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Martha Stewart likens herself to Nelson Mandela Martha Stewart: "There's many other good people that have gone to prison" Photo: Louis Lanzano/AP SHE compared herself to Nelson Mandela and claimed she was the victim of a witch hunt. But all Martha Stewart’s public outpourings have achieved is to provide a road map for other indicted executives on how not to present themselves to the judiciary, senior lawyers said yesterday. The multimillionaire television star hired Herb Hoelter, a leading defence lawyer to advise her on her presentation and demeanour as well as to negotiate community service. But in an interview with...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on Wed, Jul. 14, 2004 Candidate for House on way to prison Bailey sentenced in support case By MIKE RICE The Kansas City Star Bailey A Northland candidate in the 6th Congressional District is headed to state prison over failure to pay child support. Jeff Bailey, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in the Aug. 3 primary, was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after a Saline County judge imposed a sentence that had been suspended. Bailey, of Gladstone, was being held Tuesday in the Saline County Jail in Marshall, Mo., and could not be reached for...

FBI Raids 3 City Agencies, Street Fund-raiser's Office By Anthony S. Twyman, Nathan Gorenstein and Emilie LounsberryInquirer Staff Writers       Ratcheting up the federal investigation that has engulfed the mayoral election, FBI agents crisscrossed Center City yesterday to search three city agencies and the office of a lawyer who is a top political ally of Mayor Street's and has earned millions from municipal legal work.   The extraordinary raids targeted the city Finance Department, the city treasurer's office, and the city Board of Pensions and Retirement, as well as the law office of Ronald A. White, a major...

<p>NEW YORK — Mike Tyson is no longer in the boxing ring, but he's still getting knocked out ... financially.</p> <p>Once the most feared man in boxing, Tyson has filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court (search), claiming that his finances are in disarray and he is unable to pay his bills.</p>