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Federal prosecutors Friday filed espionage charges against alleged National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, officials familiar with the process said. Authorities have also begun the process of getting Snowden back to the United States to stand trial.The officials did not describe the charges in detail because they've been filed under seal in federal court in Alexandria, Va. The documents ar...    

One of the chief architects of oil giant Enron's epic collapse, former CEO Jeffrey Skilling, got a get-out-of-jail-early card Friday in a deal cut with federal prosecutors for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals ever.Skilling's 24-year prison term was cut to 14 years. A federal appeals panel ruled in 2009 that the sentence handed down to Skilling, 59, by federal Judge Sim Lake three ...