A popular statute created to crack down on public corruption was used by federal prosecutors to charge a powerful Florida commissioner with cases involving illegal land deals that netted his family millions of dollars. The statute, Honest Services Fraud, makes it illegal for anyone to defraud and deprive the American people of the right to

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Public health officials in a state with a rapidly growing illegal immigrant population attribute a dangerous increase in tuberculosis (TB) to immigration. A deadly disease caused by bacteria that attack the lungs, tuberculosis is spread through the air from one person to another. When TB bacteria are inhaled, they can settle in the lungs and

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Thousands of sophisticated weapons earmarked for Iraqi security forces are missing from the U.S. Department of Defense and government officials say it is unlikely that they will be recovered. The Pentagon cannot account for 14,030 weapons that include assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and semiautomatic pistols that could easily be used by terrorists

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A veteran government employee, who has presented reports to Congress, spent thousands of dollars over the years to hire prostitutes during times when he was supposedly on official government business. Shang Hsiung, a specialist in fuel cell technology for the Department of Transportation, actually pleaded guilty to the charges and resigned from his 30-year position

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A previously convicted and deported illegal immigrant had to murder a Houston Police officer before the Texas Department of Public Safety realized it was a mistake to remove thousands of illegal immigrant sex offenders from a statewide database. The Mexican national, Juan Quintero, fatally shot Houston officer Rodney Johnson last month during a routine traffic

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A popular Arizona Congressman is being investigated for sponsoring legislation that financially benefited a wealthy military contractor that employs his father and for his role in pushing a land deal that netted his good friend $4.5 million. Richard Renzi, a two-term Republican Representative up for reelection this month, has for years been the target of

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Classified information stolen years ago from a major government-owned nuclear laboratory with a history of serious security breaches was accidentally found in a drug dealer’s mobile home. The computer disks containing nuclear secretes belong to the nation’s leading nuclear weapons lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and were first reported stolen in 2004. At the time,

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For the first time in its history the New York Ethics Commission has charged a statewide official with wrongdoing and the honor goes to the state’s chief fiscal watchdog, Alan Hevesi, for illegally using public employees to chauffeur his wife. The Queens Democrat, who is running for reelection as guardian of the state’s finances, spent

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Government corruption is on the rise with a drastic increase in convictions over the last five years and more than 400 lawbreaking public officials from both major parties charged with crimes in 2005 alone. The Public Integrity division of the Department of Justice has released alarming figures that illustrate the severity of the situation within

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While liberal courts and judges across the nation strike down laws created to prevent voter fraud, the Supreme Court has spoken on the issue by upholding an Arizona law that had been overwhelmingly approved by voters and challenged by “minority rights” groups. The High Court’s unanimous decision comes on the heels of several lower court

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