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May 20, 2008
WASHINGTON Fourteen alleged members of a former paramilitary and drug-trafficking group known as the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), including high-ranking former leaders, have been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. Defendants face charges…
May 20, 2008
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered two persons to pay more than $49 million for their role in a Canada-based scheme that duped American businesses into paying for business directories and listings they…
May 15, 2008
Searches and Arrests Cap Year-Long Investigation Portland, Ore. - On Thursday, May 15, 2008, several hundred local and federal law enforcement officers served 17 arrest warrants and 13 search warrants on locations from Portland to Woodburn, Oregon, in a major…
May 15, 2008
The FBI and JTTF have an open investigation concerning the May 4, 2008 bombing of the U.S. District Courthouse. No person has yet been charged for that crime. On Thursday, May 15, 2008, at approximately 2:47 p.m. Rachelle Lynette Carlock,…
May 13, 2008
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology would like to inform the general public that the text message currently circulating in the Philippines about a prediction by a certain US Geological Society of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake to hit Philippine…
May 13, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided $500,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross for the procurement and delivery of emergency relief commodities, as a result of the devastating earthquake…
May 11, 2008
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (Lockheed), a Denver-based business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, has agreed to pay the United States $10.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted invoices for payment it was not entitled to receive on a…
May 11, 2008
An earthquake occurred 90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China and 1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China at 12:28 AM MDT, May 12, 2008 (2:28 PM local time in China). The magnitude and location may…
May 11, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. Peace Corps Volunteers serving in China are accounted for and safe. Earlier today, an earthquake registering 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred 55 miles northwest of the Peace Corps/China office in Chengdu, Sichuan province. There are currently 111…
May 8, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. - More than eighty individuals involved in various marriage fraud conspiracies throughout Florida were arrested this week following a joint investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
May 7, 2008
Washington, D.C. The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order freezing the assets of the alleged perpetrator of an Internet fraud scheme that reaped approximately $72 million from more than 3,000 investors in all 50 states and…
May 6, 2008
Despite all the recent news of a troubled economy, folks have still managed to find donations and money for those in need. This issue features a project benefiting a worthwhile cause. The Mazatzal Hotel & Casino's Big Bass Challenge 2008,…