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By Glen Ashman

Tenn. judge resigns over fantasies tape AP

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A Tennessee judge resigned last month after making a recording of fantasies so lurid that when the tape fell into the hands of the police and FBI, they thought they were listening to a torture session and believed it might be linked to a murder case.  Ultimately, investigators brought no charges against Circuit Judge John B. Hagler, and police said Wednesday he is not a suspect in any investigation.  But the sensational case has led to allegations of professional retaliation, interdepartmental intrigue and strategic news leaks.  The recording was investigated by authorities more than two years ago, but its existence did not come to light publicly until just a few weeks ago

Attorney installs shark tank in office Wed Jan 2, 4:34 PM ET AP

BOZEMAN, Mont. - It started out as a joke — a lawyer putting a shark tank in his office. "I said, 'What would it take to put a shark in a lawyer's office?'", and it kind of took off from there, said attorney Christopher Gillette.

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