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Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Former Missouri Congressman Todd Akin roughly doubled his office payroll after losing a campaign for U.S. Senate.

Friday, May 06, 2011  AP IMPACT: Typical big-business CEO made $9 million last year, exceeding pre-recession level

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  Many say the corrections officers risk their lives daily and should be paid more for it.

Saturday, September 25, 2010  Citigroup, still partly owned by the government after a rescue during the financial meltdown, is giving raises to top executives that could amount to millions of dollars.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010  The mayor, the ex-city manager and six current and former officials of the blue-collar suburb of Bell are expected to head from jail to court a day after residents of the modest city near Los Angeles celebrated their arrest.