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"incredibly bizarre performance by Max Baucus on the Senate floor"

Janet Napolitano:  system worked . . . system failed

More terrorists from Yemen on their way . . . 25 British-born Muslims in groups of five are training in Yemen to bomb airplanes . . . Obama wants to "send home more than 80 Yemeni prisoners currently at Guantanamo Bay" . . . Obama doesn't understand the terror threat against America . . . Obama just wants to have fun

Moderate Senate Dems urge Obama to drop cap-and-trade tax plan

MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty calls for constitutional amendment to control deficit spending

Sentencing for twelve corrupt Chicagoans delayed as they cooperate

Prosecutors detail charges against former MA House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi

2009:  A year of corruption in Luzerne County, PA

2009:  A year of corruption in South Florida

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MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty:  Obama is "running a Ponzi scheme"

Open government:  just another broken promise from Obama

"Obama seems to have run out of both charm and ideas" . . . but he sure still can whine

Countries most known for corruption:  USA #19

$10 million smuggled out of Afghanistan daily

Richard Holbrooke:  Afghan corruption is a "malignancy"

Baltimore's governmental structure encourages official corruption

NYPD cop Shawqi Ahmed charged with raping teenager

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White House defends its party girl Desiree Rogers

. . . invokes separation of powers to prevent social butterfly from testifying

MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty:  Obama is "running a Ponzi scheme"

Democrats preparing to spend $300 billion on another so-called jobs bill

CNN Poll:  Obama overall approval rating sinks to 48%

Calls from Hollywood to rescind Ozone Al's Oscar

Democratic trial lawyers win big under ObamaCare

Mainstream media continues to ignore ClimateGate

Nevada voters want Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gone

House Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson target of ethics inquiry

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus nominated his mistress to be U.S. Attorney

U.S. Rep. Chris Shays aide Michael Sohn charged with embezzling campaign funds

Banker pleads guilty to bribing former aides to NY State Controller Alan Hevesi

NYPD cop Juan Acosta charged with drug trafficking and extortion

Detroit cop Jerry Rivers pleads guilty to bribery charges . . . two former aides to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick allegedly implicated

Defense lawyer Robert Simels gets 14 years for intimidating witnesses

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin:  past corruption no bar to future city contracts

Jury continues deliberations in corruption case against NY State Sen. Joseph Bruno

Two former Levy County, FL commissioners convicted on bribery charges

Ocean County, NJ Democrat Party Director Alfonso L. Santoro pleads guilty

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U.S. Sen. Roland Burris supports ACORN

More ACORN videos to be released

WSJ:  "deep ties between ACORN and . . . Big Labor"

Brooklyn DA to take lead on NY investigation of ACORN

CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urges a "full investigation" into ACORN

MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty suspends public contracts with ACORN

White House distances itself from ACORN

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi confesses her ignorance . . . punts on ACORN funding

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Tim Pawlenty:  Chris Matthews has a "man crush" on Barack Obama

White House admits sending unsolicited emails

Fifth U.S. State Dep't employee convicted for passport snooping

Birmingham, AL Mayor Larry Langford gets court-appointed lawyer in corruption case

DNA evidence can be fabricated