US lawmaker denies taking bribes
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US lawmaker William Jefferson, accused of hiding $90,000 in his freezer,  pleads not guilty to soliciting bribes.
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A Louisiana legislator said Wednesday he is being investigated by the FBI and claimed it may be because he wouldn't give agents information about possible wrongdoing by Rep. William Jefferson and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin.
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Pelosi appoints a New Orleans politician to the Homeland Security Committee even though he's being investigated for bribery and having $90,000 cashola in his freezer. In 27B Stroke 6.
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A powerful New Jersey politician accused of being paid for a job that required no work at a scandal-ridden state university denied the report from a federal monitor who had investigated the school's finances.
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A lawyer accused of aiding terrorism through her defense of a militant Muslim cleric on Tuesday denied charges that she lied to the US government by signing a promise
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The incoming leader of the U.S.  House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bid by a  lawmaker earlier ousted as a federal judge on corruption  charges to head a congressional panel that helps protect  America's security.
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Prime minister denies shift in US-UK relations.
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Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rejected a bid by a lawmaker earlier ousted as a federal judge on corruption charges to head a congressional panel that helps protect America's security.
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Blackwater USA denied Saturday any involvement in illegal weapons smuggling, responding to reports the private security contractor is a target of federal prosecutors.
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A U.S. congressman from Louisiana, under investigation by the FBI after they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was endorsed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Saturday and vowed that allegations of bribery would not hurt his re-election campaign.
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The head of an independent panel  investigating alleged corruption in the now-defunct U.N.  oil-for-food program for Iraq rejected on Tuesday a request to  immediately turn over evidence that he has gathered to U.S.  congressional investigators.
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The US House of Representatives has voted to deny all aid to Saudi Arabia, despite repeated assurances by the administration the desert kingdom was cooperating with the United States in the war on terror.
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The top U.S. law enforcement official faces a clash on Wednesday with Senate Democrats after he rejected demands to rule on the legality of an interrogation technique known as waterboarding
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The Attorney General has denied Friday that he concealed large payments made to a Saudi prince from an international anti-bribery watchdog probing a giant arms deal.
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Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of New York denied that he would cede to the federal government any of his existing or previous investigations into business practices.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The lawmaker whose bill would block California and other states from regulating tailpipe emissions is standing firm despite opposition from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Rep.
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Britain&#39;s top legal officer denied Friday that he concealed large payments made to a Saudi prince from an international anti-bribery watchdog probing a giant arms deal.