Tomato bribery probe just the beginning, investigators say
| To his friends, Randall Lee Rahal was just a food salesman, someone who routinely left his home on Shadyside Road in Ramsey, N.J., to crisscross the country hawking California tomatoes. 02/09/2010 04:00 (LaTimes business) Continue to read news >> |
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