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Thursday, February 21, 2013 

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Review: Kabul Bank sent hundreds of millions of dollars out of Afghanistan

Thursday, May 31, 2012  Mistrial declared in John Edwards corruption case; jurors deadlocked on 5 of 6 counts

Thursday, May 31, 2012  Judge is weighing her options because the jury appears to be deadlocked on the other counts John Edwards faces.

Friday, October 14, 2011  The group was protesting a number of things from political corruption and corporate greed to the lack of jobs in the area

Tuesday, August 02, 2011  Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from prison after serving 14 months for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case.

Friday, June 24, 2011  He’s been in and out of courts for a sex scandal, corruption, and violating parole, and now former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is being let out of prison to prepare for his next trial.

Friday, February 11, 2011  Updated with new story, links. Egypt exploded with joy, tears, and relief after President Hosni Mubarak resigned as president.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  Congress set to pass bill protecting whistle-blowers from retaliation for reporting corruption

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle has been sentenced to 37 months in prison in a corruption scheme involving ex-Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers and others.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  After three weeks of respectful but increasingly tense deliberations, 11 jurors were ready to convict Rod Blagojevich of what prosecutors called a "political corruption crime spree" that would have sent yet another former Illinois governor to prison.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  A federal jury has found ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty of one count of lying to federal agents. The jury returned its verdict on Tuesday in the corruption case against Blagojevich.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  Judge James Zagel asked attorneys to come to court Thursday in hopes of getting clarity about a jurors' note the day before hinting there's disagreement about at least some counts.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010  Rod Blagojevich's fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010  Rod Blagojevich is insecure, he talks a lot and he's a bad judge of character — but he is not a criminal, the ousted Illinois governor's defense attorney told jurors at his corruption trial Tuesday during a theatrical closing argument.