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A prominent Kentucky disability attorney at the center of a more than $500 million Social Security fraud case, who became the subject of a massive manhunt after he vanished months ago, has been captured in Honduras, officials announced Monday. Eric Conn was captured by a SWAT team as he came out of a restaurant in the coastal city of La Ceiba, the Honduras public magistrate’s office said in a news release . The office added that the arrest was “the product of arduous intelligence, surveillance and tailing by the agents.” U.S. federal agents spent months tracking Conn, who cut off...
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Just one month after Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination, her convention bounce is over, her disapproval numbers are at record highs and women voters are one of the biggest reasons why. In a new survey commissioned by ABC News and the Washington Post, just 41 percent of Americans see Clinton favorably while 56 view her unfavorably. Her numbers are still better than Republican nominee Donald Trump, who is saddled with a 63 percent disapproval rating. Just 35 percent have a favorable opinion of him. While not good, Trump’s numbers are staying largely consistent over the past month,...
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Cicero's Prognosis -- by --THE HONORABLE MILLARD F. CALDWELL Justice - Supreme Court Tallahassee, Florida Presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. October 7-9, 1965, Columbus, Ohio Reprinted March, 1996 The Roman Republic, the foremost power of its day, had reached its zenith. Its leadership had attained unbounded wealth and unstinted power. The rulers were intolerant of restraint, indifferent to the demands of the middle class, and contemptuous of the Constitution which was designed to curb their ambitions. The time was some 70 years before the birth of Christ. Young Marcus...
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SAVANNAH, GA—Joseph D. Newman, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Macon, Georgia returned a forty-count indictment against Columbus attorney, John Mark Shelnutt, age 46. He was charged with Conspiracy to Launder Money in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h), Money Laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 1956, Aiding and Abetting a Cocaine Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21 United States Code, Section 846, Attempted Bribery of a Federal Official, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 201, Witness...
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Anna Nicole Smith collapsed in her hotel room at the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., and was rushed to a hospital on Thursday. A Hollywood, Fla., fire department spokesman told MSNBC TV that the actress was unresponsive when the rescue unit arrived on the scene. Sources confirmed to Access Hollywood that Smith was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. EST on Thursday. Access Hollywood also is reporting that Smith was intubated at the scene. Officials told the Miami Herald, "it does not look good."
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is "The Most Influential Man in the World," according to Esquire magazine. The magazine has designated him as "the most powerful agent of change in the world" despite his lack of electoral standing and the fact he was laid low by a heart attack ahead of last year's presidential election. The magazine highlights Clinton's accomplishments in its December issue, which goes on newsstands on Thursday, profiling the world's "Best and Brightest" men and women. Since leaving office, Clinton has been so active that his post-presidency amounts to "a third term" for...
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The Center for Reclaiming America, an organization backed by the Rev. D. James Kennedy, reported that a serious conflict of interest may exist for the Florida state judge who is ruling on the Terri Schiavo case. The report from the center follows: As if the circumstances surrounding Terri Schiavo could not get any more suspicious, the Center for Reclaiming America has uncovered evidence that Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Judge George W. Greer accepted a campaign contribution from the law firm of Michael Schiavo’s attorney only one day after "Terri’s Law" was declared unconstitutional by a Pinellas county court. This appears to...
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ABA Journal Report Friday, August 20, 2004 INSURANCE COVERS AUTOEROTIC DEATH, COURT SAYS 2nd Circuit Panel Vacates Earlier Decision, Orders Benefits in Asphyxiation BY STEPHANIE FRANCIS WARD Rock climbing and skydiving can be dangerous, yet death from those activities is often covered by life insurance policies. Considering that, a case of death from the practice of autoerotic asphyxiation should also be covered, says the New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decedent in the 2nd Circuit case was insured by an accidental death policy provided by his employer. First Unum Life Insurance Co. of America had denied...
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- Special Report: Renting apartments to Haitians is big business for Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, others
- Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
- House unanimously passes bill enhancing Trump’s Secret Service protection level after two attempted assassinations
- ‘Staff Will Deal with That Later’: Kamala Harris Admits to Horrendous Gaffe During Oprah Interview
- Buttigieg: Building 8 EV Charging Stations Under $7.5 Billion Investment for Them Is ‘On Track
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- Manchin: Harris Says the Right Things, I’m Unsure if She’ll Do Them, ‘I Like a Lot of’ Trump’s Policies, But Won’t Back Him
- Hillary Clinton, Queen of Disinformation, Issues Two-Faced Call for Censorship
- Cuomo personally altered report that lowballed COVID nursing-home deaths, emails show – contradicting his claim to Congress
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