J000070 1947-03-14 6297 William 'william':1,3,5 'jefferson':2,4,6 M 400201 Jefferson William_J._Jefferson J. William Jefferson 2279 N00005353 5979 Democrat Baptist William Jefferson 400201 Person democrat Tue Dec 30 22:30:22 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Yes, this has been a historic year that will be remembered for the election of the nation's first African-American president. And President-elect Barack Obama will surely be atop many laudatory lists. But let's go in a different direction for a minute. 'go':46 'let':44 'usa':54 'yes':7 '2008':3 'atop':39 'list':42 'mani':40 'sure':37 'vote':2 'year':13 'elect':20,33 'first':25 'minut':53 'obama':35 'today':55 'barack':34 'differ':49 'direct':50 'histor':12 'nation':23 'presid':29,32 'rememb':17 'african':27 'biggest':5 'american':28 'laudatori':41 'scoundrel':6 'president-elect':31 'african-american':26 3870943 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~3/qXvNoV2kJLA/you-vote-2008s.html 400201 Person representative Mon Dec 29 23:29:05 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 US Trade Representative-designate (D), is the only Southerner with cabinet status among President-elect Obama’s choices for top jobs. ... 'd':9 'ga':29 'us':4 'job':25 'top':24 'among':17 'choic':22 'elect':20 'polit':2,27 'trade':5 'design':8 'presid':19 'report':3,28 'repres':7 'status':16 'cabinet':15 'southern':1,13,26 'obama’s':21 'president-elect':18 'representative-design':6 3861375 true true google news Southern Political Report,&nbsp;GA OK http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/storylink_1229_711.aspx 400201 Person rep\. Mon Dec 29 23:29:05 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Most recently, “speech or debateâ€* limits have been tested in the bribery case against US Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. Jefferson attempted to win dismissal ... 'd':27 'az':37 'la':28 'us':22 'rep':23 'tri':2 'win':32 'case':20 'd-la':26 'test':16 'time':36 'limit':13 'renzi':1 'wiggl':4 'recent':9 'arizona':34 'attempt':30 'briberi':19 'capitol':35 'dismiss':33 'loophol':7 'william':24 'constitut':6 'jefferson':25,29 'debateâ€*':12 '“speech':10 3861373 true true google news Arizona Capitol Times,&nbsp;AZ OK http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/story.cfm?id=10075 400201 Person congress Mon Dec 29 23:29:08 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ... victory of Anh “Josephâ€* Cao for Louisiana Second District against William Jefferson, the "Perriello versus Goode" bout found its place close to the top. ... 'c':37 '10':8 'va':40 'vs':4 'anh':14 'cao':16 'top':7,35 'bout':28 'good':5,27 'list':2 'vill':38 'week':39 'close':32 'found':29 'place':31 'polit':9 'upset':10 'c-vill':36 'second':19 'versus':26 'victori':12 'william':22 'district':20 'politico':1 'jefferson':23 'louisiana':18 'perriello':3,25 '“josephâ€*':15 3861379 true true google news C-Ville Weekly,&nbsp;VA OK http://c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=post&pid=12032912080382119 400201 Person democrat Mon Dec 29 23:29:04 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Former Rep. William Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat who was caught on tape in 2005 placing $100000 in marked bills into the trunk of his car, ... 'fl':33 'car':30 'get':3 'rep':7 '2005':19 'bill':24 'mark':23 'rais':5 'tape':17 'guess':1 'place':20 'trunk':27 '100000':21 'caught':15 'former':6 'ledger':32 'william':8 'democrat':12 'jefferson':9 'louisiana':11 3861372 true true google news The Ledger,&nbsp;FL OK http://www.theledger.com/article/20081229/NEWS/812260396/-1/WIRE13?Title=Guess_Who_Gets_A_Raise_ 400201 Person congress Mon Dec 29 23:29:04 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Rep. William Jefferson (Louisiana 2nd District): If you set out to find an unlikelier new member of Congress than Cao, you’d have your work cut out for you. ... '10':2 'mi':36 '2nd':11 'cao':26 'cut':31 'new':21 'rep':7 'set':15 'top':1 '2008':6 'find':18 'work':30 'polit':3 'upset':4 'member':22 'william':8 'congress':24 'district':12 'unlikeli':20 'jefferson':9 'louisiana':10 'mlive.com':35 'you’d':27 3861371 true true google news MLive.com,&nbsp;MI OK http://www.mlive.