WASHINGTON A U.S. Department of Defense civilian employee working at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait, was arrested and charged with filing a false federal tax return for the 2005 tax year, according to Assistant Attorney General for the…

Crews from the Bureau of Land Management have completed tree thinning and brush removal to benefit forest health and improve fire protection near Hobo Camp, west of Susanville. Now, the BLM is offering limited free firewood cutting in the thinned…

TUCSON--Over 250,000 homeless pets in approximately 11,000 animal placement organizations across the U.S. and Canada have their own homepages, thanks to one of the most unifying initiatives to ever hit animal welfare--Petfinder.com, the oldest and largest searchable directory of adoptable…

Phoenix, Arizona On Friday, May 2, members of the U.S. Marshals led Phoenix HIDTA Fugitive Task Force arrested an alleged child rapist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lance Kelly, 51, was wanted by the Albuquerque Police Department after it was alleged…

NEW YORK U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi announced $75 million to provide permanent supportive housing for an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans nationwide. New York City…

Bribery. Bagmen. Crooked politicians. Ethical lapses. All ugly terms that were part of an FBI public corruption case that began six years ago and recently came to a successful close. Last month, the undercover sting known as "Tennessee Waltz" (coincidentally,…

TUCSON A resident alien of the United States wanted by Mexican authorities for homicide is being held in federal custody without bond following his arrest by United States Marshals. The fugitive, Efren Martinez Valencia, was arrested in Tucson and is…

The FDIC is proposing that Congress authorize the Treasury Department to make loans to borrowers with unaffordable mortgages to pay down up to 20 percent of their principal. The repayment and financing costs for these Home Ownership Preservation (HOP) loans…

NEWARK A federal jury convicted Guttenberg Mayor David Delle Donna and his wife, a former Planning Board member, of conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right and income tax fraud. The extortion conviction related to the Delle Donna's…

PHOENIX - Ernest Robert McFarland, 67, of Fort Meyers, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal district court in Phoenix on Monday, April 21, 2008 to six counts of making false statements in a scheme to fraudulently obtain funds via federal construction…

Airmen tackle increased operations tempo by Tech. Sgt. Russell Wicke Air Combat Command Public Affairs 4/28/2008 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- May 2 marked 20 years since the last B-1B Lancer was delivered to the Air Force,…

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- Airmen from the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB performed a maritime rescue in the Gulf of Mexico April 25 that saved six lives. Moody Airmen responded by providing two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters…