By Nedra Pickler
Washington (AP) October 2010
A federal prosecutor opened arguments last week in the trial of a former associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff by using the defendant’s own e-mails about behind-the-scenes dealmaking in an attempt to show he corrupted government officials.
Lobbyist Kevin Ring wrote that “the ethics thing is a real turn off” and that his team preferred working with “amoral pond scum” in one e-mail, and Prosecutor Nathaniel Edmonds told jurors that the comments were evidence of Ring’s win-at-any-cost mentality.
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Seattle, Washington (AP)
Les Schwab Tire Centers of Montana has agreed to pay $185,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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By Wesley Lowery
Nelsonville, Ohio (AP)
Dressed in a loose-fitting camouflage jacket and dirt-covered jeans, Martin McAllister wandered out of a densely wooded area at the Wayne Natural Forest last week.
His arrowhead belt buckle tipped two approaching forest rangers...09-22-2010, 03:27 PM -
Seattle, Washington (AP)
A lawyer for the family of a Native American woodcarver fatally shot by a Seattle police officer has grilled Officer Ian Birk.
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By Deb Reichmann
Washington, D.C. (AP)
U.S. President George W. Bush said July 26 he is eager to sign legislation that triples money to fight AIDS and other diseases around the world – an initiative that has won him praise from some of his harshest critics.
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By Frank Eltman
Central Islip, New York (AP)
The owner of an Indian reservation smoke shop that prosecutors claim is a major supplier of black market cigarettes was convicted of racketeering conspiracy May 1, but acquitted of charges that he waged a campaign of arson and murder...05-08-2008, 03:34 PM