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Unexplained $25,000 Hangs Over The Jackson Jr. Case


Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) walks to his car outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington D.C., Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013.

Meet "Person F."

In the real world, Person F has a real name, a real job, a real life. But in court papers filed over the past week, detailing the charges against former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Person F is simply Person F.

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Topics: Alabama, Illinois, Jesse Jackson Jr.

Alabama

Alabama 'Survivalist' Hostage Taker Is Dead, Boy Released


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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Topics: Alabama, Jimmy Lee Dykes