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This , as they say, is one for the books. By JAMES WALSH Minneapolis Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS — The strange saga of Robert Beale didn’t exactly end last month with his 11-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion. Another chapter concluded Monday when Beale and two other tax protesters were found guilty of conspiracy to…

Is the Bush administration falling short in probing the financial mess? Some say yes. By Paul Shukovsky and Daniel Lathrop Seattle P-I Reporters The Bush administration is rejecting FBI pleas for more agents to investigate crimes that helped trigger the global financial meltdown, bureau sources said this week. “They are bogged down big-time or there…

Is Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey’s frequent  flights for personal trips an abuse? By Marisa Taylor McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Attorney General Michael Mukasey has taken personal trips on government jets almost every weekend since he took office less than a year ago at a cost to taxpayers of more than $155,800, Justice Department and Federal…

Maybe it was the FBI photos that were made public that showed her stuffing alleged bribe money in her bra. Or maybe it was the pressure from the city’s religious community. Whatever it was,  state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson  announced Friday that she doesn’t have the stomach to continue her re-election bid for the state senate….

Perhaps it’s a curse to be crowned “America’s” darling. Larry King dubbed  Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona “America’s Sheriff.” Now the former sheriff is sitting in federal court facing public corruption charges. By Gillian Flaccus Associated Press Writer SANTA ANA, Calif. –The first witness in a federal corruption case against a former Orange County sheriff…

Sen. Stevens Rep. Jefferson By Allan Lengel State Sen. Wilkerson ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Federal conviction. Federal indictment. Heck. These days those things don’t seem to be stopping Joe Politician from campaigning for re-election. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted of public corruption charges on Monday. But instead of waving the white flag, he chastised the…

The bottom line: Never underestimate the drug trade. Jeremy Roebuck The Monitor McALLEN, Tex.— Recent U.S. efforts to disrupt drug smuggling routes through the Rio Grande Valley have prompted threats of retaliation against authorities on this side of the river, according to an FBI intelligence report. Vowing to maintain control over valuable trafficking corridors such…