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Man who used MySpace for child porn sentenced
A 40-year-old Gaithersburg man was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in federal prison after authorities determined that he received and distributed child pornography on his home computer and pretended to be a teenager on MySpace so he could have...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, MySpace
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Chicago man charged in mortgage scam
A Chicago man who falsely claimed to own a hardwood floor business obtained $3.7 million in loans on six houses in the west and northwest suburbs in a fraud scheme, the FBI said Friday. Tomas Leiskunas, 28, was acting as a straw buyer for others yet to... -
Feds say market sold 'hot kielbasa' _ aka cocaine
A Brooklyn butcher shop worker called his specialty "hot kielbasa" _ for snorting, not eating. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the kielbasa was really cocaine _ not the Polish sausage sold in a popular meat market. According to a criminal...Tags: Raymond W. Kelly, New York City Police Department
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FBI files show loathing for columnist Jack Anderson, obsession with debunking his reporting
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) _ In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, legendary bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about...Tags: Jack Anderson, Mass Media, Civil Rights, Harry S Truman, National Government
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Shepard's mother grieves lost chances
The Associated PressMatthew Shepard's mother still mourns lost opportunities to battle hate crimes and promote a greater tolerance of gays in the 10 years since her 21-year-old son was beaten, tied to a wooden fence and left for dead in a frigid Wyoming pasture. Though...Tags: Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Defense, Injuries, Assault
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26 charged in drug bust at Brooklyn meat market
anthony.destefano@newsday.comThe "hot kielbasa" being sold in Brooklyn had nothing to do with the popular Polish sausage, federal investigators said Friday. Instead, drug dealers used the name of the Slavic sausage to identify a highly pure cocaine being sold throughout the...Tags: Prosecution, Greenpoint, Drug Trafficking, New York City Police Department
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Landmark state pension reform bill signed into law
sandra.peddie@newsday.comA landmark pension reform bill that closes the loopholes allowing some public employees to collect six-figure salaries on top of six-figure pensions was signed into law Friday by Gov. David A. Paterson. Citing pension abuses that have been uncovered in a...Tags: Regional Authority, Interior Policy, Labor Legislation, Internal Revenue Service, Thomas P. DiNapoli
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Crime falling?
The front-page headline on Sept. 19 proclaimed, "Area's urban violent crime still falling." According to the FBI, urban violent crime has been on the decrease, but judging from the news reports, it certainly doesn't seem that way. I may not be an expert...Tags: Minority Groups, Law Enforcement
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Weekend Talk Shows
TODAY Good Morning America An interview with vice presidential nominee Joe Biden (D) in his home state of Delaware. 7 a.m. KABC 45140 Larry King Live 6 and 9 p.m. CNN 874140, 447985 McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET 28695 SUNDAY Today Career advice for...Tags: CBS Corp., Meet the Press, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Tom Udall, L. Douglas Wilder
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Attorney for man accused of binding teenage girl's hands on flight says it was 'horseplay'
Associated Press WriterDENVER (AP) _ The attorney for a man accused of binding the hands of a teenage girl on a Southwest Airlines flight and trying to do the same to her sister said it was merely "horseplay" and pointed out that the girls didn't scream. U.S. Magistrate...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Prosecution, Southwest Airlines Company, Air and Space Accidents, Lawyers
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FBI agent, robbery expert
Chicago Tribune reporterAs a general rule, FBI agents don't like speaking with the media. So when three former agents talked at length about David Childre, it spoke volumes about the kind of agent and man he was. Mr. Childre, 58, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, of complications after...Tags: Puerto Rico, Injuries, Harley-Davidson Incorporated, Murder, Theft
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La conejita y las credenciales
EL SENTINELLa conejita no le trajo toda la buena suerte que necesita el millonario venezolano Franklin Durán para librarse de la acusación por conspirar y actuar como un agente del Gobierno de su país en Estados Unidos. El martes pasado la jueza Joan Lenard, de...
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