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Barack Obama’s 2008 Iowa New Media Director was arrested Friday for attempting to use the identities of Secretary of State Matt Schultz, and/or his brother Thomas, with the intent to falsely implicate the Secretary Schultz in illegal or unethical behavior. Zach Edwards, 29, of Des Moines, currently works for Link Strategies, a Democrat-affiliated organization with ties to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin. Edwards is the Director of New Media for Link Strategies. The Secretary of State’s office discovered the alleged crime and reported it to authorities. Edwards turned himself in to the Iowa DCI agents Friday afternoon. He was charged with...

Pushing further into Gov. Rod Blagojevich's inner circle, federal investigators have subpoenaed records involving a lobbyist friend who represented a hospital company that won a favorable state ruling. The company's for-profit affiliate donated $25,000 to Blagojevich's campaign a month after the state's action. John Wyma, a top fundraiser and former Blagojevich aide, was named in a federal subpoena delivered two weeks ago to Provena Health, according to sources. It sought records about Provena's lobbying relationship with Wyma, the donation and the company's efforts to win approval for a new heart program.

Posted on Thu, Oct. 10, 2002 Warrant issued for state senatorDawson wanted on drug fraud chargeDEMOCRAT STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES Associated Press tate Sen. Mandy Dawson, D-Fort Lauderdale, is shown in a file photo, date and location not known. An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2002, for Dawson on a prescription drug fraud charge. The Tallahassee Police Department issued an arrest warrant Wednesday on a prescription-drug fraud charge for Fort Lauderdale state Sen. Mandy Dawson."I don't have the details on what the charges are," said Chief Walt McNeil when reached at home Wednesday night. "It does have...