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SHERMAN — The mayor at the center of a federal bribery trial told jurors Thursday that it was love, not corruption, that led her to accept gifts from a developer whose controversial project she supported. Prosecutors say Laura Jordan received sex, $18,000 in cash, $40,000 by check and $24,000 in home renovations from Mark Jordan when she was Richardson mayor …

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