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ALBANY — Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wasn't the only one bringing charges against a top state official Thursday.

Federal prosecutors brought corruption charges against top state government insiders and business development executives Thursday, scorching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hallmark upstate economic initiatives.

Schumer last week told The Daily News he was taking a wait - and - see approach on whether he'd recommend Bharara, who has led successful prosecution efforts against top state elected officials from both parties, for another term in the new presidential administration.

The governor's race in Florida allows us to compare two governors against our Top States rankings: Republican Rick Scott, who is seeking a second term, and Republican - turned - Democrat Charlie Crist, who is seeking to win the office back.

Not exact matches

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

Facebook said on Thursday a legal challenge against the way it transfers EU user data to the United States was «deeply flawed» and should not be referred to the EU's top court because ample privacy protections were already in place.

Against all odds, the volunteers knew what was about to happen: Republican nominee Donald Trump was going to become president - elect, Pennsylvania would be the state that put him over the top, and their county played a monumental role in doing so.

Among the material allegedly stolen by Martin was a top secret document that contained «specific operational plans against a known enemy of the United States and its allies,» the prosecutors said.

Reports of missiles in Riyadh exacerbated those worries, on top of existing concerns the United States could renew sanctions against Iran.

To find the best - rated car insurers in Louisiana, we compared the amount of complaints the top 20 biggest insurers in the state received against each other.

Kenney also noted that Canada's Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson was in Saudi Arabia last month for a meeting with dozens of international military commanders from countries opposed to Islamic State, including about 25 actually involved in the military campaign against the terrorist organization, among them top officers from key Middle Eastern countries.

Thankfully, in the U.S., we have a strong wall of separation between church and state (mostly top the credit of JM & TJ); and thankfully, the more the religious extremists push against the wall, the more the wall stands firm, the more the law is considered and more and more it is applied throughout civic law.

Indeed, not all that long ago liberal Justices of the Supreme Court were accusing the State of Indiana of shredding the First Amendment by enforcing public nudity laws against table top dancers at the Kitty Kat Lounge in downtown South Bend.

SAN FRANCISCO — Misconceptions about California wines were shattered four decades ago in Paris when two of the state's wines — Stag's Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon and Chateau Montelena Chardonnay, both vintage 1973 — earned top scores in a blind tasting against the finest French wines.

Jewell has pretty good range against the run and in coverage, but his biggest issues are revealed when he goes one - on - one in a mismatch against a top - tier athlete (he struggled against Saquon Barkley when Iowa visited Penn State).

However, if the Tigers can knock off the Crimson Tide and then win the SEC Championship Game — possibly against a top - five Missouri team — there seems to be a real chance they could pass Ohio State and get in position to play for a BCS title.

Ruiz won the reps against Tufele, who recently said Michigan, Ohio State and Utah are his top group.

St. Mary's and Middle Tennessee are the two mid-major teams who will be nervous on Sunday St. Mary's was a preseason top - 25 team that slipped up against Washington State and Georgia in non-conference, then suffered a tough loss to BYU in the WCC semis.

Two - loss 2016 Penn State and 2015 Stanford also had three wins against top - 25 teams and conference titles, and each lost one of its games by a single score, rather than getting blown out twice.

We could debate whether Florida should be as high (No. 4) after its season - ending egg against Louisville), and we could wonder why Oklahoma finished above Kansas State, but nine of the top 11 teams according to F / + were also in the top 12 of the season - ending AP poll.

The Chicago Bulls go for back - to - back road wins to open their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against the top - seeded Miami Heat, and they'll kick off Wednesday's NBA schedule that closes with the San Antonio Spurs seeking a Game 2 victory against the Golden State Warriors.

The Tide went either 3 - 1 or 2 - 1 against ranked teams, depending on whether Fresno State wins the Mountain West, and had seven.500 - plus wins, but zero top - 10 wins.

And is Meyer doing any better against top programs in other states than coaches of those programs are doing against him in his state?

Rutgers's Sue Wicks («Heiress Apparent»), surely the top player in the women's game now, was the last Lady Knight to leave the court following a recent win against archrival Penn State.

But the Orange did have three excellent wins against Duke, Virginia, and Florida State, and being in the ACC seemed like it'd be enough to get them over the top.

Chad Alban's stats are impressive — as of Sunday he led the nation with a 1.53 goals - against average and a.926 save percentage — but they don't explain why Alban, a Michigan State senior, should be the first goalie since Minnesota's Robb Stauber in 1988 to win the Hobey Baker Award as the top college player.

USC's best offensive player, Nelson Agholor, showed Saturday against Fresno State why he's considered one of the nation's top receivers.

Rudy Gobert missed 26 games & did not play against Any of the Top offensive teams except Golden State & when they played the Dubs they were w / o Steph Curry & clearly on cruise control having locked up the # 2 seed in the West.

