Feature List - Offbeat
Joseph Raglione
November 21, 2009
It is strange how far we have not come.
John W. Sammon
November 21, 2009
Can you see the logic?
The close relationship, the natural progression, from one thought to the next?
Each year at Christmas we celebrate the birth of a First Century AD Galilean holy man and prophet, who preached, according to what we find in the Bible, humility, forbearance, sweetness and frug...
Dan Liftman
November 20, 2009
Not all are hailin' Palin
Joseph Raglione
November 20, 2009
What kind of soap do you use to wash Hogs? Is Hogwashing a sport?
Joseph Raglione
November 20, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the enemy is at the gates. They have more arrows (dollars) than we do but have faith, we can organize faster and better than they can...>
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Hundreds of insurance company lobbyists. Millions in TV ads from anti-reform organizations. Countl...
Joseph Raglione
November 20, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the way the Republicans are carrying on in Washington, you'd think each one was being forced to swallow a Pint of Castor Oil! The Health Bill is not a bad thing, it is a good thing, and it will protect U.S. citizens. If Republicans don't like it, they c...
Frank A. Hilario
November 19, 2009
MANILA - Are you looking for a miracle in Copenhagen in December? So am I. Only a miracle can save the day for climate change in that premier city of Northern Europe, Scandinavia's "most fantastic city" (Copenhagen.com). This city has the oldest monarchy in the world. Some things never cha...
John W. Sammon
November 19, 2009
I call for an immediate attack on Saudi Arabia to take over their oil and to install an American-backed regime in Riyadh friendlier to the United States. It's been eight whole years, and we haven't attacked a third country yet. We only attack countries weaker and smaller than ourselves. It was Saud...
Peter Fotis Kapnistos
November 18, 2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a book by Jon Ronson about the U.S. Army´s investigation of the paranormal. Famed paranormalist Uri Geller relates to Ronson´s observations. Did something weird happen to Geller when he jumped as a paratrooper? Today, the prospects for life on the moon are better than ever. Does the government have connections with human looking moon visitors living on earth?
Joseph Raglione
November 18, 2009
GreenPeace Activists Are Going to Court in Alberta Canada. They need your help!
Titus Hoskins
November 16, 2009
In these trying economic times, many companies are cutting back on
their gift-giving, in order to cut expenses. With this thought in mind,
here are some suggestions for a few corporate business gifts which
won't break your bank account or budget...
Steve Hammons
November 13, 2009
The new ABC TV series "V" seems to be drawing a solid audience and may be helping us consider important issues facing our society today. The original 1983 miniseries was reportedly related to a novel by Sinclair Lewis about the Nazis coming to power in Germany. Yet, what if we look at the more literal context of the show – that extraterrestrial or unusual visitors of some kind have arrived, perhaps quite some time ago, and are among us?
Ricky Lee
November 17, 2009
Technology is always surprising us with the innovative gadgets that are released week after week. Manufacturers of cellular phones and camcorders are always releasing new models. These new gadgets may be just right around the corner for you.
Some are pricey, some have relatively okay prices but ...
Joseph Raglione
November 17, 2009
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, every time I believe your government is doing something good, something bad happens! During the last election, Homo Sexuals lost their right to marry in California, due mainly to the direct economic interference of biased religious organizations. And now, a...
Joseph Raglione
November 17, 2009
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, life is hard enough without military dictators creating fear and terror in countries like North Korea. The following is a message from Rohit Mahajan, Media Relations Manager for the Radio Free Asia network...>
Also on www.rfa.org:
Multimedia Journey...
Ricky Lee
November 16, 2009
With so many manufacturers of telescope in the market today, it´s hard to tell which one is the best. For one, cheap Galileo Telescope has high demand because of its various models and inexpensive price.
First time astronomers opt for this particular brand because they know they can get th...
Mariah Joseph
November 16, 2009
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minister Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China
Mariah Joseph
November 16, 2009
"Broken Embraces" is a four-way tale of amour-fou, shot in the style of '50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled, and will mix references to works like Nicholas Ray
Mariah Joseph
November 16, 2009
In Werner Herzog's new film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law.
