UCLA faces probe over sale of donated body parts
UCLA officials acknowledged parts from donated bodies were sold for medical research and apologized for oversight failures. Families sue, alleging the Willed Body Program director sold cadavers for years with tacit campus knowledge. Two men, including director Henry Reid, faced arrest. a middleman claimed a six year scheme and about 800 cadavers handled for sale to 100 clients.
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No proof of financial looting in Tyco case, defense says
In closing, Charles Stillman argued no evidence shows Mark H. Swartz looted Tyco. He said prosecutors charged aggressively but produced no substance. Swartz and ex-CEO L Dennis Kozlowski face grand larceny and falsifying records accusations over 1995 to 2002.
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Stewart thanks supporters while meeting probation officers
Martha Stewart, 62, appeared with her defense team outside a Manhattan courthouse as probation officials began sentencing proceedings for lying about a stock sale. The board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia met to discuss her future as Viacoms CBS UPN pulled her show. Stewart thanked readers viewers and Internet users outside the courthouse where she spent about an hour with probation officials who will prepare a sentencing range for June.
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Experts say Stewart can rebuild image
New York AP report argues Martha Stewart can rehabilitate her public image if she admits mistakes and apologizes. It notes past turnaround cases like Michael Milken while contrasting Leona Helmsley’s mixed post prison reputation and ongoing public censure over a 1989 tax evasion ruling and a 500000 appeal loss for insulting a gay hotel manager.
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