Financial crime articles
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A Financial Checklist for Widows
An interview with a financial adviser about the financial steps widows should take.
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InFocus: The importance of financial literacy
April is recognized as National Financial Literacy Month, a campaign created two decades ago to highlight issues surrounding financial literacy in the U.S.
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The "Twinkie defense": What we know about diet and crime
In 1978, Dan White murdered San Francisco city Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Of this, there was no doubt. White had turned himself in, then tearfully and remorsefully confessed to shooting each of the men — his former colleagues — multiple times. At White’s 1979 trial, the only question was how stiff his penalty would be. White’s lawyers ran a skillful defense during the court proceedings. They claimed that their client’s mental capacity was diminished by stress and severe...