Sheriff's Legal Fees: $315K: Supervisors Want More Informationnowing How It's Spent: Priceless
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 12--BILOXI -- The cost of defending the Harrison County Sheriff's Department against civil actions went up again Monday when county supervisors approved payment of more than $14,000 to lawyers representing Sheriff George H. Payne Jr.
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The FBI has squandered $170 million  on a failed computer system agents can use to instantly share  information, and seems to know neither how long it will take  nor how much it will cost to build one, a Justice Department  audit showed on Thursday.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners on Monday will get estimates on the cost of moving ahead with construction of the new Sheriff's Office, even as a court appeal over the project continues.
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By Brittany Wallman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 11--FORT LAUDERDALE -- What's it worth to save 22 seconds of drive time?   Not $32.5 million, city commissioners agreed last week.
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Bill Belichick should be able to read this signal clearly: Spy on your opponents, and it will cost you. The New England coach was fined the NFL maximum of $500,000 Thursday and the Patriots were ordered to pay $250,000 for stealing an opponent's defensive signals.
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The Boulder County sheriff's office incurred $6,070 in costs relating to the arrest, extradition and court appearance of John Mark Karr, the former suspect in the death of JonBenet Ramsey.
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By Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 9--Funding for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, particularly covering the department's expenses without relying solely on hunters and fishermen, is a perennial issue. It has come up again in the form of payment for searches and rescues.
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By Sonny Long, Victoria Advocate, Texas  Jun. 26--GOLIAD -- County commissioners have approved an additional $25,000 for legal representation in uranium mining matters.
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By Anthony Mccartney, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 22--TAMPA -- Hillsborough County is poised to raise its fees for residential trash collection for the first time in years.   Currently, customers in unincorporated areas pay $170 for pickup and disposal services.
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In the last four years, Highway Patrol trooper Craig Beedy has taken part in two traffic stops that netted about $200,000 in seized cash. The agency wasn't allowed to keep any of it.
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By Gary Grado, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Feb. 3--Maricopa County is poised to offer $1.3 million to settle lawsuits brought by families of two inmates who died in jail.
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Being a lawyer isn't really about exciting "Law and Order" courtroom drama. It's about paperwork. Lots of it.
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A sheriff calls for the way prisoners are monitored by police to be improved after a death in custody.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Fo r 1 1 c i t i e s i n S a n Bernardino County, the prospect of paying a surcharge for a chemical that did not originate in their areas just doesn't seem right.
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The US Justice Department&#39;s crackdown on cyber crime has brought to light illegal activities, including credit-card fraud, to the tune of over $215 million and resulted in dozens of arrests, a senior official said.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--An extra cent on the bed tax would be the most practical way to give extra county funding to the Destin Beach Safety Patrol, Okaloosa County Commissioner James Campbell says.
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By Virginia Hennessey, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 18--The spiraling costs of the Salinas Valley Water Project do not include the millions of dollars the county has paid out for related litigation.