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WASHINGTON — Comedian Ron White is hoping to tour with overseas troops again this summer, as long as the military lets him drink on stage. “We let them know I’m no angel, and I’m not coming over to convert anyone to ‘angelism,’” he said, taking a swig from his ever-present glass of whiskey. “I’m going over there to make some guys laugh who need a good laugh. “Luckily, they’ve been pretty liberal with me in the past.” White, best known for his work in the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, visited bases in Germany and Belgium two years ago as part...

Attorney Ron White Dies November 4, 2004 — A Philadelphia power broker and one-time confidante of Mayor John Street, attorney Ron White, has died. White had been hospitalized at Thomas Jefferson Hospital with pancreatic cancer. White was a top fund-raiser for Mayor John Street and a key figure in the ongoing F-B-I investigation of City Hall corruption. White and eleven others including former city Treasurer Corey Kemp were indicted in June, on charges that Kemp allegedly steered city business to White and his clients in exchange for cash and gifts.

Posted on Fri, Dec. 12, 2003 STREET PEPPERED WITH QUESTIONS ON MBEC TACTICS By MARK McDONALD mcdonam@phillynews.com IN HIS FIRST City Hall scrum with the media since his impressive re-election win, Mayor Street yesterday was dogged with questions related to the on-going federal probe of alleged municipal corruption. How, for example, does a successful female, African-American physician, married to a wealthy lawyer, become certified by the city's Minority Business Enterprise Council as a "disadvantaged business enterprise"? Of course, there was nothing hypothetical about this. The physician in question is Aruby Odom-White, the wife of Ron White, who is one of...

Posted on Sun, Nov. 16, 2003 FBI probe expands to new fronts A city agency plans to comply with a subpoena for records. Penn's Landing plans were questioned. By Emilie Lounsberry, Joseph Tanfani and Nathan Gorenstein Inquirer Staff Writers The already-sprawling federal investigation into corruption in city government has surfaced on two new fronts: the offices of the city Redevelopment Authority and the Penn's Landing waterfront. The agency became the latest in a string of city offices to be served with a federal subpoena seeking records, its executive director confirmed. And one of Mayor Street's closest advisers said in an...