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Red light camera firm admits it likely bribed Chicago official
Chicago's embattled red light camera firm went to City Hall on Friday in its latest effort to come clean, acknowledging for the first time that its entire program here was likely built on a $2 million bribery scheme. By its sheer size, the alleged plot...
Tags: Justice System, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Business Enterprises, Politics
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Talk back: Does Baca deserve 'Sheriff of the Year' award?
L.A. NOWAmid a number of allegations of misconduct, accusations of abuse and an ongoing federal investigation, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca just got a bit of a break.... -
House fire in Hawthorne kills one person, injures another
L.A. NOWOne person was killed and another hospitalized after a house fire Tuesday morning in Hawthorne, fire officials said.... -
Talk back: Do you think the Bell 6 are guilty?
L.A. NOWA jury continues to deliberate the fates of six former Bell council members accused of raiding the small town’s treasury by drawing oversized salaries. Luis Artiga, Victor Bello, George Cole, Oscar Hernandez, Teresa Jacobo and George Mirabal are... -
L.A. County honors World War II Marines who broke racial barriers
L.A. NOWAs part of Black History Month, L.A. County honored a group of U.S. Marines who broke down racial barriers.... -
Warnings about Redflex go back years
Top officials in Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration were warned six years ago about preferential treatment in Chicago's red-light camera contract, a deal now embroiled in a federal corruption investigation of an alleged $2 million bribery scheme at...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Parties and Movements, Research, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel
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Northern California oysterman wins temporary reprieve for family farm
L.A. NOWNorthern California oyster farmer Kevin Lunny won a temporary reprieve in federal court to allow him to keep his controversial business operating at least two more months.... -
3 more Redflex execs out as fallout continues for city's red light camera firm
The president, chief financial officer and top lawyer for Chicago's red light camera company resigned this week amid an escalating corruption scandal that has cost Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. its lucrative, decadelong relationship with the city. The...
Tags: Management Change, Chicago White Sox, Companies and Corporations, Rahm Emanuel, Economy, Business and Finance
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Probe deepens as U.S. attorney subpoenas ex-city official
Federal authorities have launched a criminal probe of bribery allegations in Chicago's red-light camera program, issuing a subpoena for financial records of the former city official at the center of the escalating international scandal. The subpoena,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Politics, Corporate Crime, Public Officials
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Detroit's decline
Since the Motown sound went silent -- except on oldies stations -- and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there has been little to recommend Detroit, Mich., to visitors, much less its residents. The...Tags: Kwame Kilpatrick, Blackmail and Extortion, General Motors Corp., Malpractice, Organized Crime
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Lawmaker accused of bribes in NYC mayor race plot
NEW YORK (AP) — For the politically ambitious, running as a Republican is sometimes the best way a Democrat can increase his electoral odds in New York City's crowded mayoral race. Now, a federal prosecutor says one Democratic state lawmaker went...
Tags: Justice System, Police Investigations, Parties and Movements, Queens County, Queens (New York City)
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6 New York officials charged in political corruption scandal
A lawmaker was so eager to be New York City’s next mayor that he tried to buy his way into the election, prosecutors alleged on Tuesday, as they announced charges of bribery, extortion and fraud against the legislator as well as a New York City...
Tags: Republican Party, Blackmail and Extortion, Justice System, Bronx (New York City), Real Estate Sellers
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