Mariah Joseph
November 16, 2009
The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident
Mariah Joseph
November 16, 2009
"The Blind Side" depicts the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys
Mariah Joseph
November 16, 2009
Bella Swan is still very much in love with vampire, Edward Cullen. The rest of the vampire coven who call themselves the Cullens, especially Alice, decide to throw Bella a private party for her eighteenth birthday.
Syed Ali Mujtaba
November 15, 2009
he mobile phone has really stated becoming an instrument of oppression and people are silently suffering from this menace.
Frank A. Hilario
November 15, 2009
The change to change climate change begins with you.
Ricky Lee
November 15, 2009
Doll collectors of all kinds are always on the look out for antique dolls for sale so that they can add more to their collection. They are always on the know about the history of the antique dolls for sale. They believe that each doll has a story to tell, thus the fascination to collect these.
T...
Ricky Lee
November 15, 2009
Are you looking for cheap Guitar Hero 3? Don't worry. Chances are you are not alone. A number of gamers are searching for cheap Guitar Hero 3. If you can get it at a cheaper rate, why not, right? Any gamer would want to get the chance to rock out like the rock and roll gods.
If they can get the ...
Joseph Raglione
November 15, 2009
Slow change is better than no change but how much slower will they go?
Ricky Lee
November 14, 2009
If you´re out to buy Webkinz elephant, you wouldn´t have a hard time because toy stores are abundant with Webkinz toys. The Webkinz toys are like a storm. Children want these toys.
But because of that, there is a possibility that you might not get the toy that you want because there ...
Leslie Reed
November 14, 2009
Enjoy a free night of wonderful music at Dannys Venice Beach Bistro and Bar on Wednesday on November 18th at 7:30 pm till 10:30 pm. (23 Windward Ave.) Find out more about the Boys & Girls Club of Venice and take advantage of a special Happy Hour extended till 8:00 pm for this event only. Taste one of their famous Mojitos, a delicious dinner and some delicious treats. Be dazzled by NY blues singer Kathy Leonardo, and eclectic jazz guitarist Vinnie Caggiano, while also getting the chance to mix with LA locals. Admission is FREE!
Joseph Raglione
November 14, 2009
What if the United Nations issued United Nations Passports to Stateless people in desperate need?
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
PHILADELPHIA—Alhinde Weems, a former Philadelphia police officer, was charged today by information with conspiracy to commit robbery and drug distribution and related charges, announced United States Attorney Michael L. Levy. According to the information, between December 2008 and January 2009...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
PHOENIX—Donald Ray Ludington, 48, of Gilbert, Ariz., was arrested without incident today by the FBI and the Gilbert Police Department, and was charged with two counts of Armed Bank Robbery. The complaint alleges that Ludington robbed a credit union and a bank in October 2009. Ludington made hi...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
PHOENIX—Melvin Pascal Nash, 23, of San Carlos, Ariz., a member of the San Carlos Apache Indian Tribe, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg. Nash pleaded guilty on August 4, 2009, to Second Degree Murder.
On August 28, 2008, near San Carl...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
A 40-year-old Cottage Grove man pleaded guilty today to possessing 142 images and 11 video files of child pornography. Appearing before United States District Court Judge John Tunheim in Minneapolis, Pang Thao pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. Thao was indicted on Augus...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a 21-year-old Red Lake man for allegedly sexually abusing two boys (ages 6 and 7) on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. In an indictment filed with the U.S. District Court earlier today, Eagle Wind Lajeunesse was charged with one count of aggrava...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
A federal indictment was unsealed today alleging the owner of Advance Home Health and two of the company´s personal care assistants fraudulently obtained more than $89,000 from Medicaid. The indictment indicates the three defendants in this case caused the submission of reimbursement claims fo...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
ST. LOUIS, MO—Kenneth G. Neely pleaded guilty to a mail fraud charge involving an investment Ponzi scheme in which he swindled investors out of more than $400,000, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.
Kenneth Neely worked for a number of investment/ brokerage firms...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
St. Louis, MO: Mario Obryan Wright was indicted on charges involving the robbery of a Gasconade County bank, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.
According to the indictment, on August 8, 2009, Mario Obryan Wright robbed the Legends Bank in Bland, Missouri.
