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Oct 25, 2012
BOSTON Preparations are underway for the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy on Massachusetts and several steps have already been taken by the state in anticipation of the storm. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is actively monitoring the storm, coordinating…
Oct 24, 2012
Government Alleges Company Improperly Marketed Three Drugs Connecticut-based Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay $95 million to resolve allegations relating to the improper promotion of the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drugs Atrovent and…
Oct 23, 2012
HONOLULU  A Coast Guard helicopter crew was targeted by an individual with a laser pointer while flying nearly two miles offshore of Oahu, late Tuesday. The lased MH-65 Dolphin helicopter was forced to return to Coast Guard Air Station…
Oct 23, 2012
21 St. Joseph's Residents Among 25 Defendants Indicted KANSAS CITY, Mo. Twenty-one St. Joseph, Mo., residents are among 25 defendants who have been indicted by a federal grand jury in six separate but related cases as a result of a…
Oct 15, 2012
Shayne Skougard, 32, from North Las Vegas, Nevada, has been identified as the semi-truck driver who was hauling an oversized load that struck the Jefferson overpass on Interstate 17 in Phoenix on Oct. 4. With the help of the public,…
Oct 12, 2012
NEW ORLEANS The Coast Guard seized a Mexican-flagged vessel, known as a lancha, that was illegally fishing in U.S. waters four miles offshore of Brownsville, Texas, Thursday. At approximately 10:30 a.m., crewmembers aboard a Coast Guard Station South Padre Island…
Oct 10, 2012
San Juan, Puerto Rico Federal law enforcement authorities under the Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) arrested two smugglers, seized a go-fast vessel and a 22-bale of cocaine shipment, totaling 660 kilos (1,452 pounds) in waters south of Puerto Rico Tuesday…
Oct 10, 2012
HOUSTON Two separate indictments have been returned resulting in the arrests of 11 Huntsville area residents on charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana and illegal possession of weapons. The two sealed indictments were…
Oct 9, 2012
(MANHATTAN, NY) Over $31 million has been seized from nine bank accounts in the United States, which are alleged to have been connected to an international money laundering scheme run by a drug trafficking organization operated by members of the…
Oct 9, 2012
Suspects luggage contained smoke grenade, knives, gas masks, body bags and bio hazard suits Los Angeles A body-armor-clad Boston man who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on a flight from Japan Friday is expected to make his initial…
Oct 8, 2012
Madison, Wisconsin Thomas L. Matje, 46, of Deforest, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to five years in federal prison for arson. Matje pleaded guilty to this charge on August 2, 2012. Matje was also…
Oct 3, 2012
More than 8,000 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medicine collected in fifth statewide Take-Back effort OCT 04 (PHOENIX) Over 8,000 pounds of prescription drugs were collected during the fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Event. When the results of the four statewide…