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Black boxes in cars raise privacy concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride. In the next few days, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to propose long-...
Tags: Michael E. Capuano, Bill Shuster, Traffic, Electronics, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Warsaw-based device maker Biomet paying $22.7M in US accords
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical device maker Biomet Inc. has agreed to pay $22.7 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it bribed government-employed doctors in Argentina, Brazil and China for eight years to win business with...Tags: Criminals, Instrument Engineering, Warsaw (Poland), Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System
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UPDATE: Special prosecutor appointed in ballot petition forgery case
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Knowing he may be called as a witness, St. Joseph County prosecutor Michael Dvorak has successfully petitioned the court to appoint former Vanderburgh County prosecutor Stanley M. Levco to serve as special prosecutor in an investigation...Tags: Justice System, Crimes, Barack Obama, Witnesses, Voting
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Indiana House bill stops nepotism, conflicts of interest
WSBT-TV ReporterSOUTH BEND – An Indiana lawmaker says he wants to clean up local governments. In the weeks that led up to the November, 2010 election for St. Joseph County prosecutor, Republican candidate Scott Duerring and incumbent Democrat Mike Dvorak went...Tags: Justice System, Justice System, Elections, Lawyers, Labor Legislation
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Four arrested in alleged government bribery case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two other men have been arrested in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors say involved more than $20 million in illicit payments. An indictment unsealed Tuesday...Tags: Prosecution, Washington, DC, Corporate Crime, Bribery, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Recall petition language approved for Niles Township supervisor
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterBerrien County officials who conducted a clarity hearing Monday let stand recall language against Niles Township Supervisor Jim Kidwell but denied language related to four other Niles Township officials. Also, the county officials - Clerk Louise Stine,...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Local Elections, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Newspapers say Indiana townships inefficient
BLOOMIINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Two newspapers say that their investigations have found widespread patterns of inefficiency in the government of Indiana's 1,008 townships. The reports Sunday in The Herald-Times of Bloomington and The Indianapolis Star...Tags: Indianapolis, Bloomington (Monroe, Indiana), Indiana, Mitch Daniels, Newspaper and Magazine
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New York judge to sentence geriatric gangster, 93
NEW YORK (AP) — Convicted mob boss John "Sonny" Franzese is so old, his recent extortion trial became nap time — even when his turncoat son took the witness stand against him. The government has asked a judge in Brooklyn federal court to...Tags: New York, Brooklyn (New York City), Blackmail and Extortion, Judges, Justice System
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Full plate awaits Indiana lawmakers
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels isn’t planning to slow down during his final two years in office.
The Republican governor has laid out an ambitious agenda for the General Assembly’s four-month session that begins Wednesday.
Daniels will have...Tags: Local Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Migration, Crimes, Justice System
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Former Palin aide pens tell-all
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A former member of Sarah Palin's inner circle has written a scathing tell-all, saying Palin was ready to quit as governor months before she actually resigned and was eager to leave office when more lucrative opportunities...Tags: Alaska, Justice System, Sarah Palin, Government, Ronald Reagan
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