States try to strip crooked pols of their pensions
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090115/capt.0c8cc0819f0f47f18212232f3ed8fbb7.pension_corruption_bx301.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=3pusuy8cRwK5vTjhhtfLrQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="In this June 18, 2002, file photo co-defendants Frank E. Corrente, left, and Richard Autiello, right, walk to federal court in Providence, R.I. A proposal before the Providence city council would automatically reduce pensions for felons like Corrente, who was convicted of corruption in 2002 but given a partial pension allowance for his first 20 years in city government. (AP Photo/ Joe Giblin)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_us/pension_corruption)AP - Frank Corrente was caught on camera taking bribes from an FBI informant as part of a corruption probe that brought him down along with his boss, then-Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci.</p><br clear="all"/>
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