Now We Know Why The U.S. Postal Service is Broke

By Terry Frieden CNN Justice Producer
Justice Department sues Armstrong over USPS funds
Government says it wants more than $100 million in damages
UPDATED 8:08 PM EDT Apr 23, 2013

WASHINGTON (CNN) —The Justice Department late Tuesday formally filed its case against Lance Armstrong and his company Tailwind Sports for millions of dollars that the U.S. Postal Service spent to sponsor the cycling team.

    “The USPS paid approximately $40 million to sponsor the USPS cycling team from 1998 to 2004,” the court document says.
The government said it was intervening to recover triple the amount of the sponsorship funds under the False Claims Act, which could bring a total of more than $100 million in damages.

The complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charges that the use of prohibited drugs constitutes a breach of contract with the Postal Service.

The government had signaled it would in all likelihood file such an action. The complaint names Armstrong, team manager Johan Bruyneel and Tailwind Sports LLC as defendants. Under the law, the Justice Department faced a 60 day deadline to file its case, which runs out Tuesday night.

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MASH Psychiatrist “Maj. Sidney Freedman” Allan Arbus Dead 95

M*A*S*H’ star Allan Arbus dead at 95

Published April 23, 2013

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  Cast members of “M*A*S*H*” (L-R) Allan Arbus, Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, Burt Metcalfe and Alan Alda accept the Impact award at the taping of the seventh annual TV Land Awards in Los Angeles, California April 19, 2009. (Reuters)

Allan Arbus, who played psychiatrist Maj. Sidney Freedman on “M*A*S*H,” died Friday at home in Los Angeles, his daughter Amy confirmed to The New York Times. He was 95.

Abrus, who had served as a military photography in the Army and ran a fashion photography business before becoming an actor, was so convincing in his role as Maj. Freedman, that co-star Alan Alda often found himself opening up to Arbus.

“I was so convinced that he was a psychiatrist I used to sit and talk with him between scenes,” Alda said in an interview with the Archive of American Television. “After a couple months of that I noticed he was giving me these strange looks, like ‘How would I know the answer to that?'”

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In addition to “M*A*S*H,” Arbus also appeared in “Starsky and Hutch,” “Cagney and Lacy” and “Judging Amy.” His last television appearance was on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in 2000.

Allan Franklin Arbus was born in New York City on Feb. 15, 1918. In 1941, he married fellow photographer Diane Nemerov, better known as Diane Arbus, who became renowned for her evocative shots of marginalized people. In the 2006 film “Fur,” the Arbuses were played by Ty Burrell and Nicole Kidman, respectively.

The couple separated in 1959 and divorced in 1969, two years before Diane’s suicide. Arbus moved to Los Angeles and married Mariclare Costello in 1976.

He is survived by his second wife, two daughters from his first marriage and one daughter from his second.

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