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Baltimore businessman imprisoned for undervaluing Chinese imports
A Chinese national selling plastic bags, restaurant supplies and other merchandise from China out of a warehouse in Baltimore was sentenced to 16 months in prison Wednesday for dodging customs duties on the imported products, according to the Maryland U....Tags: Punishment, Annapolis, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Chinese Restaurants, China
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Getting high on the high seas?
For the few who want to get high on the high seas, watch out for customs. U.S. Customs officers said they've had a busy week at the South Baltimore terminal -- issuing what it called seven $500 "zero-tolerance" citations to passengers trying to board a...
Tags: Punishment, Drugs and Medicines, Police Arrests, Royal Caribbean International, Port of Baltimore
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Border crossings: prosperity, peril
Sun StaffTENENEXPAN, Mexico - The route that Noemi and Andrea Quezada traveled from this small farming village into the United States is an inhospitable passage, but one that many of their family members have chanced over the years in an effort to escape...Tags: Family, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration, Furniture, Mexico
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Endangered Species, Conservation, Nigeria, Wildlife
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El Paso mayoral candidates accentuate issues, stress differences
El Paso Times, TexasMayoral candidates Oscar Leeser and Steve Ortega have two basic things to prove to voters before the June runoff election, a local political expert said. "They have to say, 'Not only am I the right guy for the job, but (the opponent) is the wrong guy...Tags: Subway Transportation, Parties and Movements, Local Elections, Elections, Transportation
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Case against ship in Portsmouth is expedited
The Virginian-PilotA federal appeals court on Friday agreed to speed up the case of the coal ship that's been held up in Hampton Roads for a month. The timetable, however, may not be fast enough to prevent the owner of the ship from running out of money, according to...Tags: Military Justice, Judges, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Hampton Roads, Justice System
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'Magnificent' Portland landmark reopens
Portland Press Herald, MaineWhen its doors first opened in 1872, the U.S. Custom House became the gateway to one of the nation's busiest ports and a symbol of the federal government's role in promoting commerce. It was designed to be awe-inspiring. Today, 141 years later, it...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Government, National Government
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Global Entry: Help may be at hand for those who wait to get OK'd
Los Angeles Times Travel editorIf you’re waiting…and waiting…for an interview appointment to complete your application for the Global Entry fast-pass-through-customs program, help may be at hand. In a blog post Monday, I explained that I had been conditionally...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Agriculture, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Valley Police Beat: Cocaine and heroin found in muffler, 18-year-old arrested
CALEXICO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 32 pounds of heroin and cocaine hidden inside a vehicle’s muffler and arrested an 18-year-old suspected of drug smuggling at the Calexico downtown Port of Entry on Sunday morning,...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, Heroin
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Cocaine and heroin found in muffler, 18-year-old arrested
CALEXICO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 32 pounds of heroin and cocaine hidden inside a vehicle’s muffler and arrested an 18-year-old suspected of drug smuggling at the Calexico downtown Port of Entry on Sunday morning,...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, Heroin
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Immigration bill would restrict drone use in California
WASHINGTON – Concerned that border surveillance drones might fly over much of Southern California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) successfully amended the proposed Senate immigration overhaul bill Tuesday to limit such flights to within three...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Cocoa Beach, Dianne Feinstein, National Security, Federal Aviation Administration
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Wilmington man charged with arson
Plattsburgh Press-RepublicanA Wilmington man has been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to property on the lawn of a residence in May of last year. It is the third felony charge for Jacob E. Dahl, 24, in nine months. The incident was reported to State Police at 4:...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Prisons, Prosecution, Trials
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