1.0link118944<![CDATA[Coleman Apartment Deal May Have Violated Ethics Rule, Group Says]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/14/coleman-apartment-deal-ma_n_118944.htmlSen. Norm Coleman may have violated congressional ethics law by taking a gift -- in the form of an extension on utility bill payments -- that well exceeded the legal limit, a good government group said.
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Republican acknowledged that he had not paid his utility bill in more than a year, claiming that he had a prior agreement with his landlord, a prominent GOP official, to cover the costs at the end of the year. The...