US festival aims for Cash pardon
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A US town is preparing to honour late country legend Johnny Cash, 42 years after he was jailed there.
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A new charity, United States Artists, will announce Tuesday an ambitious plan to provide support to working artists, starting with a grant program that will be one of the most generous in existence.
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D.C. officials were told last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request...
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City Centerâs festival features a such a wide range of dancers, companies and choreographers that itâs unlikely that many people will end up feeling their money was ill spent.
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Even though it seems like Uncle Sam wants to siphon every last dime from Americans&#39; pockets, the government actually tries to give back cash when it collects too many tax dollars.
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Phish may have swum off into jam-band history with this past weekend&#39;s Coventry festival in Vermont, but thousands of fans turned away from the event  many with tickets in hand  are plenty mad, and they&#39;re angling for much more than just an apology.
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SAN FRANCISCO -  The waiting game for thousands of U.S. patrons with money tied up in an online payment service under federal investigation just got longer. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York late Wednesday said it extended the deadline until March 16 to decide whether to indict the co-founders of Neteller, an Internet money-transfer service popular among gamblers. Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre were arrested in January on a charge of conspiracy to transfer funds with the intent to promote illegal gambling
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The annual influx of burners irritates some locals, but others see the wave of outsiders as a way to make a quick buck. And then there's the shot of civic goodwill the desert festival's organizers inject into the town: This year, they plan to donate a massive solar-panel array.
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Whites wore T-shirts that said &quot;So Sorry&quot; and armbands labeled &quot;Penitent.&quot; Blacks displayed bands that said &quot;Forgiver.
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The Bush administration announced yesterday that it is seeking $200 million to help cities fight violent crime, citing as one of its reasons, the U.S. Sentencing Commission's decision to give convicted crack cocaine offenders a chance for an earlier release.
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Home Secretary David Blunkett said Thursday he plans to bar convicted felons from benefiting from financial windfalls while behind bars after a jailed rapist won 7 million pounds (US&#36;12.6 million) on the national lottery.
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Street hawkers are history. Savvy resellers use the web to turn tickets into cash. By Steve Knopper from Wired magazine.
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A judge is offering traffic violators a choice: pay a fine or make a &#36;100 donation to a tsunami relief charity.
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A federal law known as Check 21 takes effect Thursday, and whether that&#39;s cause for celebration or commiseration is a matter of much debate.
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A federal law known as Check 21 takes effect today, and whether that&#39;s cause for celebration or commiseration is a matter of much debate.
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U2 drummer Larry Mullen is hoping that American fans will forgive them for the snafu in ticket sales.
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The United States has arrested a California-based movie executive and his wife on suspicion of paying $1.7 million in bribes to a senior Thai official to secure lucrative contracts to run a film festival in Bangkok.