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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (164516)	3/5/2010 11:02:37 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

On Wednesday, Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York, relinquished his powerful post as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee after he was admonished by the House ethics committee for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (164516)	3/6/2010 11:50:21 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Ex-Mayor Gets 15 Years for Bribery; City Pays Price By ROBBIE BROWN Published: March 5, 2010 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Residents here were not terribly surprised on Friday when Larry Langford, the former mayor, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined $360,000 by a federal judge, ending a long-running bribery case that shook local government and state Democratic politics.