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#391 Updated: 4/6/07 8:40 a.m.

Qwest Founder Anschutz Says Nacchio Was Distraught
Lawyers for Joseph Nacchio, the former chief executive of Qwest Communications
International Inc., sought to use testimony of company founder Philip Anschutz to
bolster their case that Nacchio was too distraught over his son's attempted
suicide to have engaged in insider trading.

Black's Lawyer Rips Into Comptroller
Former media mogul Conrad Black's lawyer claimed Thursday that the price of a
trip his client took to Bora Bora in a Hollinger International jet was sharply inflated
by a company comptroller who also miscalculated the tax bill.

Former IRS employee charged in Home Depot fraud
Federal prosecutors say Robert Dooley had an unusual way of persuading Home
Depot clerks that he could be trusted when returning stolen merchandise for store
credit cards: he flashed his Internal Revenue Service identification badge.

Couple pleads guilty to embezzlement
A couple accused of embezzling about $1.9 million from Fisher Jones Family
Dentistry in Olympia pleaded guilty to multiple felonies Thursday as part of a plea
agreement, about four weeks before their trial was to begin.

Sussex man charged in fraud
A former vice president of the Aurora Visiting Nurse Association was charged
Wednesday with bilking the state's oldest and largest home care provider out of
more than $700,000 via a shell company between 1997 and 2006.