Brett Blackman sits behind bars in the federal prison in Miami, fresh off getting a 19-year prison sentence from U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz. His crime? He aimed to steal a billion dollars from the government — and succeeded in getting Medicare and other insurers to actually pony up more than $450 million.
How to steal a billion dollars from Uncle Sam
Doubts abound about midterm polls. Could a ‘silver wave’ upend predictions of a Democratic takeover?
The polls say Democrats are headed for a wave in the midterms. But pollsters have been wrong before, and it wouldn’t take much of a miss to flip that script.
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