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Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, a charismatic populist who long dominated Louisiana politics, was released from federal prison Thursday after serving eight years on a corruption conviction and will be allowed to complete his sentence in home detention.The four-term former Democratic governor, who led the state with easy charm and political cunning, arrived at a Baton Rouge halfway house on Thursday morning with his daughter Anna after leaving central Louisiana's Oakdale prison.Asked how it felt to be out of prison, Edwards quipped, "I don't know yet." He refused further comment. He left two hours later, driven to Anna Edwards' house.A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons , Chris Burke, said Edwards was granted home confinement rather than having to serve his remaining term at a halfway house. The 83-year-old former governor will be monitored and be required to stay in close contact with the halfway house and federal corrections officials.Edwards went to prison in October 2002 on a 10...
An American imprisoned for aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan , a former congressman who took gobs of cash from government contractors and a former New York City poli...
The citizens of Illinois trusted Gov. Rod Blagojevich to do the right thing. Now he's become just the latest in a long line of politicans to stand accused of squande...
The citizens of Illinois trusted Gov. Rod Blagojevich to do the right thing. Now he's become just the latest in a long line of politicans to stand accused of squande...
On his last full day in office, President Bush commuted the controversial sentences of two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in...
Bobby Jindal, the 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, was sworn in Monday as Louisiana's 55th governor and immediately moved to make good on a campaign promise, sa...
Stormy Daniels strode onstage at a downtown Baton Rouge restaurant in a tight black blouse with a plunging neckline and a knee-length skirt in the popular purple of ...
Presidential Hopeful Buddy Roemer joins Tom and takes jabs at fellow candidates including Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney
Former La Gov. & Presidential Hopeful Buddy Roemer Joins Tom LIVE in studio to discuss the GOP candidates & a possible Third Party Run
Recap of Saturday, May 29Monday, May 31, 2010Print FNCDISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING "Cost of Freedom Recap" CONTAINS STRONG OPINIONS WHICH ARE NOT A REFLECTION OF THE OP...
By Jim Mendrinos, Political ComedianI am an election junkie. Doesn’t matter the election, national, mid-term, primary, general, I love them all. Of course if the tru...
On his last full day in office, President Bush commuted the controversial sentences of two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in...
The citizens of Illinois trusted Gov. Rod Blagojevich to do the right thing. Now he's become just the latest in a long line of politicans to stand accused of squande...
NEW ORLEANS -- Colorful former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who turns 84 next month, on Friday married a 32-year-old woman who befriended him during his federal prison senten...
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The hits just keep on coming for the Louisiana Democratic Party .The party lost nearly all the top races on the ballot this month. Democrats lost...
Hundreds lined Friday morning at a Jefferson Parish community center for the beginning of a daylong funeral for longtime Jefferson Parish Harry Lee, the popular Chin...
Colorful former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who turns 84 next month, on Friday married a 32-year-old woman who befriended him during his federal prison sentence for bribery ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — James Cole, a Washington lawyer who spent 13 years at the Justice Department , will be the Obama administration's nominee to become the next deputy...
DISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING "Cost of Freedom Recap" CONTAINS STRONG OPINIONS WHICH ARE NOT A REFLECTION OF THE OPINIONS OF FOX NEWS AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS IN...
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy got nearly seven years Thursday...
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