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CRIME

Daily Briefing: DC Rock City

  • Pennsylvania Congressmen Curt Weldon has homes of friends and family raided by the FBI for shady lobbying contacts between himself, his daughter, and a massively corrupt Russian oil company. [WP, NYT]

  • Former FDA chief charged with conflict of interest over stocks he held while in office, surprisingly does not blame Democrats. [WP, NYT]
  • When Dick Cheney appears in second-tier backwater cities his visit is heralded “like a rock star coming to town.” He is adored by 6 year-olds, others who read at that level. [NYT]
  • Barack Obama is more like an actual rock star; at least he uses drugs. [NYT]
  • Mark Foley’s hill staffers are still holding their ankles. [WP]
  • In Connecticut senate race, the Republican candidate polling in the single digits may be key to Lamont victory. [WP]


8:25 AM on Tue October 17 2006
By Alex Pareene
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