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  • Howard L. Brooks (right), an aide to D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, makes his way to a waiting car after pleading guilty Thursday in federal court to lying about furtive campaign payments to candidate Sulaimon Brown before the 2010 Democratic primary for mayor. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Campaign payments nab 2nd Gray aide

    A second aide to D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's 2010 campaign pleaded guilty Thursday to lying about furtive payments he made to another candidate and in the process revealed that there were at least several thousand dollars in unattributed donations to the Gray team.


  • Hospital chief testifies about Brooks' donation

    An Oklahoma hospital executive discussed country singer Garth Brooks' request that the facility return a $500,000 donation in an email to staff members in March 2009, according to trial testimony Thursday.


  • Expert: Rural US websites easy target for hackers

    The digital trove of credit card numbers and emails stolen by the group known as Anonymous came from towns across rural America _ places like Gassville, Ark. and Tishomingo County, Miss., where officers don't usually have to worry about international hackers.


  • Chien-Ming Wang, (left), shown with Class AA Harrisburg pitching coach Randy Tomlin, on Friday will make his first major league start since having shoulder surgery in 2009. He's made six minor league starts (below) during the past month to prepare for the occasion. (Jenny Kane/The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News)

    Chien-Ming Wang set for debut, armed with signature sinker

    The storm had passed, so Chien-Ming Wang waited near a bog of mud and gravel that doubled as the right-field line.


  • ** FILE ** Media baron Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks, then News International chief executive, are pictured on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Ms. Brooks resigned from the company on Friday. (AP Photo/ Ian Nicholson/PA)

    Ex-Murdoch aide arrested in U.K. hacking probe

    London police arrested Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's former British CEO, in the phone hacking and police bribery scandal Sunday, and the former News of the World editor said she was "assisting the police with their inquiries."


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