It was an odd weaponized delivery system: a sugary-sweet homemade cookie. In April 2005, all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices got one in the mail along with a bluntly worded note along these lines: I am going to kill you.…

Stemming the Export of Corruption Let's say you're a business exec who's about to ink a lucrative deal to sell a million widgets overseas. Suddenly, a competitor swoops in and wins the contract by discretely paying off a foreign official.…

WASHINGTON - The Forest Service has announced a new rule that permits it to respond quickly to applications for oil-and-gas exploration on Forest Service land already under federal leases. The rule is a categorical exclusion for land under lease that…

By Cpl. Jeremy Ross, 26th MEU Lance Corporal Joseph Tracchia, an assaultman from Combined Anti-Armor Team 'White' Platoon, fires an AK-47 assault rifle at Myriam Range, Djibouti, Feb. 10. The Marines and Sailors of the 26th MEU were participating in…

WASHINGTON -- A federal jury in McAllen, Texas, convicted the former president and owner of ATE Tel Solutions Inc., which does business as ATE Telecom Solutions Inc. (ATE Tel), on seven of nine counts of wire fraud in a scheme…

"By balancing the budget through pro-growth economic policies and spending restraint, we are better positioned to tackle longer-term fiscal challenges facing our country, namely the entitlement programs¦ Another area where we can work together is to reform the earmark process.…

Phoenix, Ariz. Attorney General Terry Goddard has issued a warning to Arizona consumers about applying for personal loans over the Internet. Arizona consumers have reported to the Attorney General's Office a scam offering personal loans to help them meet their…

PHOENIX Robert C. Hazlett, 44, of Gilbert, Ariz., the former CEO of a collection agency, Valley Acceptance Corporation, was sentenced here to 8 months in prison, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution…

DHS TRIP will provide central gateway for travel-related issues WASHINGTON The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will launch the DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP), an easy to use, single point of inquiry for travel-related…

The discovery of a high incidence of intersex (male fish exhibiting female characteristics) in smallmouth bass of the Potomac River Basin has prompted an investigation of water quality and wastewater discharge into the upper Potomac, and blood-plasma studies on this…

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with Long Beach, Calif.-based Edgington Oil Company, LLC for $30,000 for its alleged failure to monitor and report excess emissions at its petroleum refinery in Long Beach, as required by…

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been examining the relative toxicity to aquatic life from a variety of formulations used to remove or prevent dangerous ice buildup on aircraft. A recent study has confirmed that proprietary additives are responsible for…