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Prosecutors seek 97-month prison term for Burbank accountant
Federal prosecutors have recommended that former campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee be sentenced to 97 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud involving the theft of more than $7 million in political funds from 50 clients,...Tags: Patrick McGreevy, Theft, Prisons, Punishment, Prosecution
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Burbank accountant accused of stealing from assemblyman's campaign fund
A Burbank accountant who has worked as a campaign treasurer for many prominent California Democrats is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the election fund of Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana), according to a criminal complaint...Tags: Lawyers, Democratic Party, American Express Company, Corporate Crime, Amazon.com Inc.
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Burbank-based Durkee may be 'Bernie Madoff of campaign treasurers,' Rep. Davis says
The Democratic campaign operative arrested on suspicion of stealing campaign funds from her clients may be "the Bernie Madoff of campaign treasurers," Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) told contributors in an email. Kinde Durkee, a Burbank accountant who...Tags: Theft, Politics, Elections
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Aktion Club installs officers
The Burbank Kiwanis For Fun held a dinner party on May 12 at Victorio’s Restaurant to celebrate the installation of new officers of the Kiwanis Aktion Club for the 2011-13 period. Kiwanis Division 16 Lt. Gov. Gary Kessler installed the incoming...Tags: Adam Schiff, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Human Interest, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Clubs and Associations
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Mailbag: Give Gordon a shot at the top spot
We are in 100% agreement with the May 8 editorial "Give Gordon a chance." It is undeniably wrong that Councilman David Gordon's fellow council members should be allowed to treat the council office as a childish popularity game and continually vote to deny...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), California, New York, Transportation, Barbara Boxer
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Editorial: Obama won't ground aerial strikes that kill terrorists. Good.
President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes. Critics argue that the secret CIA-run program provokes political backlash in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, outweighing the value of...
Tags: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Judges
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Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill
Call Washington BureauDisputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...Tags: Dick Durbin, Heidi Heitkamp, Patrick J. Toomey, Marco Rubio, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Migration, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements, Personal Data Collection, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, Prosecution, Justin Amash, Police Investigations, Parties and Movements
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: Instrument Engineering, Medicaid, Dwayne Johnson, Health Insurance, Elizabeth Warren
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'Ship them back,' says opponent of Senate immigration bill
Sharon Overholser knows what she would do with the 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally. "Ship them back," she said Tuesday morning at a rally in front of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Sawtelle office. About 15 fellow demonstrators held signs...
Tags: Migration, Michael Jackson, Immigration, U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Wars and Interventions, Prisons, European Parliament, Civil Rights
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