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Charlie Brown, who ran and lost twice for the U.S. Congress, announce he has accepted an appointment from the Obama Administration and will soon begin a new job at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C. Brown, Lt.

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Charlie Brown, seen in this file photo from the 2008 election, has accepted a Washington post.

The Fair Political Practices Commission has found no wrongdoing after a review of 2004 allegations filed against former President Kevin Ramirez by Trustee Aaron Klein.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge charged in a corruption scandal, saying that none of the young offenders got a fair hearing.

A district court judge decided on Monday that former Jack Abramoff associate Kevin Ring will go back to the courtroom for the retrial of his lobbying corruption case in June 2010.

WASHINGTON - A federal judge Monday set June 21 for the retrial of a former lobbyist who worked for influence peddler Jack Abramoff.

Social Security recipients won't get a cost-of-living increase next year for the first time in more than a third of a century, and that could boost President Barack Obama's plan to send seniors another round of $250 payments before the congressional elections.

A federal court on Thursday struggled with a mix-up that improperly revealed information to jurors about a pending case as they deliberated the fate of a former lobbyist caught up in the Jack Abramoff influence peddling scandal.

In the trial of Kevin Ring , a former associate of imprisoned ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff , dozens of names of lobbyists and public officials have been thrown around, countless sporting events and concerts have been discussed and meal after meal has been questioned.

After the prosecution spent more than two weeks calling witnesses and presenting evidence in the criminal case against former Jack Abramoff associate Kevin Ring , the jury may have been surprised to find that the defense would not call any witnesses and Ring himself would not testify.

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John Doolittle has been named as a co-conspirator in the corruption trial of a former aide.

Kevin Ring , former associate of imprisoned ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff , will not testify in his trial, and his attorneys will likely not call any witnesses in his defense.

Federal prosecutors named ex-Rep. John Doolittle as a co-conspirator Thursday in the public corruption case against former House aide-turned-lobbyist Kevin Ring.

Crying witnesses, colorful e-mails and descriptions of lobbyists as "sugar daddies" and congressmen as their "champions" -- it's all become routine in the trial of Kevin Ring , former associate of imprisoned ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff .

Community packs Town Hall Posted on Tuesday, September 15 @ 12:31:52 PDT Sept. 15, 2009 - It was standing room only at Jensen Hall when U.S. Congressman Tom McClintock visited Susanville for a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Sept.

Congress encouraged the lobbying tactics employed by former Jack Abramoff associate Kevin Ring , the defense contended in its opening statement in Ring's trial today.

Prosecutors on Friday called a former deputy to imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff the "sugar daddy" of a conspiracy to corrupt government.

Years into the scandal, a protege of Jack Abramoff is the first member of the imprisoned lobbyist's team going before a jury to fight federal corruption charges that will put their very profession on trial.