57, president of the National Baptist Convention USA, was convicted by a St. Petersburg, Florida, jury of racketeering and grand theft in February. The animated preacher siphoned off…
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by Borgna Brunner The Just-in-Time-for-the-Millennium Department In Dec. 1999, Pope John Paul II publicly apologized for the Catholic Church's execution of Czech reform leader Jan Hus, who was…
45, fugitive financier, allegedly bilked insurance companies of more than $200 million, pulling off the biggest insurance scam in the country's history. With investigators closing in on him…
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