Financial Transparency Coalition

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Federal Judge T.S. Ellis III summoned prosecution and defense lawyers for a hearing late this afternoon that likely will include discussion, and possibly rulings, on defense motions to drop 15 of the 16 corruption charges against former Rep. William Jefferson and the question on how he should instruct the jury that will decide his fate.

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Paul Richard Arceneaux, a resident of Church Point, La., has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for failing to file personal tax returns and corruptly interfering with the due administration of Internal Revenue laws.