Ex-Arizona governor sentenced for loan fraud
Former Arizona Governor Fife Symington, two terms, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for providing false financial statements to lenders to obtain loans for his real estate ventures. He received a $60,000 fine and five years of probation, with reporting to a minimum security work camp on March 20.
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Ann
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U.S
Roger Strand
Symington
St Luke’s and Fox Eye unit face Medicare review questions
A Health Care Financing Administration spokesman in Kansas City and hospital officials discuss the Fox Eye ambulatory surgery center. They note concerns about function separation, patient records, and Medicare rules while a Jan. 7 Joint Commission review preceded potential approval. Birchansky built the Fox Eye project with St Luke’s after a denied 1996 COU.
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Lawyer cites Twain in Minnesota tobacco trial
In Saint Paul Minnesota attorney David Bernick used Mark Twain to question Dr Richard Hurt Mayo Clinic nicotine addiction expert at Minnesota s 1 77 billion lawsuit against the tobacco industry He argued stopping smoking is easy Twain quote suggests quitting is hard for readers This marks the first witness in the trial
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Producer testifies on editing Oprahs mad cow episode
Former senior producer LaGrange Green testified that Oprah Winfrey ordered cuts to pro cattleman remarks in an episode on mad cow disease. James Kelley corroborated that only redundant content was removed while other witnesses disputed the extent of edits amid a $10.3 million suit by cattlemen.
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