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Rep. Maxine Waters charged with three ethics counts involving husband's bank bailout

Will Harlem vote for black GOP candidate in light of Rep. Charlie Rangel's ethical mess?

Trial for three ex-North Providence, RI council members set for Sept. 21

Cleaning House

Obama fundraises for scandal-plagued ex-banker Alexi Giannoulias

Obama courts wealthy donors beyond prying eyes of the press

Michelle Obama the material girl . . . record numbers turn to food stamps . . . a tale of two cities

Queen Nancy calls back House members to spend another $26 billion

In MO ballot voters overwhelmingly reject ObamaCare's mandate on individuals to purchase health insurance . . . Sen. Claire McCaskill says the voters are ignorant

AZ Sheriffs to Obama:  plug the damn hole on the border . . . the five most crime-ridden U.S. judicial districts are all on the Mexican border

GAO:  federal workers pocketed "fraudulent" social security payments

DOJ:  no corruption charges against Rep. Don Young

Ex-Hoboken, NJ Mayor Peter Cammarano gets sentenced today on extortion conviction

Two more get prison time in Cuyahoga County, OH corruption probe

FL Gov. Charlie Crist:  "Palm Beach County . . . it's like a culture of corruption"

Cases dismissed and inmates freed after alleged police corruption in Tulsa, OK

Philadelphia, PA officials to release police corruption report today

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U.S. judge challenges constitutional power of feds to enact ObamaCare:  "never before has the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause been extended this far" . . . ObamaCare only looks worse upon further review

Poll:  Obama approval rating hits another low at 41%

AZ Sheriff Paul Babeu:  "our own government has bcome our enemy"

Report:  so-called $1 trillion stimulus plan riddled with wasteful projects

Treasury Sec'y Tim Geithner:  unemployment rate will go up

The wealthy are fleeing America

Sentencing for Ex-Hoboken, NJ Mayor Peter Cammarano set for Thursday

Philadelphia, PA city records employee Ramon Pabon gets two years

Convicted former Miami, FL Comm'r Miller Dawkins dies

Palm Beach County, FL Comm'r Jeff Koons charged with extortion, perjury

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Rasmussen:  Obama approval rating at all-time-low of 42%

Government-owned mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac delisted from NYSE

Housing starts and permits tumbled in May:  largest monthly drop since Jan. 1991

NYC crane inspector James Delayo gets two years for taking bribes

East St. Louis, MO deputy liquor comm'r Walter Hill pleads guilty in bribery scheme

Judge:  citizens can recall indicted Ridgefield, NJ Mayor Anthony Suarez

Michael Schaffer admits funneling bribes to Hoboken, NJ Mayor Peter Cammarano III

Closing arguments in corruption trial against Hartford, CT Mayor Eddie Perez

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The gay community has had enough of Obama's duplicity

Bill Clinton cynically exploits the Oklahoma City bombing tragedy

NY State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. charged with looting $14M

MD state corruption prosecutor Robert Rohrbaugh is "not a fan" of politicians

Former Hoboken, NJ Mayor Peter Cammarano III pleads guilty

Att'y Joseph O'Malley to plead guilty in Cuyahoga County, OH corruption probe  

NH state liquor comm'r Richard Simard charged with DWI

Bensalem, PA cop Michael Marren who headed sex crimes unit charged with sex assault