National News

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 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 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…

Mar 4, 2008

Washington, D.C. - Home Depot has agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty and implement a nationwide compliance program to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. The settlement resolves alleged violations that were discovered at more than 30…

Feb 19, 2008

Kansas City, Kansas-Forty-three people have been indicted on charges of drug trafficking in Leavenworth, Atchison, metropolitan Kansas City and Independence, Missouri. Operation Stonewalled, a joint investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, was revealed when three indictments were…

Feb 19, 2008

PHOENIX Uawndre Fields, 31, of San Diego, and DePaul Brooks, 27, of National City, California, were found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of Child Sex Trafficking and two counts of Interstate Transportation of a Minor for Prostitution.…

Feb 9, 2008

Charges Include Racketeering Conspiracy, Extortion, Gambling, and Theft Following Joint Investigation by Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement BROOKLYN, NY An eighty-count indictment charging sixty-two defendants associated with the Gambino, Genovese, and Bonanno organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra,…