suggested that changing from the current winner-take-all format to one in which candidates are ...
Letters: Corruption isn't just a Philly thingPhiladelphia Daily News
Pa. Senate OKs plan to abolish corruption-filled Traffic CourtPhiladelphia Inquirer
Pa. Senate OKs bills to abolish Philly traffic court amid corruption charges ...The Republic

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Independent Online
BMF: corruption biggest threat to SA
Independent Online
“The BMF continues to believe that corruption is the single biggest threat to this democracy; it steals from the poor, affects them disproportionately, (and) disadvantages wholesome companies and government, as the service often doesn't even get ...

Al-Arabiya
Iraqi oil workers protest rampant corruption
Al-Arabiya
Iraq/Basra. Hundreds of works from different Iraqi oil fields staged protests in front of the South Oil Company in Basra, the country's economic capital and one of its major cities, calling for the expulsion of corrupt employees. Security personnel at ...

Daily Caller
Finmeccanica chairman resigns after arrest in corruption scandal
Reuters
MILAN (Reuters) - Giuseppe Orsi, the chairman of Italian air defense group Finmeccanica who was arrested this week over his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal, has resigned his position, Orsi's lawyer said on Friday. Orsi has also tendered his ...
More corruptionDeccan Herald
Italian police arrest Finmeccanica CEO in corruption probeFox News
Chief of Italian Aerospace Company Held in InquiryNew York Times
U.S. News & World Report -Daily Caller
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CBC.ca
'Mr. Sidewalk' to testify at Quebec corruption commission
CBC.ca
Entrepreneur Nicolo Milioto, who was caught on surveillance footage taking out wads of cash stuffed in his socks, is scheduled to testify next week in front of Quebec's corruption commission. Milioto, who is the former president of Mivela Construction ...

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WXYZ
Jury deliberations begin in Kilpatrick corruption trial
WXYZ
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Over five months after the trial began, jurors in the Kilpatrick corruption trial will begin deliberations Friday. Jurors have listened to testimony from 87 witnesses. They've heard secret recordings and seen numerous other pieces of ...
Jurors hear for more final remarks in corruption trial of former Detroit mayorWDIV Detroit
Kilpatrick corruption trial could go to jury by FridayChicago Defender
Bobby Ferguson's attorney makes emotional plea for acquittal in corruption trialDetroit Free Press
Deadline Detroit -USA TODAY -WKZO
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