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Ex-Stan Lee Chief Paul to Plead in Securities Case Mon Mar 7, 2005 05:20 PM ET By Gina Keating LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stan Lee Media co-founder Peter Paul said on Monday that he would plead guilty to a federal securities charge. However, Paul said the plea was not part of an agreement to cooperate with prosecutors probing alleged campaign finance violations by Sen. Hillary Clinton's staff. Paul told Reuters he would plead guilty on Tuesday in New York federal court to one count of manipulating the share price of Stan Lee Media, an online entertainment company he founded with...

Commanders have requested to nearly double the number of armored utility vehicles in Iraq to 8,000, in yet another shift in equipment needs to keep pace with an insurgency that continues to strike troops. Acting Army Secretary Les Brownlee told of the newest requisition during a recent hourlong interview with The Washington Times. It is the commanders' job in the field to devise the tactics to defeat an enemy made up of foreign terrorists, Saddam Hussein loyalists and criminals freed by the fallen dictator. Back at the Pentagon, it has been Mr. Brownlee's job to make sure they have the...

LOS ANGELES - Two men pleaded guilty to smuggling 50 Mexican nationals into the United States by crowding them into the small cabin of a rented luxury yacht, the Department of Homeland Security said. On Monday, Gregory Ray LaBono, 48, of Lomita and 21-year-old tropical fish dealer Vernon Eugene Siegel of Big Pine, Fla. each admitted to one felony count of conspiracy to encourage and induce an alien to enter the United States, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice. Their 44-foot yacht was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard near an entrance to Los Angeles Harbor...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of six Yemeni-American men charged by the U.S. government of supporting al Qaeda is due to plead guilty on Friday, a U.S. official said. Reuters Photo Faysal Galab is due to appear in court in Buffalo, New York, for a plea hearing at 3:30 p.m. EST. Further details were not available. Galab and the other six men -- all of whom are U.S. citizens of Yemeni descent -- pleaded not guilty in October to charges of supporting al Qaeda by attending a camp in Afghanistan (news - web sites) in 2001. They were arrested in Lackawanna,...

<p>PARTY HEARTY!.Dennis Kozlowski partied hearty at his $12 million Nantucket mansion over the July 4 holiday.</p> <p>Corporate disgrace hasn't cramped the high-rolling lifestyle of Tyco's ex-CEO, L. Dennis Kozlowski.</p> <p>While the shamed fat cat awaits a Manhattan trial for tax evasion - and Tyco's stock remains stuck in the Dumpster - he's been living it up on his $25 million antique yacht and enjoying the Atlantic views from his $12 million Nantucket mansion.</p>