Cedar Rapids News
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U.S. Senator Rand Paul criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for failing to boost security in Benghazi, Libya, before the attack on a diplomatic compound there as he began what amounts to a 2016 presidential exploratory tour.
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The Internal Revenue Service, under pressure to regulate political spending by nonprofit groups, now faces investigations into its scrutiny of some organizations seeking nonprofit status.
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U.S. Senator Rand Paul opposes a national law banning same-sex marriage and federal penalties for drug offenders. He’s said there could be “thousands of exceptions” to any abortion ban. And the Kentucky Republican questions the costs of federal farm subsidies.
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Corn inventories in the U.S., the biggest grower and exporter, are poised for the largest expansion since at least 1960 as production rebounds to a record from last year’s drought.
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The chief executive officer of Rockwell Collins Inc. said his company will shift some of its business into the commercial sector as Pentagon budget cuts lead to the dismissal of hundreds of workers.
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Russell Wasendorf Sr., the founder of the bankrupt commodities firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc., was sentenced to 50 years in prison for what prosecutors said was a theft of more than $215 million from customers.
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Russell Wasendorf Sr., the founder of now-bankrupt Peregrine Financial Group Inc., stole more than $215 million from the commodity firm’s customers, U.S. prosecutors said.
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It’s a two-hour drive between Ames and Cedar Rapids, two key Iowa cities for Republican presidential candidates competing in the state that will host the first balloting next year. Ron Paul flew by private jet.
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Peregrine Financial Group Inc.’s indicted founder, Russell Wasendorf Sr., who tried to kill himself in July, will be freed on bail after he pleads guilty to embezzlement on Sept. 17, a judge said.
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Russell Wasendorf Sr., founder of the bankrupt commodities firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc., will remain in custody after his planned guilty plea to stealing more than $100 million from customers, a federal judge said in postponing another judge’s order.
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