"I would l...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
PORTLAND, OR—Trayvon Mike Betterson, 24, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced on November 3, 2009, by United States District Judge James A. Redden to 105 months in federal prison, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for his role in an armed bank robbery at the Ralei...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
BOSTON, MA—A Boston man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with bank robbery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division; Commiss...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
Jeffery H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced that former University of South Alabama Professor Barry Simpson, 44, was sentenced today by U.S. Distric...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
BROWNSVILLE, TX—Former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspector Sergio Lopez Hernandez, 41, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for alien smuggling, bribery and drug trafficking, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. Hernandez was convicted April 13, 2009, fol...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, LA—Laverne J. James, 53, of Ball, LA, who has been employed by the Town of Ball Police Department since 1993, pled guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) following Hurricanes Rita and Gustav, United States Attorney Donald W....
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
MEMPHIS, TN—A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging an individual with violations of federal criminal law involving wire fraud announced Lawrence J. Laurenzi, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. The indictment resulted from investigations conducted by the...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
NEWARK—A Clark man was sentenced today to 76 months in federal prison for his scheme to defraud customers of two banks where he had been employed of more than $2.5 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
After imposing the sentence, U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan revoked ba...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
ATLANTA, GA—STEVEN H. BALLARD, 53, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. to serve over five years in federal prison on a wire fraud charge involving a real estate investment scam that lasted over five years and defrauded a dozen victi...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
Former Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty to a $20 Million Mortgage Fraud, Real Estate Investment Scam, and Check-Kiting Scheme
ATLANTA, GA—EDWARD WILLIAM FARLEY, 47, of Hoschton, Georgia, today pleaded guilty in federal district court to committing a mortgage fraud, a real estate investment...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
NEW YORK—Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI and Patricia J. Haynes, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, Criminal Investigation, Internal ...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, FL—United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton announces that U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., today sentenced Juan Carlos Gonzalez (age 51, of Jacksonville) to seven years in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire and bank fraud. The court also entered a money judgm...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
HOUSTON—Two men who wore masks and carried firearms during the robbery of Guaranty Bank on Jan. 14, 2009, in Bellaire have been sentenced to more than 16 years each in federal prison, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.
Antwaine Joseph Alexander, Jerry Anthony Ramsey and a t...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
WASHINGTON—Hayden B. Greene, 32, of Tulsa, Okla., and James Robert Roy, 42, of Tomball, Texas, were sentenced today to 30 months and 15 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to manufacture and sell counterfeit pipe couplings, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
CHICAGO—A former General Motors Corp. executive who was a fugitive abroad for more than a year returned to the United States yesterday and pleaded guilty today to federal charges relating to a kickback and fraud scheme involving GM´s sale of bulk aluminum to third parties. The defendant,...
Crime Blotter
November 14, 2009
CHICAGO—A former General Motors Corp. executive who was a fugitive abroad for more than a year returned to the United States yesterday and pleaded guilty today to federal charges relating to a kickback and fraud scheme involving GM´s sale of bulk aluminum to third parties. The defendant,...
Newswire Services
November 13, 2009
Economic conditions improved in the third quarter of 2009. GDP growth resumed following a year of steady contraction. The third-quarter rise reflected a jump in consumer spending but activity also picked up in a number of other sectors, including housing. While many third-quarter measures improve...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
BATON ROUGE, LA—United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that EDWARD C. JAMES, age 65, of Baton Rouge, LA was charged in a Bill of Information with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and with conspiracy for allegedly accepting or extorting brib...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
ROME, GA—AARON FREEMAN, 49, of Rome, Georgia, and eight other Georgia men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly taking part in a scheme that caused FREEMAN´s employer, Temple Inland Inc., to pay more than $4.8 million for timber that did not exist. FREEMAN and seven of...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
BOSTON, MA—Charges were unsealed in federal court against an Oregon man and the company he founded, TCNISO, alleging that they developed and distributed products that allowed users to modify their cable modems and obtain internet access without paying for it.
Acting United States Attorney M...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Ed Johnson, age 60, and G. Carol Johnson, age 67, of Wilmington, were both found guilty by a federal jury yesterday of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, 10 counts of mail and wire fraud and...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
RICHMOND, VA—Zarqurous Lequis Sanders, 25 of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today to 137 months´ imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to commit numerous bank robberies in Virginia and several other states. In imposing the sentence, United States District Judge Henry E. Hudson also ...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
NEWARK—The former Project Coordinator and engineer for the West New York Department of Public Works was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for taking corrupt cash payments from contractors, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler also orde...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO—Pursuant to a plea agreement, Roberto Heckscher, a resident of San Mateo, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston to one count of mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello.
