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Ex-NYPD Chief Bernie Kerik Falls; Pleads to 8 Felony Counts
By Allan Lengel For Sphere (a new AOL News Site) Bernard Kerik, the former police commissioner of New York City whose meteoric rise to the national spotlight was matched only by his even faster fall, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to eight felony counts that included lying to the White House and tax crimes….