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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: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Bill Shuster, Motorvehicle Accidents
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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: Corporate Crime, Manufacturing and Engineering, Justice System, Criminals, Washington, DC
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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: Crimes, Elections, Justice System, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party
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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: Indiana University South Bend, Elections, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Prosecution
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Justice System, Judges, Local Elections
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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: Corporate Crime, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC, Prosecution, Bribery
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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: Indiana, Indianapolis, Newspaper and Magazine, Mitch Daniels, Bloomington (Monroe, Indiana)
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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: Crimes, New York, Crime, Law and Justice, Brooklyn (New York City), Judges
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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: Crimes, Unemployment Benefits, Elections, Justice System, Local Government
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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: White House, Sarah Palin, Anchorage, Justice System, Values
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Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf defends governance record
ReutersBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government's record on good governance and transparency, following an independent audit that cast doubt on her anti-corruption efforts....Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Liberia, Finance, Nobel Prize Awards, Dwayne Johnson
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Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Carney (music group), Benghazi, Politics
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