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Cleaning House

Obama's lack of executive experience shows in mishandling of oil rig disaster . . . hasn't even spoken with BP's CEO . . . Poll:  federal response to oil spill worse than Hurricane Katrina . . . Rep. Charlie Rangel says White House doesn't have the "slightest clue" . . . Rahm Emanuel's rent-free D.C. apartment owned by BP advisor

Treasury Dep't:  national debt will reach $19.6 trillion by 2015

Lefties heckle Queen Nancy for not providing enough taxpayer-funded handouts

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff transferred from prison to halfway house 

Former Winnebago County, WI DA Joe Paulus seeks early release from prison 

Appeals court overturns bribery conviction of ex-FL Senate President W.D. Childers

Former Cleveland, OH fire inspector Terrance Chambers charged with bribery

Ex-Luzerne County, PA official Allen Bellas gets 6 months house arrest for taking bribe

Ex-Niagara Falls, NY mayor Vince Anello faces new charges

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Independent voters abandon Democrats . . . lawmakers anxiously bracing for November fallout . . . they should be very afraid . . .  yes we can!

TSA nominee Erroll Southers out with a snipe

U.S. aid for Haiti's reconstruction:  throwing money down the corruption hole

FBI gets involved in Sen. John Ensign affair

Jury selection in PA State House corruption case

Another Luzerne County, PA official pleads guilty

Four policemen resign amid corruption scandal in Shenandoah, PA

Eighth guilty plea in Baton Rouge, LA judicial corruption case

Probation officer in Anchorage, AK charged with trading clean drug tests for cash & sex

Former Page County, VA Sheriff Daniel Presgraves reports to prison

Dearborn, MI Building and Safety Department employee gets 30 months

Registry of Motor Vehicles employee charged with taking bribes in Winchester, MA

Another Dallas, TX public corruption trial begins

Employee from Shelby County, TN Clerk's Office pleads guilty

Trial for Broward, FL school board member Beverly Gallagher set for April 19

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Aides to U.S. Treasury Sec'y Tim Geithner made millions on Wall Street

Senators divert troop funds to their pet projects

Katrina victims:  Obama visit to New Orleans a "glorified flyover"

Karl Rove:  Obama hasn't closed the health-care sale

Subpoena on Countrywide Financial may complicate Sen. Chris Dodd's re-election

Democratic fundraiser and trial lawyer Bill Lerach moves from prison to halfway house

Former police ass'n contractor Brett Gerke charged with snooping on "Joe the Plumber"

New federal corruption charges against MA House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi

Defense rests in corruption trial of Bergen County, NJ political boss Joseph Ferriero

Luzerne County, PA Redevelopment Authority official Allen Bellas to plead guilty

Guilty pleas expected on Louisiana highway project