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2008/12/top_10_political_upsets_of_200.html 400201 Person republican Mon Dec 29 23:29:05 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 US Rep. William Jefferson will be replaced by a Republican after he was arrested for having $90000 in cash in his freezer. Today, he looks like the smartest ... 'az':35 'us':5 'vs':3 'rep':6 'cash':23 'iran':4 'like':30 'look':29 '90000':21 'humor':1 'today':27 'arrest':18 'cheney':2 'replac':11 'tucson':33 'citizen':34 'freezer':26 'william':7 'smartest':32 'jefferson':8 'republican':14 3861374 true true google news Tucson Citizen,&nbsp;AZ OK http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/columns/106160.php 400201 Person republican Mon Dec 29 23:29:04 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 That district has an African American majority, and was held by William Jefferson, who is facing trial in federal court in Washington, DC, on charges of ... 'dc':30 'ok':36 'may':2 'new':4 'sun':35 'face':23 'find':3 'held':17 'type':5 'charg':32 'court':27 'feder':26 'major':14 'trial':24 'edmond':34 'african':12 'william':19 'american':13 'district':9 'jefferson':20 'louisiana':1 'republican':7 'washington':29 3861370 true true google news Edmond Sun,&nbsp;OK OK http://www.edmondsun.com/opinion/local_story_364221728.html 400201 Person congress Mon Dec 29 23:29:09 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ... of the University of Arkansas is also on the grounds of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, and does not qualify as an honorific). ... 'va':36 'aol':33 'yet':8 'also':15 'earn':7 'name':5 'news':34 'noth':6 'ground':18 'arkansa':13 'clinton':23 'honorif':32 'librari':25 'qualifi':29 'univers':11 'william':21 'jefferson':22 'newsblogg':35 'presidenti':24 3861384 true true google news AOL News Newsbloggers,&nbsp;VA OK http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/12/29/whats-in-a-name-nothing-earned-yet/ 400201 Person republican Mon Dec 29 23:29:09 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Examples include William Jefferson, with his bribe money in the freezer, Christopher Dodd getting a loan with a preferential rate, Charlie Rangel and his ... 'up':9 'wi':38 'get':24 'one':8 'pay':5 'dodd':23 'loan':26 'rate':30 'view':2 'wage':10 'bribe':17 'money':18 'peopl':4 'retir':3 'state':36 'charli':31 'exampl':11 'includ':12 'one-up':7 'rangel':32 'reader':1 'freezer':21 'journal':37 'william':13 'christoph':22 'jefferson':14 'wisconsin':35 'preferenti':29 'republican':6 3861385 true true google news Wisconsin State Journal,&nbsp;WI OK http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/readersviews/416684 400201 Person democrat Tue Dec 30 11:53:20 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:48:42 -0600 2008 Rewriting history. “WASHINGTON - Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, ... to let in National Guard relief. All the way to <strong class="keyword">Rep</strong>. <strong class="keyword">William</strong> <strong class="keyword">J 'j':41 'let':30 'rep':39 'way':37 '2005':28 'blog':44 'gulf':25 'issu':11 'lion':7 'news':49 'show':48 'coast':26 'guard':33 'local':14 'press':1 'share':8 'nation':32 'offici':43 'pulver':23 'relief':34 'rewrit':16 'continu':2 'histori':17 'insight':51 'katrina':5,20 'macrang':47 'william':40 'democrat':15 'hurrican':19 'macsmind':42 'misprepres':4 '“washington':18 3866578 false true technorati Macsmind Official Blog of the MacRanger Show, News and Insights http://www.macsmind.com/wordpress OK http://macsmind.com/wordpress/2008/12/30/press-continues-to-misprepresent-katrina-the-lion-share-of-the-issues-were-with-local-democrats/ 469 400201 Person democrat Tue Dec 30 22:29:42 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Mrs. Pelosi lost a problem when Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson — with his $90000 in freezer cash — lost in November. Yet she has potentially gained a new headache with Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who may have wanted that Obama ... 