Scandal Ensnares Political Royalty ; Ohio's Governor Kin to 27th President

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, great-grandson of President William Howard Taft and scion of a distinguished Republican political family, was charged Wednesday with four criminal misdemeanor counts for not reporting personal golf outings and other favors that lobbyists, friends and businessmen paid for.

Although the likelihood of Taft going to jail is considered slim - he faces a $1,000 fine and six months in jail on each count, if convicted - the charges represent a stunning development in a mushrooming political scandal in Ohio and a stain on a political family whose prominence stretches back more than a century.

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Scandal Ensnares Political Royalty ; Ohio's Governor Kin to 27th President

A Taft spokesman said the 63-year-old governor, a Re...

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