Ex-US Rep. Jefferson faces federal bribery charges - The Associated Press

Ex-US Rep. Jefferson faces federal bribery charges
The Associated Press
Just days earlier, agents videotaped him at a northern Virginia hotel accepting a suitcase stuffed with $100000 cash from a cooperating witness. The freezer funds became such a headline that Robert Trout, Jefferson's lawyer, suggested at a recent …

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Unfilled hotels go all out for business meetings
Crain’s Detroit Business, MI
By Daniel Duggan Marriott International Inc. hotels in the area are offering those who hold corporate meetings a 2 percent discount off their total bill. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. hotels have been offering 4 percent off. …

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Mother, Son Accused Of Making Meth
WHIOtv.com, OH
RICHMOND, Indiana — A mother and son are facing drug charges after police said they were cooking methamphetamine in a Richmond, Ind., hotel. Investigators said the pair, along with another relative, crossed the state line from Preble County to conduct …

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Nichols: Devon can weather economic storm - Journal Record (subscription)

Nichols: Devon can weather economic storm
Journal Record (subscription), OK
by David Page OKLAHOMA CITY – Devon Energy is in exceptionally good shape to weather the current economic storm, Larry Nichols, CEO, told shareholders during the company's annual meeting on Wednesday. Larry Nichols speaks during Devon Energy's annual …

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Homeland Body Count: Econocide in America
Pacific Free Press, Canada
… agencies for possibly "scamm[ing] clients out of millions in a side investment business he ran," Garden City, New York, resident William Parente, 59, "beat and asphyxiated his wife and daughters in a Maryland hotel room" before killing himself. …

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Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe near Manhattan Offers Northern New …
The Open Press (press release)
This Northern New Jersey hotel meeting package starts at $69 and special Group Room rates are offered at $99. Located in Bergen County, NJ just across the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan, the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe features 26500 square …

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Girls Trip-Staying at The Avenue-Need Reco's
CHOW
Planning a girlfriends weekend getaway in July. We are staying at the Avenue Hotel on Huron St between Saint Clair and Michigan Ave. Need recommendations for dining and drinking in that area. Would like to plan at least one night at a special …

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Rabbit Hoarder Jailed Again
KPTV.com, OR
TIGARD, Ore. — A woman with a history of hoarding rabbits was arrested again Tuesday after 14 rabbits were found in her hotel room, Tigard police said. Miriam Sakewitz once kept 250 rabbits — 100 of which were found dead in freezers and refrigerators …

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A perfect fit: Danny DiPrima finds success beyond just selling shoes
Rome News Tribune, ga
There was the cost of living in an Oklahoma hotel . And he'd had no income for a month, with Groover's being closed. He returned to Rome and hung a DiPrima Medical sign in Groover's door. He hired his son Daniel, who had worked for seven years at …

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Delaware County, city ask feds for money to raze hotel
Columbus Dispatch, OH
The city and county have approved and are submitting an application for federal stimulus funds that will enable them to purchase and demolish the former Delaware Hotel at 351 S. Sandusky St. "The state is pushing us for the application and we should …

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CHAKA KHAN JOINS THE LINEUP AT CAPITAL J…
Eurweb.com, CA
Another exciting component of the festival will be the "6th Annual Capital Jazz Challenge," hosted by Natalie Case from WHUR-FM and held at the Hilton Columbia Hotel . This competition - free and open to the public - gives an aspiring contemporary jazz …

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TV star at Annesley Hall ghost hunt on Summer Solstice
Mansfield Chad, UK
Participants should meet at the hall's car park at Annesley Park, close to the Dakota Hotel , at 7.30pm and the event will finish at around 1am. Tickets are priced at £15 and are available by contacting 0800 0277928. To have a chance of winning two …

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Academy seeks school laureate nominations
Pacific Daily News, GU
The chosen laureate will be announced on September 4 at the gala banquet at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Hotel . "It would be a recognition of the accomplishment and particularly the honor of being recognized by their peers. It's the significance of where …

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Hotel Can't Shake Claims of Racial Wedding Bias
Courthouse News Service, CA
(CN) - The 6th Circuit revived a discrimination lawsuit accusing a Michigan hotel of refusing to host a black couple's wedding reception. A three-judge panel reversed summary judgment for the hotel, saying the hotel's failure to hand over records on …

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Jamie Foxx Wishes 'Crazed' Hotel Attacker Stephen Taliver Well
Post Chronicle
Stephen Taliver twice tried to gain access to the Oscar winner's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hotel suite and when Foxx opened the door to him, he had to fight to keep him out. Taliver fled the scene of the incident but was arrested nine days later and …

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Elle: Lohan not involved in jewelry theft
United Press International
Lindsay Lohan arrives at the Declare Yourself "Rebirth of Citizenship" Inauguration Kick-off Event on January 18, 2009 at the Renaissance Washington Hotel in Washington, DC. (UPI Photo/Arianne Teeple) | Enlarge NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) — Elle magazine …

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