N. Orleans mayor endorses lawmaker under FBI probe
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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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A federal prosecutor who helped put a former Democratic lawmaker behind bars was named Wednesday as the Justice Department's No. 2 official.
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While House members are still angry about an FBI search of a congressman&#039;s office, the Senate&#039;s leader says the controversy has been &quot;pretty much put to bed.&quot;
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani picked up an endorsement Monday from Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, who said he's backing the former New York City mayor even though he disagrees with his stances on social issues.
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Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin threw her support behind Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday following his disappointing second-place finish in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams said Sunday his political career may depend on whether his plan to bring major league baseball to the capital wins city council approval in the next two weeks.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9 -- Voters looked past a federal bribery investigation of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) and reelected the eight-term congressman in a runoff election Saturday.
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The FBI is investigating whether Nevada's governor failed to report gifts from a military contractor that he received while serving in Congress, law enforcement officials said yesterday.
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Officials from M.L.B. met with officials from the district attorneyâs office in Albany Monday in an effort to gain the same kind of cooperation with investigators that the N.F.L. has received.
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State investigators probing possible corruption are looking into city contracts and scrutinizing renovation work at the mayor's home, The Associated Press has learned.
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In a break with his counterparts in the House, the Senate&#039;s leader said Sunday the FBI was within its right to search the office of a congressman under investigation in a bribery case.
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Facing a Dec. 9 runoff for his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ and highly publicized bribery allegations that threaten to end his House career at eight terms Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson is showing a good bit of resilience. His contest with Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter does not appear to have a strong favorite with just more than a week to go before the Saturday voting.
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An Alaska oil contractor cooperated with the FBI by tape-recording phone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) as part of a public corruption investigation, a source familiar with the probe said last night.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft defended FBI interviews of some political protesters around the country before last month's Democratic convention in Boston, which critics described as an intimidation tactic.
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New York's mayor says he will support the city's police chief, after officers shot dead an unarmed black man.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 5--GAUTIER -- George Carbo said he is looking forward to working with city employees and residents to help bring Gautier back after recovery efforts of Hurricane Katrina.
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The FBI&#039;s weekend search of the House office of a Louisiana Democrat under investigation for bribery may have overstepped Constitutional boundaries, House leaders said as the congressman under investigation pledged to stay in office.