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NEW ORLEANS – A judge was charged Wednesday with accepting bribes to give preferential treatment to abail-bonding (search)company, part of a widening corruption scandal that has already landed one judge in prison. State District Judge Alan Green (search)was indicted on charges of racketeering (search), mail fraud and mail fraud conspiracy. …

WASHINGTON – Marion Barry (search), the former Washington mayor infamous for being caught smoking crack on an FBI videotape, apparently staged another political comeback Tuesday, claiming victory in ousting an incumbent city councilwoman. The man once dubbed “Mayor For Life” appeared to have won the Democratic nomination for the Ward …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration for the first time on Thursday called attacks inSudan’s (search)Darfur region by government-backed Arab militia against black Africans “genocide.” The designation by Secretary of StateColin Powell (search)came as a U.S. proposal in the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions against Sudan encountered opposition. Powell told …