John Dean was born on October 14, 1938, in Akron, Ohio. He attended Staunton Military Academy and graduated from the Georgetown University Law School in 1965. In June 1970, Dean was appointed counsel ...
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Earl L. Butz, an outspoken U.S. agriculture secretary forced from office in 1976 for making a racist joke and once a dean at Purdue University, died Saturday. He was 98.Butz died at his son's home ...
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Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 30, 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler co...
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Politics: The long-awaited "whistle-blower" in the U.S. attorneys affair gave Senate Democrats an unpleasant surprise: The whole issue of political influence in choosing prosecutors is "largely art...
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The House rolled the dice by granting immunity to former Justice Department aide Monica Goodling to testify about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.Now, lawmakers must decide whether to bet on imm...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Fresh from the success of his movie, World
Trade Centre, about two fireman pulled from the rubble of the twin
towers, controversial director Oliver Stone...
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Say what you will about Richard Nixon, he doesn't disappoint, even from the grave.When the story broke identifying W. Mark Felt, the former assistant director of the F.B.I., as Deep Throat, the pap...
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Fred Thompson gained an image as a tough-minded investigative counsel for the Senate Watergate committee. Yet President Nixon and his top aides viewed the fellow Republican as a willing, if not too...
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