On Oct. 16, 2009, the United States charged...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO—Michael Chou pleaded guilty in federal court today to wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced.
In pleading guilty, Chou admitted that, in a scheme that began in 2003 and continued until approximately April 30, 2009, he defrauded mortgage l...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
A 37-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty today in federal court to attempting to rob an Associated Bank in Burnsville on July 16, 2009. Carnovsky Deshawn Franklin pled guilty to one count of attempted bank robbery in St. Paul before United States District Court Judge Donovan Frank. Franklin was ...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
A 42-year-old Red Lake man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for assaulting someone by pouring scalding water and food on them. In Fergus Falls, United States District Court Judge John Tunheim sentenced Ronald Dean Oakgrove to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release on one c...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, and Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, announced that defendant Jorge Delgado was sentenced on Oct...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
BROWNSVILLE, TX—Rudy Trace Soliz III, 43, has been charged with bringing in and willfully transporting an undocumented alien and conspiracy to commit the same, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. Soliz, of Brownsville, was formerly employed as an officer with Customs and Border...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
TUCSON, AZ—A four-count federal indictment was unsealed today against former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Yamilkar Fierros, of Tucson, for allegedly accepting bribes. Fierros was arrested without incident by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday, October 30, 2009, and mad...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
PHOENIX—Ryan Akira Garcia, 35, the so-called "Bank Whisperer," was sentenced today to 13˝ years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton. Garcia, who was on federal supervised release out of Tucson for Importation of Cocaine, was charged with five bank robberies in the Phoenix ...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated today that Sohail Feroz Ali Dossani, a/k/a Sohail Muhammad Jamal, age 29, a Pakistani national located in Florence, pled guilty to filing false statements to gain entry and citizenship, a violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sec...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON—The United States today sued Lincoln Fabrics Ltd., a Canadian company, and Lincoln Fabrics Inc., aka Lincoln Textiles Inc., its American subsidiary, under the False Claims Act in connection with the companies´ weaving and sale of defective Zylon fabric which was used as the ke...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
Steven E. Tennies, 52, of Kooskia, Idaho, was sentenced on Tuesday to 48 months in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme in which Tennies stole approximately $1.6 million from investors through an investment fund he managed, the United States Attorney´s Office announced. U.S. District Judge Edwa...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today removed Patricia Rosa Vinck, Barakaat International, and Barakaat International Foundation from its Specially Designated Nationals List, having found that Vinck and the two entities no longer present a s...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
LAKE CHARLES, LA—Members of a large scale illegal alien transportation operation based in Sulphur, La., were sentenced in federal court yesterday, United States Attorney Donald W. Washington announced. U. S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi sentenced Carolyn Joyce Metcalf, 62, to 30 months (2 ˝...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium businesses, municipal governments, and school districts. In a typical scenario, the targeted entity receives a "spear phishing...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that an information was filed against Richard C. Peplin, Jr., charging him with one count of falsifying his application for a passport. According to court filings, Peplin, age 51, currently resides in Ten...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
MADISON, WI—Stephen P. Sinnott, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy E. Vernier, 57, and Stephen N. Vernier, 63, both of Tomah, Wis., were charged today in a one count information filed in U.S. District Court in Madison with one count of b...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
ATLANTA, GA—DARRYL HORTON, 48, of Okemos, Michigan; BENJAMIN STANLEY, 47, of Kennesaw, Georgia; and RUFUS PAUL HARRIS, 41, of Adairsville, Georgia, made their first appearance today before a United States Magistrate Judge on federal charges of securities fraud and conspiracy in connection with...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON—The owner and operator of a Houston-area durable medical equipment (DME) company today pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson of the Southern District of Texas and Da...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
PORTLAND, OR—Mitchell Sean Cooley, 51, Canby, Oregon, was sentenced on November 2, 2008, by United States District Judge Ancer L. Haggery to serve 136 months in federal prison for bank robbery consecutive to Cooley´s other sentences previously imposed in Clackamas County Court and for a ...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
DALLAS—A Dallas man who robbed the First Convenience Bank on N. Beckley in DeSoto, Texas on May 4, 2009, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Freddie Darnell Ivory, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O´Connor to 42 m...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
NORFOLK, VA—Federal and local authorities announced today that former Virginia Beach Police officer Andrey Savelyev, 40, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and making statements with regard to immigration fraud. Savelyev faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison when he i...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that he has filed one-count Criminal Information against Michael Maroukis, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
The Criminal Information avers that the Maroukis, possessed images of child pornography...