'jr':47 'may':49 'mrs':13 'new':11,40 'rep':20,44 'yet':34 'blog':5 'cash':29 'gain':38 'jess':45 'lost':15,31 'want':51 '»':4,7 '90000':26 'ethic':12 'obama':53 'archiv':6 'commit':1,54 'novemb':33 'pelosi':14 'romney':3,56 '—':23,30 'freezer':28 'headach':41 'illinoi':43 'jackson':46 'potenti':37 'problem':17 'william':21 'democrat':8 'jefferson':22 'louisiana':19 3870939 false true google blog comMITTed to Romney! http://committedtoromney.com/ OK http://committedtoromney.com/2008/12/30/democrats-are-the-new-ethics-story/ 400201 Person congress Tue Dec 30 11:52:42 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Charlie Rangel; November - Chancellor Harvey Perlman, University of Nebraska; October - Rep. Tim Mahoney (D), FL; September - Senator Churck Hagel (R?), NE; August - Senator Ted Stevens (R), Alaska; July - Congressman William Jefferson ... 'd':20 'r':26,32 'fl':21 'ne':27 'rep':17 'ted':30 'tim':18 'juli':34 'hagel':25 'octob':16 'senat':23,29 'smell':4 'alaska':33 'august':28 'charli':7 'churck':24 'harvey':11 'novemb':9 'object':1,38 'rangel':6,8 'steven':31 'conserv':2,39 'mahoney':19 'perlman':12 'septemb':22 'univers':13 'william':36 'nebraska':15 'jefferson':37 'chancellor':10 'congressman':35 3866575 false true google blog Objective Conservative http://objectiveconservative.blogspot.com/ OK http://objectiveconservative.blogspot.com/2008/12/smell-of-rangel.html 400201 Person congress Tue Dec 30 11:52:41 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Y.) over alleged tax improprieties. Former Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) has been indicted and is awaiting trial on alleged bribery charges. The Senate Ethics Committee is looking at both Sens. Chris Dodd (D-Conn. ... 'd':21,46 'y':11 'la':22 'pay':5 'rep':17 'sen':42 'tax':14 'conn':47 'd-la':20 'dodd':44 'look':39 'rais':6 '«':8 'alleg':13,31 'await':28 'charg':33 'chris':43 'creep':9,48 'ethic':36 'oppos':3 'senat':35 'trial':29 'd-conn':45 'former':16 'indict':25 'sharia':10,49 'bailout':2 'briberi':32 'william':18 'committe':37 'jefferson':19 'congression':4 'improprieti':15 3866574 false true google blog Creeping Sharia http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/ OK http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/no-bailout-oppose-congressional-pay-raise-now/ 400201 Person rep\. Tue Dec 30 22:29:40 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Rep. William Jefferson loses another round in court. by Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune. Tuesday December 30, 2008, 2:31 PM. Outgoing Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, is another step closer to going to trial on federal corruption ... '2':29 'd':37 '30':27 '31':30 'go':45 'pm':31 'new':38 'rep':1,10,33 '2008':28 'lose':4,13 'news':51 'step':42 'time':23,54 'anoth':5,14,41 'break':9 'bruce':19 'court':8,17 'd-new':36 'feder':49 'outgo':32 'round':6,15 'trial':47 'alpert':20 'closer':43 'decemb':26 'impact':52 'orlean':39 'corrupt':50 'picayun':24,55 'tuesday':25 'william':2,11,34 'nola.com':56 'jefferson':3,12,35 'times-picayun':22,53 3870936 false true google blog News - Impact - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/ OK http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/jefferson_loses_another_round.html 400201 Person rep\. Tue Dec 30 22:29:41 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana, who was indicted on federal charges, was ousted from his New Orleans-area district. The 2007 indictment claims Jefferson received more than $500000 in bribes and demanded millions more ... 