Once-powerful Pa. senator faces long fraud trial (AP)

By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago PHILADELPHIA - A longtime power broker in Pennsylvania politics earned nearly $100,000 a year as a state senator, up to $1 million a year as a rainmaking lawyer and millions more from the sale of a family bank. However, prosecutors say freewheeling Philadelphia Democrat Vincent Fumo used little of his own money as he took yachting vacations with... [read full story]