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Executive aided Bromwell conviction
The construction company executive who engineered a years-long scheme to bribe former state Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell Sr. received a prison term of 6 1/2 years yesterday in federal court, slightly less than the seven-year sentence imposed on the Baltimore County Democrat earlier this month.
Calling the crimes "extremely serious," U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz also ordered W. David Stoffregen to forfeit more than $5.6 million in cash, vehicles and property to represent the amount of money lost due to rigged contracts and outright theft from his pipe and steamfitting company.
As his tearful family and friends watched in the Baltimore courtroom, the 54-year-old Towson man apologized for his conduct in halting speech, saying "I would like for the chance to rebuild my life again.
Message doesn't change, but method does for 'kinder, gentler' Coughlin
The goal, always the goal, was that the next time I went back to a Super Bowl, it would be with my team," Coughlin, now the coach of the New York Giants, said in an interview with The Associated Press. The 61-year-old coach has been painted this week as a changed leader as he approaches a game against undefeated New England in his first Super Bowl as a head coach. .
Giuliani backs McCain, but Edwards delays
If I'd endorsed anyone else, you would say I was flip-flopping," he said, mentioning an oft-repeated criticism of McCain's chief rival, Mitt Romney.
For Edwards, the quest for the White House has been one of seeming contradictions and compelling personal drama.
John Kerry's running mate in 2004, Edwards earned millions as a trial lawyer, lives in a 28,000-square-foot house and is known for famously expensive haircuts. He did consulting work for a hedge fund that caters to the super-rich to learn about financial markets and their relationship to poverty - and to make money, too.
Yet Edwards focused his candidacy on ending poverty and economic inequality.
"It is the cause of my life," he said yesterday, saying he had won assurances from the remaining Democratic candidates - Sens.
Edwards quits race
Check out this PDF full page advertisement that an individual paid $85,000.00 of his own money to run in the USA Today newspaper on November 21, 2007. His own money. Not campaign money. Not a special interest group. He is that passionate about his candidate. And frankly, so am I.
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He is the only candidate with an economic plan (that will actually work):
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Read it carefully. It makes sense. Posted 30/01/08 at 9:48 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Last week Commissioners Court was held at 8:15 a.m. Thursday ...
The highlight of last weeks court action was the discussion surrounding Order #165 which places an hourly limit on Public Information requests. This time limit passed by the Court is the minimum allowable under the law; 36-hours of research every 12-months. Once your Public Information request exceeds 36-manhours retrieving, collecting, reviewing and packaging said information; your cost goes from 10-cents a copy to 10-cents a copy plus $15 an hour for each hour beyond the 36-hour limit. In accordance with Texas Administrative Code Section 70.3: Title 1, Administration, Part 3, Office of the Attorney General, Chapter 70, Cost of Copies of Public Information, Rule 70.3, Charges for Providing Copies of Public Information and Rule 70.12 Allowable Charges Under Section 552.275 of the Texas Government Code The Court unanimously approved Order # 165 setting a 36-Hour Time Limit for Public Information under 552.275 of the Texas Government Code.
Scotching the myth
Some have claimed Scotland gets free medical prescriptions, free school meals and has a world-leading health service, but only Wales has free prescriptions and the Scottish Government does not currently fund free school meals. It is true the Scottish Parliament has delivered a free care for the elderly package, but the flagship policy of devolution has been dogged by waiting lists and squabbles over funding. NHS waiting lists are no shorter in Scotland. Gordon Brown's elevation to Prime Minister and Alistair Darling's promotion to Chancellor raised the temperature.With two Scots in Downing Street, some politicians and the London-based media have launched political attacks. Journalist Kelvin MacKenzie provocatively told a TV debate: "The Scots exist solely on the handouts of the clever English generating wealth in London and the south-east." It is notoriously difficult to disentangle the UK's tax and spending totals to discover where the winners and losers lie.
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