'nam':13 'new':31 'rep':16 'u.s':15 '2007':37 'area':34 'made':10 'oust':28 'year':2 'black':5 'bribe':46 'charg':26 'claim':39 'feder':25 'polit':4 'revel':6 '500000':44 'demand':48 'former':14 'indict':23,38 'orlean':33 'receiv':41 'histori':9 'million':49 'william':17 'district':35 '‘08':12 'jefferson':18,40 'louisiana':20 'orleans-area':32 'news.newamericamedia.org':51 3870937 false true google blog news.newamericamedia.org http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5e0ae4c3bf614a422775b6478bc260af OK http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5ab3218a8617fbcc939f2d615940f5bc&from=rss 400201 Person senate Tue Dec 30 11:52:41 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Sen. Elizabeth Dole (North Carolina Senate) Barack Obama (Indiana presidential election)rcent to Bush in 2004—and Bush had won 60 percent in the 2nd District. “Josephâ€* Cao vs. Rep. William Jefferson (Louisiana 2nd District) ... '21':1 '60':28 'go':4 'vs':36 '2nd':32,41 'cao':35 'day':2 'rep':37 'sen':9 'won':27 'bush':22,25 'dole':11 'lobo':43 'rant':8,45 '«':6 'elect':19 'north':12 'obama':16 'rcent':20 'senat':14 'barack':15 'indiana':17 'percent':29 'william':38 'carolina':13 'district':33,42 'meanwhil':5 'elizabeth':10 'jefferson':39 'louisiana':40 'presidenti':18 'lobo’s':7 '2004—and':24 '“josephâ€*':34 3866573 false true google blog Lobo's Rants http://judylobo.wordpress.com/ OK http://judylobo.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/21-days-to-go-meanwhile/ 400201 Person congress Tue Dec 30 11:52:41 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 This file photo shows Dr. Andrea Green-Jefferson, right, as she applauds her husband, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., left, after Jefferson beat runoff opponent Helena Moreno for the 2nd Congressional District seat he has held for ... 'd':31 'dr':15 'la':32 '2nd':9,43 'rep':27 'u.s':26 'beat':6,36 'd-la':30 'file':12 'held':49 'left':33 'like':4 'seat':46 'show':14 'green':18 'oppon':38 'photo':13 'right':20 'rival':7 'andrea':16 'helena':39 'moreno':40 'runoff':37 'applaud':23 'husband':25 'william':28 'district':45 'jefferson':3,19,29,35 'louisiana':1,51 'congression':10,44 'green-jefferson':17 3866572 false true google blog Louisiana Now http://louisiananow.blogspot.com/ OK http://louisiananow.blogspot.com/2008/12/jefferson-likely-to-beat-rival-in-2nd.html 400201 Person democrat Tue Dec 30 22:29:43 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Former Democratic Representative William Jefferson, a nine-term incumbent, lost his seat in Louisiana because of corruption charges, including allegations that he took bribes -of which $90000 were allegedly found in his freezer during ... 'lost':20 'nine':17 'seat':22 'term':18 'took':33 '90000':37 'alleg':30,39 'bribe':34 'charg':28 'found':40 'cultur':7 'former':10 'includ':29 'incumb':19 'repres':12 'corrupt':9,27 'freezer':43 'william':13 'democrat':4,11 'jefferson':14 'louisiana':24 'nine-term':16 'handbasket':3,47 3870940 false true google blog ...In A Handbasket http://handbaskt.blogspot.com/ OK http://handbaskt.blogspot.com/2008/12/democrats-and-culture-of-corruption.html 400201 Person congress Mon Dec 29 12:02:34 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 09:27:39 -0600 2008 Every election cycle has its share of upset winners, the candidates who pulled off long-shot victories that surprised the pundits, the political professionals and sometimes even themselves. This year was no different — and was perhaps even a little mo '10':2 'mo':48 'nfm':49 'top':1 '—':41,51 '2008':6 'best':53 'cycl':9 'even':34,45 'long':22 'pull':19 'shot':23 'year':37 'elect':8 'everi':7 'littl':47 'polit':3,30 'share':12 'upset':4,14 'candid':17 'differ':40 'perhap':44 'pundit':28 'winner':15 'sometim':33 'surpris':26 'victori':24 'politico':50,55 'long-shot':21 'profession':31 3854551 false true technorati NFM - Politico — The Best of Politico http://www.nfmpolitico.com OK http://www.nfmpolitico.com/2008/12/29/top-10-political-upsets-of-2008/ 101