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Mar 18, 2008

Phoenix, Ariz. State Attorneys General from the United States and Mexico announced "a new era of binational cooperation to fight organized crime in both countries." A common thread in the agreements is eliminating the U.S.-Mexican border as a refuge for…

Mar 18, 2008

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFPN) -- Each year thousands of servicemembers separate from the service before they are eligible for retirement. Making the transition from military to civilian can be a challenge, but there is support to help servicemembers and their…

Mar 13, 2008

Researchers at Mayo Clinic suggest that the established "normal" ranges for evaluating electrocardiograms for persons over 80 years old should be "revisited." The recommendation comes in a study published today in the American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. After analyzing readings…

Mar 9, 2008

To Terrorists, No Less As a bevy of U.S. battleships steamed towards the Middle East in the spring of 2001 on a mission to patrol the Persian Gulf, a sailor aboard one of those vessels was pursuing an entirely different…

Mar 4, 2008

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is designating $37 million to fund at least 2,250 new transitional housing beds by giving grants to local providers. "This is the largest one-time designation of funds for the homeless program in…

Mar 4, 2008

Beverly Mozer-Browne, 50, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for leading a multimillion-dollar immigration fraud scheme. Mozer-Browne and her brother, former immigration official Philip Browne, pleaded guilty on September 7, 2007 to participating in the scheme. The sentence was…

Mar 4, 2008

Topock, AZ Early yesterday, Deputy United States Marshals from Arizona and the Los Angeles Regional Fugitive Task Force captured Rhode Island Most Wanted John Ferreira, age 61, at his residence on Agua Caliente Drive in Topock, AZ. Deputies began hunting…

Feb 28, 2008

Trade Secrets Involved Military Technology SACRAMENTOUnited States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that ALLEN W. COTTEN, 53, of El Dorado Hills, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia to theft of trade secrets. This case…

Feb 19, 2008

The FBI is assisting local authorities with the investigation into the tragic shootings at Northern Illinois University on Thursday. At approximately 3:04 p.m. on Thursday, February 14, Steven Phillip Kazmierczak entered the rear door of a lecture auditorium in Kohl…

Feb 19, 2008

A former Boeing engineer was arrested after being indicted on charges of economic espionage and acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the People's Republic of China (PRC), for whom the engineer stole Boeing trade secrets related to several aerospace…

Feb 19, 2008

by Debora Preitkis U.S. Postal Service WASHINGTON, DC (AFPN) -- Planning to send a care package to a military service member serving abroad? Send it after March 3 to take advantage of a new flat-rate box from the Postal Service…