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AG Recusal in Madoff Probe

div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlFrom the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_bi_ge/madoff_scandalAG recuses himself from Madoff fraud probe/a, by Pete Yost--brdiv style=margin-left: 40px;Congress will investigate the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme run by Wall Street money manager Bernard L. Madoff, a leading House lawmaker said Wednesday. Separately, the U.S. attorney general took himself out of any involvement because his son is representing an officer at Madoff's investment firm. brbrThe Madoff scandal has further weakened already-battered investor confidence in securities markets and has raised more troubling questions about the effectiveness of the regulatory system, said Democratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski, chairman of the House Financial Services subcommittee on capital markets.br/divbr--Posted by a href=http://www.riverbendlaw.comAlton Illinois personal injury lawyers/a and a href=http:///www.riverbendlaw.comthe Alton Illinois car accident attorneys of Schaeffer amp; Lamere, P.C./a, handling a href=http://www.riverbendlaw.comMissouri and Illinois accidents/a, a href=http://www.riverbendlaw.compersonal injury/a, a href=http://www.riverbendlaw.comproducts liability/a, a href=http://www.riverbendlaw.comworkers' compensation/a, a href=http://www.riverbendlaw.commedical malpractice/a, a href=http://www.riverbendlaw.comtruck accidents/a, and all other types of injury cases./div

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