Laboratory mice infected with the agent of scrapie -- a brain-wasting disease of sheep -- show high levels of the scrapie agent in their heart several hundred days after being infected in the brain, indicating that heart infection might be…

WASHINGTON - As part of the continuing efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to protect and assist those potentially affected by the recent data theft that occurred at an employee's Maryland home, Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James…

PHOENIX Darren Burnette, 20, of the White Mountain Apache Reservation, was sentenced in Phoenix on Wednesday, June 21th to four months in prison by U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia Mathis. Burnette pleaded guilty on January 11, 2006 to a misdemeanor of…

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing personnel and assets from two key operational component agencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the United States Coast Guard, in support to state and local response efforts to…

EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Stanton Street Dedicated Commuter Lane (DCL) seized prohibited food and agricultural items from a DCL user this morning. The violator was assessed a $500 penalty and lost…

EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Paso Del Norte (PDN) crossing in downtown El Paso Tuesday apprehended a man being sought by the El Paso County Sheriffs office on an outstanding aggravated sexual…

New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson has been suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch at Cleveland's Eduardo Perez during the top of the seventh inning of the June 14 game after a…

Defendants Will Pay Nearly $1 Million in Consumer Redress and Penalties A credit counseling service and related companies and individuals have agreed to pay $926,754 in consumer redress and civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made…

WASHINGTON - Honeywell International Inc. will pay the United States $2.6 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced on June 16. The government alleges that Honeywell did not properly test electrostatic…

Blue Bell, PA Veterans of the Army's renowned 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One, will hold their 88th Annual Reunion in Phoenix, Arizona from July 12 16, 2006 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa. The reunion is sponsored…

Is it safe for your pet? (Phoenix, AZ) The Arizona Department of Agriculture is testing dog and cat food in it's ongoing Non-Food Quality Assurance program after nearly 80 pets died due to toxins in their food. Recently, naturally occurring…

LOS ANGELES - In an effort that promises to drastically improve local air quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency now requires refiners and fuel importers to cut the sulfur content of highway diesel fuel 97 percent, from 500 parts per…