BOSTON, MA Scott Reuben, the former chief of acute pain at Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts was charged today in federal court with falsifying medical research studies, including studies that were published in medical journals regarding pain management. Reuben…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. In 2010, The NASCAR Foundation contributed more than $3.3 million in charitable support to nonprofit organizations nationwide and united more than 250,000 fans in support of childrens charities across the United States. The NASCAR Foundation continues to fulfill…

Defendant Previously Stole $24 Million, Re-Targets Filipino Community A Grand Jury indictment has charged Edmundo Rubi, 52; Joseph Encarnacion, 59; Benjamin Hebron, 51; and Gloria Hebron, 53, with 54 felony counts, including Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud, Securities Fraud, Sale…

At least 1783 deaths worldwide resulted from earthquake activity in 2009. The deadliest earthquake of the year was a magnitude 7.5 event that killed approximately 1117 people in southern Sumatra, Indonesia on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Geological Survey…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Sagittarius Sporting Goods, has announced a voluntary recall of about 10,000 Master Forge Five-Burner Gas Grills. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Sagittarius Sporting…

WASHINGTONMark Edwin Cairnes, 51, was sentenced today to 292 months in prison and lifetime supervised release following his prison term for advertising and possessing child pornography. Cairnes, of Jonestown, Texas, pleaded guilty on Sept. 25, 2009, before U.S. District Judge…

Steven Weste, 33, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for making threats over the Internet. In July, a jury found him guilty of making false statements to and concealing material facts…

SALT LAKE CITYA federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment late Wednesday afternoon charging three individuals with aggravated sexual abuse and aggravated assault in connection with a December 2, 2009, incident on the Navajo Nation Reservation. Charged in the indictment…

WASHINGTONDetroit-area residents Baskaran Thangarasan, Sandeep Aggarwal and Wayne Smith pleaded guilty this week for their roles in connection with several Detroit-area health care fraud schemes. Thangarasan, 37, pleaded guilty on Dec. 9, 2009, to one count of conspiracy to commit…

Application Will Be Online in January The Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced today that it will again offer about 40 highly motivated graduate students and college seniors an opportunity to study with currently serving intelligence analysts and…

A ninth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Debra Sue Brown, 47, of Oxon Hill, Md., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal…

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFNS) -- Air Force officials successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. EST Dec. 5 when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM into space. WGS satellites…