Newswire Services
November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is seeking applications for vacancies on the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT). The committee provides a venue for public input into critical tax administration areas.
Vacancies exist in the following customer segments:
...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
ST. LOUIS, MO—Adam Dylan Leon was sentenced to 24 months in prison on federal charges of interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft, importation of a stolen aircraft, and illegal entry, for flying a stolen Cessna 172 aircraft into the United States from Canada, Acting United States Attorne...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
TYLER, TX—U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 35-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
MARK LINDSEY OWENS pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine today before U.S. Magistrate Ju...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated that Terrell L. Mallard, age 30, of Charleston, pled guilty today in federal court in Charleston to the charge of attempting to kill a federal officer, two counts of attempting to kill a person assisting a federal officer, and posses...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
A 50-year-old St. Paul man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to robbing a TCF Bank in St. Paul on September 25, 2008. Frazier Eugene Turner appeared before United States District Court Judge David S. Doty in Minneapolis on November 2, 2009, and pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. Tu...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON—Michael Bullard, Richard Armstrong, and James Whitewater were sentenced today in federal court in Boise, Idaho, for hate crime and conspiracy charges in connection with the racially-motivated assault of an African-American man outside of a Wal-Mart store in July 2008, the Justice De...
Newswire Services
November 13, 2009
Washington, DC – Treasury is announcing the following changes to the issuance calendar:
- Reintroduction of 30-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), with the first auction to occur in February 2010.
- Discontinuation of 20-year TIPS auctions, effective immediat...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
TAMPA—United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton today announced the results of a nine-month-long Mortgage Fraud Surge investigation that has resulted in charges against more than 100 defendants and involves allegations concerning more than $400 million in loans procured by fraud and more than ...
Newswire Services
November 13, 2009
The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business launched the new Center for Financial Policy on Nov. 2 with a roundtable discussion on the hotly debated issue of "Executive Compensation -- Practices and Reform." The Center for Financial Policy offers an unbiased source of expertise o...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), PATRICIA J. HAYNES, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal ...
Crime Blotter
November 13, 2009
NEW ORLEANS—Ameal Parker, aka Ameal Varnado, age 47, of New Orleans, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to 30 years in prison for the murder of DEA Supervisory Special Agent Thomas J. Byrne while Agent Byrne was engaged in and on account of the performance of his official ...
Newswire Services
November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated First East Export Bank (FEEB), a Bank Mellat subsidiary located in Malaysia, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 for being owned or controlled by Bank Mellat. Treasury also designated the Chairman of Bank Mellat, Ali Divandari, for act...
Newswire Services
November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is looking for taxpayers who are due to receive a combined $123.5 million in the form of 107,831 refund checks that were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.
"We are eager to get this money into the hands of ...
Ricky Lee
November 13, 2009
Due to unfortunate circumstances you will find that a good number of people who donate cars have been deducting a suggested retail price. This means that a dealer would get something that is below the market value when they decide to resell your trade in car.
This means that when a dealer will s...
Krista Dandridge-Barnett
November 11, 2009
PASS I.D. ACT [S.1261]
For more information on such bill, please visit:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1261/text
OTHER NEWS
Tuesday [10.27.2009] - Russia reportedly withdrew its goal to offload tonnes of gold after a so-called leak. Russia is now [10.29] reportedly considering se...
Jackie Houchin
November 12, 2009
A gripping, enigmatic play that portrays the relationship between an agoraphobic mother and her precocious son who claims to have witnessed a horrific murcer.
Joseph Raglione
November 12, 2009
Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, the following is a good lesson on how Canadian and possibly American politicians are corrupted by special interest groups. Pay especially close attention to the concept of legal loopholes...>
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