House panel finds Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of 25 ethics charges

House panel finds Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of 25 ethics charges

WASHINGTON — After a uncommon and dramatic public listening to, a particular House Ethics subcommittee on Friday discovered Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of 25 ethics charges, capping a three-year investigation into allegations she stole hundreds of thousands in federal aid funds and funneled some of that to her congressional marketing campaign. The secret vote…

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Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone’s vault—and finds nothing

Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone’s vault—and finds nothing

With cameras rolling, Rivera used explosives to breach the vault, hoping to uncover Prohibition-era secrets and techniques—money, weapons and even human stays. (A medical expert stood by.) Instead, the group discovered nothing however an empty whiskey bottle. The broadcast shortly turned a punchline, and “Al Capone’s Vault” quickly turned shorthand for an overhyped occasion. CBS…

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