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Stanford Investor Denies Wrongdoing, Wants Money for Lawyer

HOUSTON – Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of a massive Ponzi scheme, denies wrongdoing and is asking a judge to free up money for a lawyer. The SEC brought charges against Stanford and the top officers of the Stanford Financial Group in February. …

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FBI: Louisville Basketball Coach Was Victim of Extortion by Co-Worker's Wife

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – College tuition. Two cars. A fully paid off house. Ten million dollars. That’s what the FBI says the estranged wife of an equipment manager tried to extort from Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino. The alleged demands were made public Friday in a criminal complaint released shortly …

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Armed Civilians to Patrol Mexican Border

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. – Hundreds of volunteers, some of them armed, are expected to take up positions along the Mexican border Friday and begin patrolling for illegal immigrants — an exercise some fear could attract racist crackpots and lead to vigilante violence. Organizers of the Minuteman Project (search) will watch the …

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