NEW YORK - Sailors and Marines man the rails of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). The ship has 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers forged into her bow, and will…

By Staff Sgt. Joy Pariante, Special Troops Battalion, III Corps FORT HOOD, Texas -- "Pop, pop, pop." Those were the sounds Fort Hood's first responders heard when they arrived at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center here, Thursday. Inside the center,…

By C. Todd Lopez WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- After a moment of silence for those killed in the shootings Nov. 5, at Fort Hood, Texas, Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh and Chief of Staff of the Army…

By Lisa Daniel, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON -- U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is believed to be the lone shooter of some 43 people on Fort Hood, Texas, and he survived being shot by a civilian police officer,…

Company Also Required to Implement Comprehensive Anti-Fraud Program and to Monitor its Agents MoneyGram International, Inc., the second-largest money transfer service in the United States, will pay $18 million in consumer redress to settle FTC charges that the company allowed…

CLEVELAND The Cuyahoga County Coroners Office has identified the first victim found at 12205 Imperial through DNA evidence. Cleveland Police Homicide Detectives, accompanied by a representative from Mental Health Services Violent Loss Response Team made a notification to the family…

David G. Friehling, the accountant for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC ("BLMIS"), has plead guilty in Manhattan federal court. Friehling pleaded guilty to a nine-count Superseding Information charging him with securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, four counts of filing…

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal court alleging that a catalog credit card operation deceptively marketed its card, failed to honor its refund policy, and charged up-front fees for a guaranteed line of credit. The defendants,…

Project Coronado results in 1,186 arrests and huge drug and money seizures against one of the worlds most violent drug cartels WASHINGTON In a 44-month multi-agency law enforcement investigation which targeted the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, dubbed Project Coronado,…

Lewiston, N.Y. U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than 10,000 tablets of the drug ecstasy at the Lewiston, N.Y. bridge border crossing. The seizure resulted in the federal arrest Wednesday of Claudette Benjamin, a 47-year-old Canadian citizen of Brampton,…

CHICAGOA north suburban defense contractor has agreed to pay the United States a $2.5 million criminal fine and an additional $22.5 million civil judgment to settle federal allegations that it overcharged the government in a series of military contracts extending…

BOSTON Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc (Pfizer) was sentenced in federal court for a felony violation of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, for misbranding the drug, Bextra, with the intent to defraud or mislead.…