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Dennis Hastert pleads guilty, acknowledges hush-money scheme

Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme, averting a potentially lurid trial that could have dredged up sexual allegations by agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that recommended he serve no more than six months in prison.

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Indiana Supreme Court hears police eavesdropping case

A group of police officers were "pretty blatant" when they eavesdropped on conversations between a man facing a murder charge and his attorney and later found a gun based on what they had overheard, Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush said Wednesday.

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Lawyer: Escort unlikely to talk with NCAA without immunity

The attorney for Katina Powell says his client is unlikely to cooperate with authorities and the National Collegiate Athletic Association unless she receives immunity for her allegations that a former University of Louisville men's basketball staffer hired her and other dancers to strip and have sex with recruits and players.

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Old hurdles and new haunt the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo

The latest hearing resolved some lingering issues, but old and new challenges continue to haunt a death penalty case that remains so mired in preliminaries that prosecutors and defense lawyers will no longer even estimate an approximate trial date.

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Former Subway pitchman’s victims given $1 million

Ten victims of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle have received a total of $1 million in restitution since he agreed to plead guilty to child pornography and sex-crime charges, and his four other victims could receive their checks by the time he is sentenced next month — a move prosecutors said is rare.

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Pence decides to pay off federal unemployment loan

Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday morning announced that the state would use about $250 million from Indiana's surplus to finish paying back the federal government for a loan the state took out to pay unemployment benefits during the recession.

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