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In this article the author discusses aspects of the ethics charges of New York Congressman Charles Rangel which was convicted by the House of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. The House of ethics states that Rangel solicited donations for a library and public center and omitted over 600,000 dollars of income and assets. He relates that the ethics committee will conduct a hearing which will decide the proper punishment for Rangel. It also discussed the political history of Rangel.

The article reports that the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor is being investigated by law enforcement officials in New York and New Jersey, who are examining whether the agency hired unqualified police officers, inappropriately spent agency money and improperly issued licenses to operate. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer issued an order on October 15, 2007 to look at these allegations. Thomas De Maria, executive director of the commission, reported that he was unaware of the accusations.

The article reports on the launch of an inquiry on omission by Rachel Noerdlinger, the chief of staff to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife, after city investigators claimed that she did not disclose that she shares a home with Hassaun McFarlan, who is noted to have criminal records.

Reports on the decision of Japan to correct its deliberate omission of data made in a report on economic growth. Denial of Japan's Economic Planning Agency on the deliberate omission of the data; Reasons for the omission of the economic data; Changes in the gross domestic product data upon the inclusion of the omitted data.