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Ark. treasurer resigns amid charges she took cash

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of taking at least $ 36,000 in cash — sometimes stashed in a pie box — from a broker who later came to manage a large share of the state's $ 3.3 billion investment portfolio. Tweet This Post

Obama denounces Benghazi cover-up charges as ‘political circus”

President Barack Obama on Monday furiously dismissed as a “political circus” Republican charges that his administration had misled Americans about the Benghazi, Libya. Obama said the suggestion dishonors the memory of the four U.S. citizens killed last September. “There’s no there there,” Obama said during a joint question-and-answer session with British Prime Minister David Cameraon [...]

Obama denounces Benghazi cover-up charges as ‘political circus”

President Barack Obama on Monday furiously dismissed as a “political circus” Republican charges that his administration had misled Americans about the Benghazi, Libya. Obama said the suggestion dishonors the memory of the four U.S. citizens killed last September. “There’s no there there,” Obama said during a joint question-and-answer session with British Prime Minister David Cameraon [...]

Federal government reviewing prison phone charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus pressed the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday to move swiftly to cut the costs that prison inmates and their families are paying for phone calls, an issue that has been tied up with the regulatory panel for a decade. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Sanford Explains Trespassing Charges

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) issued a statement explaining the trespassing charges against him: Tweet This Post

U.S. charges New York assemblyman, others with corruption

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and four others have been charged with corruption, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said on Thursday, in the second graft case that office has brought against New York politicians this week. Federal prosecutors have accused Stevenson of taking bribes in [...]

Charges Filed in Death of Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate

A man has been charged in the death of a mayoral candidate in the Mississippi Delta, KLTV reports. Tweet This Post