The Volunteers own neutral court wins over Purdue and NC State that look even better now than they did at the time, and they played a highly competitive contest against top - ranked Villanova in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.

The winner will join the Oklahoma - Oklahoma State Bedlam winner (OU's the big winner of the week, vaulting all the way from No. 7 after beating TCU and maybe even putting itself in the top group) and possibly Baylor in the holding pen; the Bears and Cardinal would also have games during conference championship weekend (and Stanford would have a real chance to impress against USC or UCLA), but the others in this group would be sitting and waiting.

How well the state of California has succeeded in preparing for her guests can be best summarized by statistics: 45 miles of cross-country runs, 14 miles of downhill trail and, of course, the great jump, 1,300 feet from top to bottom, are all ready and now being tested by advance contingents of skiers; three ski lifts have been constructed at a cost of $ 600,000; $ 50,000 has been spent to secure Squaw against the chance of avalanche; communications on the downhill courses require 80 miles of telephone wire; blasting the trails smooth took two tons of dynamite; 12 miles of construction road were built; it took 50 men and $ 250,000 to build the ski jump.

(For what it's worth: Ohio State and Notre Dame share two common opponents, Purdue and Michigan State: the Buckeyes won 17 - 16 at Michigan State and 29 - 22 in overtime at home against Purdue; Notre Dame beat Michigan State 20 - 3 on the road and needed a Tommy Rees - led field goal drive in the final two minutes to top Purdue 20 - 17.

Against Oregon State, LSU was already smarting after starter Eric Walker essentially pulled himself at the top of the third after elbow soreness protruded on what had otherwise been a fine start for the righty.

The Bells» challenging early season schedule against top NorCal competition included a road game at State Division II - AA qualifier, Del Oro - Loomis, in addition to the West Catholic Athletic League gauntlet.

But OU has played five games against teams with top - 25 rushing rankings (Ohio State, Texas Tech, WVU, and TCU twice) and fared pretty well.

After the Michigan debacle, he was held below a 150 passer rating just twice: against a top - 10 Ohio State pass defense and in cold, wet conditions at Rutgers.

At one point when you are so far in the top 4 race, out of the FA Cup and not even sure to win your Europa tie against AC Milan in the current state... players should be more hungry when being 90 mins away from what could be the only piece of silverware of the season.

Clemson controlled the line against Alabama and Ohio State — a.k.a. probably the two top teams in 2017's preseason polls — and will almost certainly do so against every team they face this fall.

The Sugar Bowl, which was to host the top two teams in the Bowl Championship Series standings in the BCS» second year, pitted Tech against No. 1 Florida State.

Oklahoma State shot 52.1 percent from the field to improve to 6 - 2 as a top - 10 team against Colorado.

Joe Adams (12.9 yards per catch, 70 percent catch rate) caught four passes for 124 yards against Ole Miss, Chris Gragg (12.0 yards per catch, 69 percent catch rate) exploded for 119 yards on eight receptions against Mississippi State last weekend and while Cobi Hamilton (15.2 yards per catch, 59 percent catch rate) and Greg Childs (11.7 yards per catch, 57 percent catch rate) haven't done much in 2011, they averaged 11.7 and 10.8 yards per target, respectively, as Top Four targets a year ago.

The Wildcats still don't have much of a resume — their only wins over the Pomeroy Top 50 were against Michigan State and Seton Hall — and it says something about the other bubble teams that they still have a shot at all, but they appear to be in the field according to most Bracketologists.

While the road to the state final started off well, the Grizzlies will be tested by matches against other recent section champions, including Bear River and Vista del Lago, as well as tournaments against top teams from the Bay Area.

The Bulldogs — with an RPI ranking of 39 — will enter the tournament without a single top - 50 win, probably because of non-league games against Gonzaga, Kansas State, Seton Hall and Minnesota, all of whom are in the top 100, but only one of whom is joining UGA in the field.

While the Bruins did go 8 - 4 in its final 12 games — a total that included wins at Stanford and over Utah — that span also includes six wins against teams from outside of the top 100 and losses at California and Arizona State.

The Orange pairs the top non-Playoff ACC team (Florida State or Louisville) against the next - highest from among the Big Ten, SEC, and Notre Dame (this year, that basically means another Big Ten team).

And of course the Michigan Wolverines, who found themselves on the wrong side of a controversial spot in one of the best games of the year against Ohio State, finished ranked 6th, unable to make a solid case for an invitation to the top four.

In the last nine seasons, since Dan Hawkins left Boise State for Colorado, BSU has gone 13 - 6 against current power - conference teams and finished in the AP's top 11 five times.

The Musketeers have won a handful of close games against lesser opponents that might have knocked them off the top line had any swung the other way: East Tennessee State, DePaul (twice), St. John's and Georgetown all came within five points of an upset.