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Vick suspected of illegal use of pension plan funds
NFL player used money from shared plan to pay restitution in dogfighting case
Michael Vick shakes hands with his lawyer, Billy Martin, left, as he arrives at federal court Aug. 27, 2007 in Richmond, Va. Vick has been approved for release to home confinement. The Department of Labor has filed complaints against Vick for suspicion of illegally using pension plan funds. Vick's lawyers have said they expected him to be moved any day into a halfway house in Newport News, Va, or to his Hampton, Va, home as soon as May 21.
LARRY O'DELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. - The U.S. Department of Labor filed complaints Wednesday accusing suspended NFL star Michael Vick of illegally spending about $1.3 million in pension plan funds for his own benefit, including paying restitution ordered in his dogfighting conspiracy case.
The department filed the complaints in federal district and bankruptcy courts the same day Vick left a federal lockup in Kansas, apparently bound for Virginia to appear at a bankruptcy hearing next week. Vick was at the Federal Transfer City
in Oklahoma City late Wednesday afternoon.
Mark Lichtenstein, one of Vick's bankruptcy attorneys, declined to comment on both the Labor Department allegations and the details of Vick's apparent temporary move to Virginia for the April 2 hearing.
The Labor Department said Vick made a series of prohibited transfers from a pension plan sponsored by MV7, a celebrity marketing company owned by the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback. The department alleges that Vick violated his duties as trustee of a pension plan that covered nine current or former MV7 employees.
"This action sends a message that the Labor Department will not tolerate the misuse of plan
The filing further complicates Vick's bankruptcy case, which has
money and will take whatever steps necessary to recover the assets owed to eligible workers." Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis said in a prepared statement.
The department also accused two of Vick's former financial advisers, Mary R. Wong and David A. Talbot, of participating in some of the transfers.
Vick left Leavenworth on Wednesday, bound for Virginia. The judge for the bankruptcy case has ordered Vick to testify in person next week.
gradually moved along in Newport News while Vick serves a 23-month prison term in the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth. The judge presiding over the bankruptcy case has ordered Vick
to testify in person at next week's hearing on confirmation of his Chapter 11 plan.
U. S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Felicia Ponce said Wednesday that Vick was at the Oklahoma transfer facility but added that she could not disclose the inmate's ultimate destination until he arrives. There was no indication of when Vick left Leavenworth or when he would arrive in Virginia.
Vick will likely be kept in a southeastern Virginia jail until the hearing, but it wasn't known which one.
Newport News Sheriff Gabe Morgan said he had not been notified that Vick would be staying in the city jail, but it was possible Vick and federal marshals could show up unannounced.
U. S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro earlier this month rejected the idea of allowing testimony by video hookup, saying he needed Vick in the courtroom so he could assess his demeanor and credibility.
Vick's plan for paying his creditors is based largely on his intention to resume his NFL career. Vick was suspended indefinitely after his 2007 indictment, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said he will review Vick's status
after he is released.
The Falcons still hold the contract rights to Vick but have said they will try to trade him. Vick's bankruptcy plan would allow him to keep the first $750,000 of his annual pay.
After that, a percentage would go to his creditors based on a sliding scale.
Vick is eligible to move into home confinement no earlier than May 21 and is scheduled to be released from custody July 20.
CYCLING
Doctors repair Armstrong's collarbone
JIM VERTUNO ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas — His broken collarbone surgically mended, Lance Armstrong is on the clock.
The seven-time Tour de France champion will be back on his bike in days even though the bone may take eight to 12 weeks to fully mend. Armstrong must resume training almost immediately if he's to meet his goal of racing in the Giro d'Italia, which begins May 9.
The 37-year-old American cyclist also plans to ride in the Tour de France this July.
Surgeon Doug Elenz inserted a stainless steel plate and 12 screws to stabilize the broken collarbone on Wednesday, two days after Armstrong crashed in the first stage of the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon race in northern Spain.
Lance Armstrong listens to Dr. Douglas Elenz before surgery on his broken right collarbone on Wednesday in Austin, Texas. Armstrong broke his collarbone in the first stage of the Veuleta of Castillo cycling race in Napoleon on Mayday.
"Lance is going to be a patient who is going to push the envelope," Elenz said.
After taking a few days off, Armstrong will be allowed to ride a stationary bike.
Then doctors will monitor his arm strength, range of motion in his shoulder, as well as his pain, to decide what kind of training he can do.
"Howdy folks. Made it thru. Took longer than we thought. Playing with my kids right now. Making me feel A LOT better," he wrote.
Elenz said the 12 screws were more than he might normally use, but he felt they were needed knowing Armstrong's goals. The surgery to stabilize the bone required about a 5-inch incision and the steel plate measures about the same length, said Elenz, who added it's likely doctors will someday remove the plate.
Just hours after the surgery, Armstrong was posting to his Twitter feed, reassuring fans.
Although doctors initially thought it was a simple fracture, Elenz said X-rays showed it was broken in four pieces.
Armstrong returned to elite cycling this year after a 3-year layoff.
"This was a challenge." Elenz said, "It was a hard case."
During a conference call Tuesday night, he said he was frustrated the
injury came just as he was getting into top shape. He was among the top 10 riders for much of the race Monday before he crashed about 12 miles from the end of the stage.
"I think the Giro is still very doable," Armstrong said. "This is definitely a back, no doubt. It's the biggest setback I've ever had in my cycling career, so it's a new experience for me."
Now, he's determined to get back to the front.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Powerhouse teams already knocked out of tournament
Goodbye Tennessee. So long Duke. See you next time North Carolina.
Thirty-two games into the NCAA women's basketball tournament and three of the powerhouses have already been bounced. Throw-in LSU, which had made the previous five Final Fours, and it would be easy to see a transformation under way
There is a lot of championship experience left with UConn Stanford, Baylor and Purdue still playing. Those four teams have combined to win seven of the past 10 national titles. No mid-major team made it to the second weekend as all 16 teams left come from power conferences. The Big 12 and Big East each have four teams, the Pac-10 and Big Ten are sending three. The SEC and ACC only have one representative each.
Of the major upsets that happened so far in the tournament, none is more talked about than Ball State's victory over Tennessee.
Any other season it might have been considered the great.
est upset of all time, surpassing top-seed Stanford's loss at home to Harvard in 1998.
But the Lady Vols were already suffering through the worst year in Pat Summitt's career. With all five starters gone from the two-time defending champs and the team being inconsistent all season, the Lady Vols were vulnerable to see their unbelievable streak of making it to the regional semifinals every season come to an end.
Yet the UConn express keeps rolling as the unbeaten Huskies (35-0) have shown no signs of weakness routing both Vermont and Florida in their first two games.
Now if Connecticut had lost to Vermont in the opener, that would have been something.
"As much as everyone focuses on Connecticut, there are going to be some great stories coming out of the tournament," Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said. "The tournament has just become an unbelievable event for these kids. There are no guarantees. We want to get a lot better this week than we were this weekend."
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