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Aug 9, 2011
by Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Coalition forces used a precision airstrike to kill Taliban insurgents involved in the Aug. 6 downing of the helicopter carrying 30 U.S. service members and eight Afghans, according to Marine…
Aug 8, 2011
by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Colt will conduct the investigation of the crash of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan that killed 38 U.S. and Afghan service members, according to U.S.…
Aug 7, 2011
by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- An investigation will determine the facts surrounding the deaths of 30 U.S. service members and eight Afghan commandos when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down in Afghanistan's Wardak province Aug.…
Aug 2, 2011
WASHINGTON - Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, a Springdale, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. The products subject to recall bear the establishment…
Jul 28, 2011
Naser Jason Abdo, 21, an absent without leave (AWOL) soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device in connection with a bomb plot. A criminal complaint, unsealed today in Waco by U.S. Magistrate Judge…
Jul 28, 2011
WASHINGTON The Dow Chemical Company has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at its chemical manufacturing and research complex…
Jul 28, 2011
WASHINGTON David R. Lewalski, formerly of Gainesville, Fla., pleaded guilty today to mail fraud in connection with his operation of a $30 million investment fraud scheme. Lewalski, 47, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Pizzo in the Middle…
Jul 27, 2011
Foreign Operation Targeted Small Businesses and Nonprofits in United States and Other Countries At the Federal Trade Commissions request, a federal judge has temporarily halted a European-based operation that has allegedly bilked small businesses and nonprofit organizations, including churches, out…
Jul 27, 2011
PHOENIX Indicted infomercial pitchman Donald Lapre, of Phoenix, who previously failed to appear at his arraignment on 41 counts for Conspiracy, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Promotional Money Laundering and Transactional Money Laundering, will remain in custody pending trial. At a…
Jul 26, 2011
Tucson, Ariz. - More than 2,400 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $1.2 million was seized by Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents in six separate incidents in the past 24 hours. Yesterday morning, as Casa Grande Station agents…
Jul 25, 2011
WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration issued additional stop work orders over the last twenty-four hours to construction and technology contractors for critical modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass an FAA bill. The FAA halted dozens of…
Jul 25, 2011
One DEA Operation Results in Arrests of Defendants for Agreeing to Acquire $9.5 Million Worth of Surface-to-Air Missiles and Other Weapons for Hizballah Separate DEA Operation Culminates in Arrest of Heroin and Weapons Trafficker from Kandahar, Afghanistan for Taliban-Related Narco-Terrorism…