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Ex-Richmond developer pleads guilty to 2 charges 06/05/2014 04:10am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A former Richmond developer awaiting sentencing for fraudulently obtaining historic tax credits has pleaded guilty to two additional charges.Billy Gene Jefferson Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to unlawful transfer of a false identification document and aggravated Woman sentenced in fraudulent tax refund scheme 06/04/2014 09:18pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- A woman who prosecutors say recruited people to file for fraudulent tax refunds has been sentenced to 10 months in prison.Forty-three-year-old Tonia Lawson of Middle River was also ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution at sentencing Wednesday in federal court in Baltimor Ohio man held, accused of faking diplomatic papers 06/04/2014 07:20pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- An Ohio man who says he is the keeper of the seal of St. Peter and immune from U.S. law was ordered held without bond Wednesday on charges that he issued hundreds of fraudulent diplomatic credentials to people who paid to be part of his movement.James T. McBride, 60, who is l Man convicted in car bomb plot seeks new trial 06/04/2014 06:28pm • NIGEL DUARA Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The defense team of a man convicted of terrorism in Oregon is seeking to challenge both his conviction and the government's secret, warrantless searches of Americans' communications collected as part of foreign surveillance.The Oregon federal court D-Day narrative started early, and still evolves 06/04/2014 06:24am • JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- From the first sketchy German radio broadcast to the distribution of images filmed in color, it has taken decades for the full story of the D-Day invasion to come out.As world leaders and veterans prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion thi Once-declared dead banker takes plea deal in fraud 06/04/2014 05:30am • RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- In the past two years, a former Georgia investment adviser has been wanted as a fugitive, declared dead and captured alive.It appears the strange case against Aubrey Lee Price will come to an end Thursday, after prosecutors said they had reached a pl Romanian health care tycoon falls to death 06/03/2014 04:10pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A Romanian tycoon whose pharmacy chain is at the center of a corruption investigation died Tuesday after falling from his house, a medical clinic said.The Polisano clinic said 58-year-old Ilie Vonica, one of Romania's richest men, died in his hometown of Sibiu. A police sp Officer's demise causes deep problems for Arpaio 06/02/2014 09:20pm • JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- When sheriff's deputy Ramon Charley Armendariz hanged himself, he left behind a house full of questions.Among the items at his house were a stash of drugs, evidence bags from old cases, hundreds of fake IDs and thousands of his video-recorded traffic Chinese man stranded in S. Korea after son scribbles in passport 06/02/2014 01:59pm • WASHINGTON -- A passport photo recently went viral after a Chinese tourist was supposedly stranded in South Korea when his four-year-old son scribbled on his picture. The man allegedly took to Chinese microblogging site Weibo to decry the situation: "It is so depressing. What am I supposed to d 41 charged in insurance scam involving dead deer 06/01/2014 09:50am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Forty-one people in Philadelphia are facing charges in what prosecutors call an elaborate insurance fraud scheme that used dead deer to fake car accidents.Ronald Galati Sr. is accused of running a $5 million scam out of his auto body shop.District Attorney Seth Williams said Wed Shinseki resigns amid vets' health care problems 06/01/2014 08:14am • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama's Cabinet Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a "lack of integrity" in the sprawli Bento's feisty, no-nonsense manner guides Portugal 05/31/2014 04:00pm • BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- When Paulo Bento was hired to salvage Portugal's calamitous qualifying campaign for the 2012 European Championship, he had only four years of experience as a top-flight coach and had quit Sporting Lisbon after failing to win a league match in tw Wine collector apologizes for bogus bottle scam 05/29/2014 07:41pm • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A wine collector convicted of fraud for manufacturing fake vintage wine in his California kitchen has asked a judge for leniency Thursday, saying his actions were foolish.Rudy Kurniawan told the judge in a letter that he "never meant to hurt or emba French Open watch: Jankovic does Paris chic 05/29/2014 04:14pm • PARIS (AP) -- Winning over the chic Parisians can prove quite a challenge in a city renowned for its fashion shows and designer shops.But Jelena Jankovic did her best to impress the crowd at Roland Garros by wearing an elegant dress with white and navy blue stripes."I think it's a very unique dress. Fake WMATA Twitter account answers customers' questions 05/29/2014 11:33am • WASHINGTON -- What appeared to be an effort from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to engage with its customers through social media, was actually a well-informed Twitter campaign that had no connection to the transit authority. The @AskWMATA Twitter account, which is now suspended,