Undercover police in Honolulu arrest Richard Titcomb, 49, described as Obama's close friend in undercover prostitution sting. Source: Hawaii News Now (April 6)
Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has been transferred from a federal prison to the state prison for a parole hearing. His mother is former Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. Source: Detroit Free Press (April 6)
He might not be free long. He has been indicted by the Feds on another 38 charges of corruption.
Also in Detroit, Rev. Michael Reeves, 33, a member of the Police Commission arrested after a single-car crash, now faces drunken-driving and weapons charges. Source: Detroit News (April 6)
In the meantime, Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers "says she misses helping city residents as she serves a 37-month prison sentence for corruption." Source: Detroit News (March 11)
-- She is the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D) former head of the House Committee on the Judiciary before the 2010 election. He is still a member of the committee, a fact that doesn't show up on his Wikipedia page at all.
Charity Probes Madonna denies report of FBI probe into charity; some stars on edge Source: Chicago Sun (April 6)
Fallout continues in Academia. It's not just their involvement in rehabbing Libya's image in response to a Harvard-professors founded PR company request. "A generation of Ivy League economists was enjoying both professional esteem and financial industry paychecks until the Wall Street crisis of 2008 made them look pretty dumb, if not venal." Bloomberg Business Week (April 7) asked "What was lost when some of America's finest scholars got paid to buff the Libyan dictator's image?"
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