Nov 21st, 2008 · FBI agents arrested Boston City Councilman Chuck Turner at City Hall. He's charged with taking a bribe. It's part of a widening influence-peddling investigation that earlier capsized a noted member of the state Senate.
Keywords: Senate · FBI · agent · Boston · capsized · investigators · Peddling · councilman · City Hall
Nov 12th, 2008 · The FBI reports that hate crimes against Latinos rose almost 40 percent between 2003 and 2006, and Hispanic activists say they are being targeted with threats and intimidation. Tony Asion, of El Pueblo, a Latino advocacy group, is joined by Kevin Johnson, of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund to discuss the statistics that are sending shockwaves through some Latino communities.
Keywords: crime · 2006 · Activist · Latino · communities · FBI · 2003 · Advocacy · Hispanic · shockwaves · intimidation · Education Fund
Nov 7th, 2008 · The Miss Saigon pageant winner left Vietnam for the U.S. in 1975 and eventually became an FBI special agent. She has reinvented herself once again; she now lives in Bangkok and runs a Vietnamese restaurant that has become a favorite of locals and expatriates alike.
Keywords: local · winners · FBI · agent · Vietnam · restaurants · Vietnamese · chefs · 1975 · Bangkok · expatriates · pageant
Oct 27th, 2008 · The FBI has confirmed that a body found in a sport utility vehicle in Chicago is that of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's missing nephew. The 7-year-old was the focus of a frantic search since Hudson's mother and brother were found shot dead last week.
Keywords: Chicago · winners · FBI · vehicle · Oscar · Hudson · frantic · nephew · Jennifer Hudson
Oct 24th, 2008 · Farai Chideya talks with NPR correspondent Peter Overby about the FBI investigation of ACORN, the grassroots activist group under investigation for possible voter registration fraud.
Keywords: Activist · Fraud · voters · FBI · registration · Farai Chideya · investigators · grassroots · Peter Overby · acorn
Oct 23rd, 2008 · The FBI is examining how the financial crisis began. Officials are investigating whether it was just greed that led to the meltdown, or were laws broken.
Keywords: law · financial · crisis · FBI · meltdown · greed
Oct 20th, 2008 · The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is under investigation by the FBI and nearly a dozen states for allegations of submitting false voter registration forms.
Keywords: voters · FBI · registration · investigators · bogus · acorn
Oct 20th, 2008 · The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, also known as ACORN, is under investigation by the FBI for allegations of submitting false voter registration forms. Austin King, spokesperson for ACORN, gives an update.
Keywords: voters · lawsuit · FBI · registration · spokesperson · investigators · acorn · Austin King