National News

Oct 28, 2009

WASHINGTON A Beverly Hills, Calif.-based financial products and services firm, two of its executives and one former executive were indicted for their participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other…

Oct 25, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Arzerra (ofatumumab) for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slowly progressing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Arzerra is approved for patients with CLL whose cancer is no longer being…

Oct 20, 2009

Investigation Leads to Three Arrests and Underground Steroid Lab SACRAMENTO, Calif. A ten-month undercover investigation into an illegal anabolic steroid manufacturing ring by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has resulted in three arrests and the service of three state search…

Oct 20, 2009

WASHINGTON The United States has reached a settlement with ranchers in a longstanding dispute over livestock trespasses on public lands in Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada. As part of the settlement, Benjamin J. Colvin and Colvin Cattle Company acknowledged past…

Oct 7, 2009

Las Vegas, NV Thomas F. Gentile age 56 and Julio C. Martinez age 61, both of Las Vegas, Nevada, have been arrested on multiple charges of theft, mortgage fraud, identity theft and forgery. An arrest warrant has been issued for…

Oct 6, 2009

Defendant Used Fraudulent Deed to Obtain More Than $130,000 in Equity from Residence in Bankruptcy Proceeding SAN JOSE, CAVallejo, Calif., resident Myra Holmes was indicted by a federal grand jury with concealment of assets and bank fraud, according to United…