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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!WASHINGTON -- In the film "Take the Money and Run," Woody Allen played a bumbling, publicity-starved petty criminal named Virgil Starkwell. "You know he never made the Ten Most Wanted list," Starkwell's wife, Louise, lamented in the 1969 comedy. "It's very unfair voting. It's who you know." As Allen's fictitious character learned, getting on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is no easy feat. Just being a vicious criminal or a menace to society isn't always enough. For one, there has to be an opening. And then there's the selection process: A committee at FBI headquarters reviews ...
A federal judge has ordered the government to turn over to a defense lawyer a list of 30,000 names allegedly tied to a massive prostitution ring. Judge Arthur Tarnow in Detroit told prosecutors to give the list to the lawyer for a man accused of operating an international sex ring out of Miami. Tarnow ruled that the list, to be contained on a secure computer disk, cannot be copied or made public. The U.S. Attorney's Office had argued that the information in the little black book -- which includes not only client names but also addresses and phone numbers -- was too sensitive to be ...
Politics in 2009 was pretty serious business, except when it wasn't. Some serious moments made for amusing parodies; others remind us that there can be an absurd quality to high-profile transgressions, criminal acts, and even death. So, please take a step back from the contentious nature of politics to enjoy some year-end, bipartisan, moments courtesy of YouTube. 1. "Don't Call Me Liz," as re-enacted on Keith Olbermann's show The e-mail chain between Elizabeth Becton (aka "Don't Call me Liz!") -- the scheduler for Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) – and a Democratic lobbyist's assistant was ...
This whole thing has to be a joke. Has to be. According to the Telegraph, these are the top ten conservatives in America:1. Rudy GiulianiHuh? Rudy's not a conservative and if he was, he might go to number one if and when he wins the presidency. This is the biggest clue that this was a dartboard exercise.2. General PetraeusHeck, we're not even sure he's a Republican! ...
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