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Chris Lee and 3 Other Politicians Stung by Technology
By David Knowles - AOL NewsFor politicians in the digital age, going viral can prove to be either a sign of success or a warning that a career is about to end. Rep. Chris Lee discovered the latter today after exchanges with a woman he met on Craigslist, including a photo of himself bare-chested, were published by Gawker. The viral storm that ensued was so great that, hours after the story broke, Lee resigned from office. But Lee is not the first politician to be felled by an encounter with technology. Though Surge Desk realizes that computers, camcorders, cell phones and the like are merely a means to an end, and not ...
Indian-Americans Gaining Clout in U.S. Politics
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyROCKVILLE, Maryland -- On a recent October evening, Rajeev Sharma told President Barack Obama and 50 other guests how his late father -- who left behind a wealthy family in India to study in Missouri -- took a job mucking out cow barns during graduate school in the 1960s, and that his father-in-law arrived in this country a decade later with $8 in his pocket. "They worked hard, became Americans, and now they're meeting the leader of the free world at the home of their children," an emotional Sharma said to Obama, as his wife, Seema, her parents and his widowed mother looked on. By evening's ...
Feds Indict Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
By not in system - AOL News(June 23) -- Already in prison on a parole violation, Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been hit with 19 federal fraud and tax charges for allegedly using his non-profit group to pay for personal and campaign expenses. ...
Feds Indict Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAlready in prison on a parole violation, Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been hit with 19 federal fraud and tax charges for allegedly using his non-profit group to pay for personal and campaign expenses. The indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses Kilpatrick of scheming for years to use the Kilpatrick Civic Fund to make payments to friends and relatives and for "items ranging from countersurveillance and anti-bugging equipment to yoga and golf lessons, golf clubs and summer camp for his children," The Detroit Free Press reported. The tax-exempt fund also paid for public relations ...
Kwame Kilpatrick, Former Mayor of Detroit, Indicted on Corruption Charges
By Mara Gay - Politics DailyEx-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been indicted by a federal grand jury on corruption, fraud and tax charges. The 19-count indictment, handed down Wednesday afternoon, accuses the already disgraced, criminally convicted former mayor of using his nonprofit organization, the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, to funnel money to family, friends and his own bank accounts. Prosecutors say the money, which was supposed to go to voter education efforts, was instead spent on yoga and golf lessons for Kilpatrick and his family, the Detroit Free Press reported. If he is convicted of the new charges, he ...
Ex-Detroit Mayor Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(May 25) -- A judge today slapped former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick with a sentence of as much as five years in prison for violating probation, saying his initial jailing "did nothing to rehabilitate" him. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner's sentencing of Kilpatrick to 18 months to five years in state prison was much tougher than the four-month sentence he drew after pleading guilty two years ago for obstructing justice in a scandal that drove him from office. Gasps could be heard in the courtroom today as Groner overrode the recommended 17-month sentencing guideline and ...
Ex-Detroit Mayor Gets Up to 5 Years in Prison
By not in system - AOL NewsDETROIT (May 25) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to up to five years in prison Tuesday for violating the terms of his probation stemming from his conviction for lying under oath about an affair with his chief of staff. Kilpatrick, 39, asked Judge David Groner to show him compassion during the hearing, but Groner said "that ship has sailed." Groner said Kilpatrick would have to serve at least one-and-a-half years in prison, but that he would be credited for 120 days of time served from his original sentence. He is still obligated to pay back the remaining balance of his ...
Ex-Mayor Enjoys Good Life as Detroit Struggles
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Feb. 26) -- For Kwame Kilpatrick, disgrace is but a nuisance. Just two years after he was forced from office amid scandal and convicted on felony charges, Detroit's former mayor found himself facing the prospect of jail time again. A warrant was issued for his arrest Thursday morning after he violated his parole by failing to meet his monthly payment to the city of Detroit, part of the $1 million he owes in restitution for a text-messaging scandal. The judge also accused Kilpatrick of failing to offer the court "a complete and accurate accounting of all finances" for his wife, Carlita. But ...
Cheaters Leave Tracks in the Digital Age
By David Knowles - AOL NewsTiger Woods has long since mastered the use of every club in his golf bag. Yet he, like many Americans, apparently is still learning the hazards of communicating too openly by modern methods such as text messaging. Woods is certainly not alone. As communication technology continues to evolve, unfaithful partners are finding it easier to keep in touch with their illicit lovers -- but it's also a lot easier to get caught. The golf champion has said only that "I have let my family down" through unspecified "transgressions." But one of his alleged mistresses, Jaimee Grubbs, says she still has ...
Borrowing Criteria From a Slam Dunk Contest, Detroit Selects Its New Mayor
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyDetroit has a new mayor, and before you ask-- no, it's not Kwame Kilpatrick, serving via videoconference from jail. Instead it's former Detroit Pistons guard Dave Bing, who becomes the third man to serve the term won by Kilpatrick in 2006.From the Detroit Free Press... Dave Bing began his Detroit journey in 1966 as a beloved basketball player before ascending to businessman and booster and now, to mayor of America's 11th largest city.Bing's stunning victory by a 4-point margin in Tuesday's special mayoral election signaled the desire of Detroit voters to abandon the status quo of local ...
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