Democrats’ $1.5 Trillion Shutdown Scheme: Benefits to Border-Crossers, Americans Abandoned
Coast Guard offloads nearly $94.5 million in illegal narcotics in Fort Lauderdale from Operation Pacific Viper
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Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History
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May 5, 2008
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake occurred in northern Virginia at 1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The epicenter was about 1 mile west-southwest of Annandale, VA and 13 miles west-south-west of Washington, DC. The USGS has received no reports of damage at…
Apr 15, 2008
Women who carry excess fat around their waists were at greater risk of dying early from cancer or heart disease than were women with smaller waistlines, even if they were of normal weight, reported researchers from Harvard and the National…
Apr 15, 2008
3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana's Bakken Formation25 Times More Than 1995 Estimate Reston, VA - North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically…
Apr 15, 2008
WASHINGTON Puerto Rico Governor AnÃÂÂÂbal Acevedo Vilá and 12 associates in Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., and the Philadelphia-area have been charged in a 27-count indictment. The defendants face charges ranging from conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud, federal program fraud and…
Apr 15, 2008
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals seized more than 14,000 dosage units of Shangai Regular, Shangai Ultra, Super Shangai, Naturalë Super Plus, and Lady Shangai last week. Although labeled as natural supplements, the seized…
Apr 10, 2008
Scientists have developed a new way of determining the size and frequency of meteorites that have collided with Earth. Their work shows that the size of the meteorite that likely plummeted to Earth at the time of the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T)…
Apr 1, 2008
WASHINGTON Two former public officials have been sentenced for their roles in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004. The defendants were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona by…
Apr 1, 2008
Washington The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced the final rule for the land and sea portion of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), a core 9/11 Commission recommendation. The WHTI final…
Apr 1, 2008
by Staff Sgt. Monique Randolph Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Department of Defense announced that four non-nuclear ballistic missile nose-cone assembly components were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan in August 2006. Taiwanese authorities notified the…
Mar 26, 2008
Revokes License of Former Banc of America Broker, Halts Real Estate Scam Targeting Military Families PHOENIX, AZThe Arizona Corporation Commission today ordered the return of over $83,797 to investors and the payment of $797,209 in administrative penalties from a number…
Mar 18, 2008
WASHINGTON A federal jury has found five former executives of National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) guilty of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering, following a six week trial and less than two days of deliberation. The Columbus, Ohio, jury returned the…
Mar 18, 2008
Washington, D.C. - Civil fraud charges have been filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against two promoters who illegally made millions selling a get-rich-quick stock trading system they touted on TV and at investor workshops at hotels in dozens…