Ex-Calif Rep. Cunningham gets 8-year sentence - Yahoo! News: "Former U.S. Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, who pleaded guilty last year to taking $2.4 million in bribes, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison by a federal judge on Friday.

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The 64-year-old California Republican who tearfully resigned from Congress in November after pleading guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion, faced a maximum of 10 years in prison under a deal with prosecutors."

(Via Martini Republic.)