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Seven sentenced in bribery scheme at Navy base
L.A. NOWFour former government workers and three defense contractors were sentenced in San Diego federal court Tuesday for their roles in a bribery scheme involving Navy warplanes being repaired at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado.... -
On the road to Damascus: Thirsty guards, bribes and menace
World NowA Times special correspondent recently traveled via car between Beirut and Damascus. This is her account of the trip, facing sometimes menacing -- and thirsty -- guards at numerous checkpoints.... -
Pakistan PM agrees to allow Swiss to revive Zardari graft case
World NowPakistan’s prime minister told a Supreme Court panel Tuesday that his government would no longer stand in the way of a revival of a longstanding graft case in Switzerland against President Asif Ali Zardari, a decision that could help tamp down... -
Pakistani officials distance themselves from minister's bounty offer
World NowPakistan’s government on Sunday distanced itself from remarks made by a federal minister who offered up to $100,000 to anyone who would kill the maker of an anti-Islamic film that sparked a wave of violent protests across the Muslim world.... -
Coliseum faces millions in losses
The governing body of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum learned Wednesday that it is expected to lose millions of dollars this fiscal year, driving the taxpayer-owned stadium into a much deeper financial ditch as it reels from a costly corruption scandal....
Tags: Corporate Crime, Don Knabe, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Prosecution, Finance
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Former police chief in China gets 15-year sentence in scandal
World NowBEIJING – The Chinese police chief who fled to a U.S. consulate in February and set off a messy, sprawling political scandal involving murder was convicted Monday on charges of abuse of power, defection bribe-taking and “bending the law for... -
2,000 brawl at dorm for Foxconn workers in China; factory shut
World NowBEIJING -- A brawl involving about 2,000 workers broke out Sunday night at a dormitory that houses Foxconn employees in China’s Shanxi province.... -
World of woe, little hope of relief, await U.N. General Assembly
World NowGlobal Focus: When 120 world leaders and thousands in their entourages gather at the United Nations next week, the woes of the world will be on stage in all their tragic detail: a civil war in Syria, the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, reignited ethnic... -
Ehud Olmert, ex-Israel leader, gets light sentence for corruption
World NowFormer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Monday to a suspended one-year jail term and a $20,000 fine in the high-profile corruption case that drove him from office nearly four years ago.... -
Sewage spill closes part of Dana Point Harbor to swimming
L.A. NOWPart of Dana Point Harbor was closed Tuesday to swimming and diving because of a sewage spill, Orange County health officials reported.... -
Cudahy arrests add salt to L.A. County area's civic wounds
Just two years ago, a City Hall scandal in Bell touched off a round of community anger amid the working-class cities that hug the 710 Freeway in southeast Los Angeles County. Finally, local activists thought, their elected representatives would straighten...
Tags: Government, Bars and Clubs, Prisons, FBI, Public Officials
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The rise and fall of 'Mr. Cudahy'
George Perez started at the bottom of Cudahy city government, cleaning toilets as a $6.50-an-hour a janitor. He was ambitious, though, and in eight years was elected to the City Council. Six years later, with no college education or management training,...
Tags: Government, Bars and Clubs, Blackmail and Extortion, FBI, Public Officials
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