No contest plea in LA celeb embezzlement case

A woman accused of embezzling more than $700,000 from Charlton Heston and television writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell pleaded no contest and was sentenced to more than five years in prison Friday.

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The Fort Pierce, FL, woman allegedly used her All Saints Episcopal Church credit card to embezzle money from the Jensen Beach church's checking account, the affidavit stated. Officials noted she also used some of the money to pay for her Dodge Ram truck.

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She had an addiction to Lotto.Now, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas J.

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LINKS between Boutros Boutros Ghali, the former UN Secretary-General, and an alleged agent for Saddam Hussein will come under the spotlight when the first American trial of a major figure in the Oil-for-Food scandal gets under way today.

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