Jesse Jackson Jr.

Report: Jackson Jr. Plea Deal Includes 'Significant Jail Time'

Eric Lach | February 7, 2013, 9:45AM

A plea deal now on the table between former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and federal authorities includes "significant jail time," a source told The Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday.

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Dark Money

Privatization Group Tied To California Dark Money Millions

Eric Lach | February 6, 2013, 6:05AM

California Gov. Jerry Brown with local politicians and school administrators, held a rally in support of Prop 30.

An engineering trade organization that advocates for privatizing government work has been tied to the group behind the $11 million dark money donation that prompted a legal showdown in California last fall.

The $400,000 that can now be traced back to a group called the American Council of Engineering Companies in California (ACEC-CA) may not be the biggest of disclosures, but when it comes to dark money in politics, any transparency at all is a revelation.

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Alabama

Alabama 'Survivalist' Hostage Taker Is Dead, Boy Released

Eric Lach | February 4, 2013, 6:17PM

Law enforcement personnel in tactical gear ride a pickup to the scene of a hostage crisis on Friday morning in Midland City, Ala. below the site where a school bus shooting suspect was barricaded in a bunker holding a five-year-old boy captive.

The hostage situation in Midland City, Ala. is over.

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The Citadel

ATF Approves Prepper Paradise Firearms Company

Eric Lach | February 4, 2013, 2:51PM

An image of a III Arms 1911 pistol, from the company's Facebook page.

The people behind The Citadel project, who are hoping to build a walled prepper community in Idaho, touted a milestone last week: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has given them the green light to start manufacturing firearms.

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