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Authorities: Woman who posed as drug counselor pleads guilty to forgery
Special to the TribuneA woman who authorities say posed as a licensed drug councilor in Glencoe will be sentenced in June on charges that she committed forgery when she deposited insurance company checks to her bank account, even though the checks were made out to the father...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Glencoe, Prosecution, Cook County Government, Judges
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'Dr. Phil' Producer Sues Gawker Media Over Manti Te'o Hoax Segment
ReutersMay 07 (TheWrap.com) - Manti Te'o's girlfriend might have turned out to be fictional -- but she's helped to spark a very real lawsuit. Peteski Productions, one of the producers on syndicated talk show "Dr. Phil," has filed a suit against Gawker Media...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Litigation, Health and Medical Professionals, Phil McGraw, Gawker Media
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West Hartford Man Arrested In Rhode Island On Embezzlement, Fraud, Forgery Charges
The Hartford CourantDaniel E. Doyle Jr., who hobnobbed with world leaders and built a youth-sporting empire through his closely run Institute for International Sport, was indicted Friday in Rhode Island on multiple charges of embezzlement, forgery and obtaining money under...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Corporate Crime, West Hartford
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Meth lab discovered in Summit Township apartment; two charged
staff writer, @damichellegA forgery investigation led state police to an active methamphetamine lab in Summit Township. State police said Jordan O'Donnell, 22, and Matthew Bowman, 29, both of 7052 Mason Dixon Highway, were found with an active meth lab in their second-floor...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Theft, Drug Trafficking, Trials, Rentals
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Standing up for a sacred institution
It seemed an unlikely story. Voter Registration Office workers and a Democratic Party volunteer had been forging names on petitions to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the 2008 primary ballot in St Joseph County. But an investigation by The...Tags: Crimes, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Elections
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Te'o's painful slide ends with perfect fit in San Diego
ReutersThe Sports Xchange By Jeff Reynolds, The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Updated with quotes Te'o's painful slide ends with perfect fit in San Diego An excruciating path to the NFL ended Friday for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, who was drafted by the...Tags: Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams, Manti Te'o, National Football League, Donald Butler
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First round ends with Te'o still waiting by phone
ReutersThe Sports Xchange By Jeff Reynolds, The Sports Xchange First round ends with Te'o still waiting by phone His past footprints have been traced for months, but Manti Te'o must anguish one more day before learning what his next step will be after the...Tags: Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams, Manti Te'o, National Football League, New York Giants
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UPDATE: Morgan, Blythe guilty on all counts
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Guilty. On all counts. That was the verdict late Thursday in the forgery trial involving former chair of the county Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe, who were accused of conspiring to forge signatures on...Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Barack Obama, Primaries
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Notre Dame Football: A inside look at the post-hoax Manti Te'o
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Perhaps the height of the absurdity in the tabloid phase of Manti mania came in early February, when ESPN.com counted among its top headlines that the former Notre Dame All-America linebacker was deleting his Twitter account. Perhaps a game...Tags: Derrick Brooks, Super Bowl, ESPN (tv network), FarmVille, Manti Te'o
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Hoax tweet tests firms that filter social media for Wall Street
ReutersBy Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - Firms that scour social media sites such as Twitter for information to help investors and traders make money faced their biggest test yet this week. A tweet reporting explosions at the White House...Tags: S&P 500, The Associated Press, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations
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Witness says Morgan told him to copy signatures
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- "'Don't worry about it.' That's what Owen 'Butch' Morgan said to Pam Brunette when she told him she thought what they were doing was illegal. But as you'll find out, Butch Morgan thought he was above the law." So began special prosecutor...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Mardi Gras, Regional Elections, Barack Obama
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Jittery public, hoax calls add to pressure on law enforcement
Someone calls 911 to make a bomb threat, prompting the evacuation of a local TV station as police race to the scene. It turns out to be a hoax. Someone sees a package that they think is a bomb, temporarily shuttering a local city hall over terrorism...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Law Enforcement, Los Angeles Police Department, Environmental Issues, Television Industry
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