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Arizona Republican Rep. Rick Renzi was indicted on charges of extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other matters in an Arizona land swap scam that allegedly helped him collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs.
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John Heath (81) was sentenced In Los Angeles to 28 years in prison in an investment scam that prosecutors say seeped across half the country and bilked 1,800 people, many of them elderly, of about $190 million.
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In Texas 3 British bankers were sentenced to just over three years in prison for their roles in a fraudulent scheme with former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow, and they're hoping to serve some of that time back home.
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The US FDA granted accelerated market approval for Genentech’s drug Avastin to treat advanced breast cancer. The drug cost was bout $7,700 per month. Avastin was already approved for colorectal and lung cancer.
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In China 4 men pleaded guilty in a Yunnan court to producing bogus receipts valued at $147 billion. The scam operated in 9 provinces. In 2007 almost 3,000 cases of printing fake receipts were uncovered.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Ulysses, a US-European space scout that has been orbiting the Sun for 17 years, almost four times its expected lifetime, is on the brink of dying.
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An angry mob in Guatemala, that took 29 policemen hostage a day earlier, released the officers in exchange for talks with the government on legalizing their lands and possibly dropping charges against a jailed farm leader.
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1989 –
Alia Sabur, American college educator
1988 –
Kevin Borlée, Belgian athlete
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Przemyslaw Kazimierczak, Polish footballer
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Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
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Miko Hughes, American actor
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Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
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Hameur Bouazza, Algerian footballer
1985 –
Sean Garballey, American politician
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VenetianPrincess (Jodie-Amy Rivera), YouTube celebrity
1983 –
Penny Flame, American pornographic actress
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February, 22
- Births
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2007,
Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
2007,
Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. 1898)
2007,
Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940)
2007,
George Jellicoe, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & Special Boat Service veteran (b. 1918)
2006,
Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
2005,
Zdzislaw Beksinski, Polish artist (b. 1929)
2005,
Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1910)
2005,
Lee Eun Ju, Korean actress (b. 1980)
2004,
Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
2004,
Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
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February, 22
- Deaths
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