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AP NewsBreak: NJ lawyers sue Verizon for giving records to NSA By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer Published: Friday, May 12, 2006 Updated: Friday, May 12, 2006 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two New Jersey public interest lawyers sued Verizon Communications Inc. for $5 billion Friday, claiming the phone carrier violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the National Security Agency for a secret government surveillance program. Attorneys Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer filed the lawsuit Friday afternoon in federal district court in Manhattan, where Verizon is headquartered. The lawsuit asks the court to stop Verizon from turning over...

It took Senator Jon S. Corzine two decades to work his way to the top of Goldman Sachs and accumulate company shares that in 2001 were valued at $270 million. But now, all that he has left in the company is - well, nothing. On Tuesday, Mr. Corzine's campaign revealed that he had completed his divestiture of his Goldman Sachs holdings. And while it was not clear when the last of the holdings was sold, Tom Shea, a senior campaign adviser, said the sale was probably completed this year, because Mr. Corzine did not list it on his 2004 tax...