Mayor Larry Langford of Birmingham, Alabama was arrested on Monday on federal criminal charges, according to Birmingham News.
Federal prosecutors said Langford, Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre were charged in the 101-count indictment released Monday. The charges also include money laundering and filing false tax returns.
A grand jury has been investigating the county’s bond deals for several months, the Birmingham News said.
Langford is accused of receiving $230,000 in bribes from Blount, some of them routed through LaPierre, to influence the bond deals while Langford was president of …

Barack Obama on Monday announced ex-rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and said that President George W. Bush’s defense secretary, Robert Gates, is staying on.
The line-up of cabinet members that stood behind Obama at his Chicago news conference is a high-powered and experienced crew, topped by Clinton.
Obama respects the New York senator’s work ethic, his aides have said. He also believes the former first lady’s star power would boost his efforts to improve America’s global standing.
Reginald Dale, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies was …

November 30 was the premier of Britney Spears For The Record. In this documentary, Britney sets the record straight and reflects on hardships of the past few years.

The documentary was a shocking but honest one. According to mtv uk, Spears talks about how the break-up from Justin Timberlake left her lost and confused.