Jury convicts former Tenn. Sen. Ford on 6 charges - Chicago Tribune NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former lawmaker John Ford was convicted Friday on public corruption charges for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Tennessee Senate. After deliberating nearly eight hours, a ...
Prostitution to be legalized in San Francisco? - Hotair.com San Francisco will shortly vote on a kind of de facto legalization of prostitution within city limits. While the state of California prohibits prostitution, the referendum would prevent city police or prosecutors from spending any money on ...
Britain's Brown demands end to Israel settlement, pledges money to ... - Newsday BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) _ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded Sunday that Israel cease settlement construction and promised more money to jump-start the battered Palestinian economy. In his first trip to Israel and the Palestinian ...
The Priciest Real Estate There Is - CBS News We have become so used to the flood of money in modern politics that when Barack Obama's people announced they had raised $52 million last month, it drew little more than a yawn. Oh, sure, it was twice the $22 million that John McCain raised in June ...
On stadium money, many options - Herald Tribune SARASOTA - Besides location, the biggest question about luring the Boston Red Sox to Sarasota is whether a pair of cash-strapped governments can raise the money to pay for a stadium project estimated to cost at least $80 million. December 2006 ...
Consumers change buying habits, but will it last? - Boston Globe NEW YORK— Adrienne Radtke plans to keep riding her bike to work even if gas prices drop. Steve Pizzini got rid of his Cadillac Escalade in favor of a 16-year-old Acura and doesn't expect to have another gas-guzzler. "I had a paradigm shift," said ...
