With little fanfare, federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong , nearly two years after it began. After convening a grand jury, summoning dozens of witnesses and involving several federal agencies, the government decided not to bring fraud and conspiracy charges against Armstrong stemming from allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his legendary cycling career. Read full article > >

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The further we get from 2008, when the American economy flirted with another Great Depression, the more people forget what happened and create stories that satisfy some political, ideological or journalistic urge. Among the biggest losers in this revisionism is the Federal Reserve. Although it helped save the economy from a deeper collapse, it is increasingly portrayed as the epicenter of an unspoken conspiracy to use government money to benefit Wall Street at everyone else’s expense. Read full article > >

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Police in India charge Tibetan Buddhism’s third most important leader with conspiracy after seizing $1.4m in cash from his headquarters in Dharamsala.

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Indian police charge Karmapa Lama

Edward Jay Epstein’s report, “What Really Happened to Dominque Strauss-Kahn,” published in The New York Review of Books this weekend, has the set the French political world afire, renewing speculation that Strauss-Kahn’s arrest for raping a chambermaid was part of a conspiracy to take him out of the running for the 2012 presidential race. Read full article > >

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Investigative report about ‘what really happened’ to Strauss-Kahn sets French political world afire

Edward Jay Epstein’s report, “What Really Happened to Dominque Strauss-Kahn,” published in The New York Review of Books this weekend, has the set the French political world afire, renewing speculation that Strauss-Kahn’s arrest for raping a chambermaid was part of a conspiracy to take him out of the running for the 2012 presidential race. Read full article > >

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Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt lodges an appeal against his jail sentence for his part in the conspiracy to bowl deliberate no-balls.

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In giving a man convicted of terrorism conspiracy charges a term of 17 years, a judge veered too far from federal guidelines, a higher court says.

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Appeals Court Says Jose Padilla’s Sentence Was Too Short

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His smile is still bright, even if he’s faced with six counts of grand jury indictments. The U.S. Marshals Service released the mug shot of former U.S. Senator John Edwards on Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and violating campaign…

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Two men from Manchester arrested near the Devon home of Brit Award-winning singer Joss Stone are questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and rob.

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Stone ‘murder conspiracy’ pair arrested

A former Prince George’s County police sergeant admitted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt that he took part in a scheme to smuggle untaxed cigarettes and alcohol from Virginia to Maryland. The guilty plea by Richard J. Delabrer, 47, is part of a sweeping, ongoing federal corruption probe targeting the activities of current and former county elected officials, appointed officials, police officers, developers and other business people. Delabrer, who worked for the police department for nearly 23 years, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion and to a federal firearms violation. Read full article > >

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday pardoned eight people convicted of crimes ranging from conspiring to import marijuana to selling alligator hides. The action marked the second set of pardons Obama has granted since becoming president. The first pardons, last December, went to nine people whose crimes included possessing drugs, counterfeiting and mutilating coins. Like the earlier pardons, the latest did not involve anyone well-known. The cases date back as far as 1975, when Randy Eugene Dyer of Burien, Wash., was sentenced to serve five years in prison in the conspiracy to import marijuana and two related crimes. Read full article > >

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What made Raj Rajaratnam, who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy Wednesday, stand out in the hedge fund world was his deep set of contacts inside executive suites and on trading floors.

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DealBook: Galleon Chief’s Web of Friends Proved Crucial to Scheme

It took weeks of deliberation, but a jury has convicted billionaire hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam of fraud and conspiracy, finding him guilty of all 14 counts on Wednesday. The former Galleon Group chief could face 25 years in prison, although he’s…

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