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Videos Put ACORN Under Pressure

Sep. 15, 2009
The Senate votes to block the community organizing group ACORN from receiving HUD grants. The move comes after hidden-camera videos captured ACORN employees giving advice on falsifying taxes to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.
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Census Bureau cuts ties with ACORN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Census Bureau ended a partnership Friday with ACORN after videos surfaced of employees of the community group offering advice on running a brothel.

ACORN workers allegedly advised pimp

BALTIMORE, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Footage of ACORN workers in Baltimore allegedly offering advice to a purported pimp and prostitute on how to avoid paying taxes was posted on the Internet.

Ex-ACORN employee pleads guilty

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A former ACORN official has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against former community organizing colleagues in a Nevada voter registration fraud case.

Voter registration fraud charged in Pa.

PITTSBURGH, May 7 (UPI) -- Seven people affiliated with the activist group ACORN were charged Thursday in western Pennsylvania with voter registration fraud, officials said.

Catholic Church drops ACORN funding

BALTIMORE, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Roman Catholic Church has halted donations to the community organizing group ACORN due to questionable voter registration drives, a church official says.

Official wants charges filed against ACORN

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Indiana's Republican secretary of state claims he has evidence the community group ACORN has submitted fraudulent voter registrations.

Palin calls out Obama about ACORN

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Sarah Palin called on Barack Obama's campaign to release communications it's had with the group accused of voter registration fraud in several U.S. states.
Obama: ACORN 'not advising' campaign

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ACORN drawing even more criticism

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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo