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A WE DAILY NCWS JOURNAL (Mulfreestiorb, Term.) THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 2003 National Source: Authorities are investigating Limbaugh for money laundering Muslims running for office painkillers. Authorities learned two years ago during an investigation of U.S. Trust bank in New York that, Limbaugh withdrew cash 30 to 40 times from his account at Commentator responds with strong denial AP photo Maad Abu-Ghazalah, a Palestinian Muslim running for the 12th congressional district seat held by U.S. Rep.

Tom Lan-tos, sits on the floor of his campaign headquarters next to campaign signs in Burlingame, Monday Nov. 10. amounts just under the $10,000 bank reporting requirement, ABC sfews reported Tuesday. S- A bank employee was report- Limbaugh Briefly New charges are filed against alleged aide NEW YORK (AP) The government filed new charges Wednesday against a New York civil rights lawyer accused of helping a jailed terrorist messages to his followers. The new charges; against Lynne Stewart, and against an Arabic translator and a U.S.

postal worker accused of working with her, were announced by Attorney General John Ashcroft in Washington. The government updated its indictment of the three after a federal judge in July threw out a charge accusing them of providing material support or resources to terrorists. U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl said at the time that prosecutors had applied an anti-terrorism law in a way that was unconstitutionally vague.

Creditors file lawsuit against former execs TROY, Mich. (AP) Six former Kmart executives charged the company for nannies, luxury cars and private chauffeurs even as the discount retailer fought a losing battle against bankruptcy, creditors said in a lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Kmart Creditor trust alleges that former chief executive and chairman Chuck Conaway, former president Mark Schwartz and the four others cost Kmart more than $1 billion in personal expenses. The lawsuit says Conaway billed Kmart $106,191 for improvements to his private home, including $34,948 for a guard house. He had two company-is-' sued Jaguars, plus a Lincoln Navigator and a driver to take his children to school.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Authorities are investigating whether Rush Limbaugh illegally funneled money to buy prescription painkillers, a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wednesday. In his third day back on the air after rehab, Limbaugh responded a blanket denial of the allegations first reported Tuesday by ABC News. "I was not laundering money. 1 was withdrawing money for crying out loud," Limbaugh said in his three-hour broadcast.

Limbaugh was absent from his show for five weeks after announcing he was entering a drug rehabilitation program because of his addiction to prescription painkillers. But he told he could tell them little about the allegations. "I know where the story comes from, I know who's behind it, and I know what the purpose of the story is, and I'll be able to tell you at some point," he said. Law enforcement sources in Palm Beach County, where Limbaugh owns a $24 million ocean-front mansion, previously confirmed that a criminal investigation into a prescription drug ring involved the conservative radio commentator. His former maid, Wilma Cline, reported supplying him with OxyContin and other Number of candidates slowly rebounding BURLINGAME, Calif.

(AP) In his run for Congress, friends have advised Maad Abu-Ghazalah to change his name. Get rid of "Abu" because it will remind people of Osama bin Laden, they've told him. But Abu-Ghazalah can't imagine doing that, and his full name alongside a picture of the Statue of Liberty remains on the red, white and blue signs stacked in his campaign headquarters for this Bay Area district. "People have to get accustomed to seeing a name like that on their ballot," he said. "If nobody starts, they'll never get used to it." Abu-Ghazalah's candidacy may be a hopeful sign for Muslim-American groups, which believe Islamic candidates are slowly returning to the political scene after the Sept.

11 terrorist attacks blunted their progress. In the 2000 election, about 700 candidates ran and 153 were elected, according to the American Muslim Alliance, a national civic group based across the San Francisco Bay in Newark. But by 2002, that number dropped to about 60 candidates. For this month's elections, the alliance doesn't yet have exact figures. National Agha -Saeed says it's likely, that only a handful of Muslim candidates were on the ballot, but adds that's largely because it was an election off-year.

"I think that in 2004, you're going to continue seeing the rise of political involvement," said Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of ed to have delivered some cash to Limbaugh. Limbaugh told listeners the report was misleading and said that he had the bank bring cash to him at his New York office "maybe" four times, if that many." Otherwise, he said he obtained cash from a bank in Florida, where he was living. "When I went to get cash, I took a check to the bank. I went to the bank officer. I said, 'Here's my and they gave me the cash.

There were witnesses to this," he said. Limbaugh's lawyer, Roy Black, did not return a phon For the first time in Conference USA's history, the Cincinnati Bearcats failed to win a regular season title. And that wasn't the only way they came up short. They failed to win 18 games for the first time since 1988-89. They failed to win a game in the conference and NCAA tournaments.

Most of all, they failed coach Bob Huggins, who came back only two weeks after a heart attack. cludes discussions that go beyond the standard local fare of overcrowded schools and curbside recycling, some said. Nawash talked about traffic and education in his Virginia district, but the Palestinian immigration attorney said people also asked how he felt about the war in Iraq and the Middle East conflict. Arab media outlets clamored for interviews and the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcasting service spoke with him three times, he said.

"The perception by the Arab and Muslim world is that the United States hates them because they are Muslim, hates them because they are Arab, hates them because of their culture, and is declaring war against them," Nawash said. "It kind of casts doubt on the allegations that they are making when here we have a Palestinian who wasn't even born in the United States and wins the nomination" of the state Republican party. Houston candidate Khan said he hopes religion and ethnicity will not be factors in the runoff. "If anybody is supporting me just because I'm a Muslim or just because I'm a Pakistani-American, I would consider that as a disrespect for myself because I bring a whole lot more to the table," he said. the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

"Now politics is seen as a means of survival. The only way to really secure your rights is to be involved." The candidates span a range of ethnicities Asian, black, Arab and are both Republican and Democrat. In this year's races, Bangladeshi immigrant Shahab Ahmed became the second non-white person ever elected to a council seat in Hamtramck, a largely Polish city. In Houston, Pakistani real estate developer M.J. Khan is headed to a city council runoff next month.

Twenty-three-year old Mostafa Alsharif lost his bid for a Knoxville council seat. Kamal Nawash, who was running for Virginia state Senate, and Afeefa Syeed, who sought a place on the Loudoun County, board of supervisors also were unsuccessful. At least two others, Abu-Ghazalah and Melvin Bilal, a black Baltimore attorney seeking a city council seat, are running for office next year. The candidates' reasons for running are varied, but some say their efforts have taken on a greater meaning after Sept. 11, contradicting stereotypes that paint Muslims as terrorists and generating excitement within their communities.

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