Show j A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday July Nation In brio! r 11 2002 ' 4 '' ii 4 :! y I ' - - group claims fraud sues Cheney ' Halliburton - - MIAMI (AP)— A leal watchdog group on Wednes- - r day sued vke President Dick V Cheney and Halliburton Co the oil services company he ' ran for five years alleging fraudulent accounting peso- - il tices at the company The lawsuit by Washington-base- d Judicial Watch alleges that the accounting fraud led to shareholder losses claiming 310-11- guns-in-cockp- its Cheney praised accounting firm Arthur Andersen In 1996 video — Page A9 le found guilty of murder plot ALBANY Ga (AP) — Former DeKalb County Sheriff Sid-ney Dorsey was convicted Wednesday of plotting the murder of flivea P00 8 ng election oo a promise to rid the department of comiprion The jury deliberated more than two days before returning die verdict in the December 2000 slaying of Derwin Brown who had beaten Dorsey in a bitter runoff election a few months earlier Doney was found guilty of murder and 11 other counts chsrging him with presiding over widespread corruption in the suburban Atlanta sheriff's department — a years-kn- g pattern Brown had promised to dean up At the defense table Dorsey stared at each of the jurors as they were polled on their decision Phyllis Brown the slain man's widow trembled as the verdict was read and relatives reached over to comfort her Dorsey was acquitted of two bribery charges and a charge that he forced employees to cam- paign for him on county time He faces up td life in prison with- out parole His attorneys said they would appeal i " hniw MWtow-- h on8jnday- - AP photo In San Diego whie wear- executive officer of ZZZZ Beit Carpet Halliburton overstated rev- enues by $443 million from 1999 through the end of 2001 at the Community BUe Church Mfflwn on matarialsm penalties lor corporate fraud and document shraddng fraudulent security practices and it resulted in those Americans suffering huge losses” said Lany Klayman duirman and general counsel of Judicial amaft® K§ p©mallfii©§ F or c®mOirai8® fraud WASHINGTON unified Senate harsh meut teeth to President Bush's plan to curb a growing wave of accounting scandals In a series of unanimous votes senators added the penalties to an accounting oversight bill moving toward passage against a backdrop of MONTGOMERY Ala (AP) — Removing a cloud that had bid the Alabama hung over Gov Don Siegelman’s Ethics Commission cleared him Wednesday of allegations he illegally profited from the state’s participation in the national tobacco settlement The commission decided in a 1 vote that there was no evidence that the governor violated state ethics law The complaint had opubUcoonfidenceb against the Democrat by Mobile lawyer corporateAmerica and political activist Jim Zeigler The dispute The Senate measures would had to do with two lawsuits against the tobacco create new prison industry that Siegelman filed when he was an for terms fraud securities and attorney in private practice After Siegelman federal to protectioa give the in state of Alabama was elected governor ‘company Vyhistle-blowe- ri 1999 agreed to settle those lawsuits and join iu —i' 4— Don the national tobacco settlement Later Siegelman’ former law firm paid him Siegelman certify false company finan-about $800000 in what he uowascompcnsa- for his past work on various cases But Zeigler alleged that the money was in part a payoff to Siegelman for using his mflu- ence as governor to settle the lawsuits 3-- been-broug- 10-ye- SJJSSnrfSElO lJBJXSHoSStn jfrTmtiitr Retired priest denies abuse charges Watch Judicial Watch announced the lawsuit at a news conference and laid it had been filed in US District Court in Dal--: las Court officials in Dallas ' said they received die filing Wednesday afternoon Askedabout the suit (AP)— A corporate fraud and document Alabama gov cleared of ethics abuse tojdLThentiZdtite08 of flioussnds of people ” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy D-VC declared on the Senate floor panting to executive excesses at Enron WorldCom and other big corporations Democrats slid they wanted tougher penalties than those Bush proposed in his speech Dieaday Among other changes the Senate extended die period of time in which defrauded investors can bring lawsuits 'c slaarply ' J ifiSmik y $ N3SQ8Qy f new' five-yea- r S&PJliti £ even after nearly eight weeks have driven of selling lows lowet House press secretary Ari Fleisdier said he talked to fee' vice president’s staff believe the suit is with- -' out merit and that’s where it ' prices - ? and-“the- “ Y J2nfnce throfienge downgrades I Gen Motors and FordM g bailed out of stocks Cheney was chairman and chief executive of the ail giant from 1993 to 2000 Halliburton announced on May 28 that it received notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission that the commission was looking into Halliburton’s accountings methods The SEC has not field-servic- agato'Agylyfor feWiBdnnKl'keiiifing'fi Ekiw Josses indnstciails ' J more than 280 points to dosebelow5J30afordfwl°f after filling 28341 oveir die previous two sessions e Dow last closed below tot ftt'y-Th- tintstTe Cred time Dow !i binest one-da- aLk y" A y stands" I disappointment this time its rtood at 893059 as itwaS 1-' Stimdaid & Poo?iWP recovering frmn its postal five-yeSepUUosses Before OmfA hit new F terror attacks the Dow had lows as the Stock ma W tom finish endured tinrd straight of heavy selling fedtw b6ofeflee’ 16 1998 when it steodlf Kibe Nasdaq amosite rod watcnairegestnoreaccou ins practices resulted over- vahudon of Halliburton's shares deceiving investees “The claims in tins lawsuit are untrue unsupported and -- A- - dafef“ shcef Eb5EvUalS3A8wmSe6 ' STOCKS tei A9 ’ Halliburton’i chief financial officer said in a itatement company Rubsrlkisstbrb CcdVb2sr(hdtn!s :':ohnt$iCFi'v 0 p unar The GREAT AMERICAN v Check Out Our 15 Minute Lunch-ExpreMonday - Friday! ss Enjoy Awesome Anwtizers Thursday Friday & Saturday! 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