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U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- Agents began using the virtual fence last December, and the towers have resulted in more than 3,000 apprehensions since, said Greg Giddens, executive director of the SBI program office in Washington. But that's just a fraction of the several hundred il.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 18, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs. Officials said it was the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

MSNBC -- A couple accused of stealing millions of dollars from an armored car company did it to escape financial hardships, the woman told the FBI in court documents disclosed Monday. Roger Dillon, 23, and his girlfriend, Nicole Boyd, 25, both of Youngstown, ar.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 28, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- More than 3 million people will have to wait until February to get their tax refunds because of Congress’ late fix to the alternative minimum tax, the IRS said Thursday. Congress put a one-year freeze on growth of the alternative minimum tax last wee.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 19, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta — the version that became part of English law — was auctioned for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said. The document, which had been expected to draw bids of $30.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 31, 2007 @ 8:39pm neoform

CNN -- A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals in the belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. Albert Snyder of York, P.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 9:32am neoform

Yahoo News -- Wal-Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled Wednesday. About 125,000 people will receive $500 each in damages under a.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:18am neoform

Alter Net -- Since 1990, over 10.4 million Americans have been busted for pot. When will we recognize it's time to stand up to the war on harmless pot smoking? What would cops do without weed? For one thing, they'd sure spend a lot less time arresting and processin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 16, 2007 @ 2:33pm neoform

Bloomberg -- A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to a Texas base, U.S. officials said. The company also billed and was.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 28, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

CNN -- John Feigenbaum didn't sleep at all during his redeye flight across the country. He's not a nervous flier -- he was carrying a dime worth $1.9 million. Feigenbaum, 38, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is a rare coin dealer, and the dime he was carrying fro.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 14, 2007 @ 10:16pm neoform

FOX News -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, the largest payout to date in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday. Attorneys for the archdiocese and allege.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 28, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

Washington Post -- The project started in 2003 with a $2 million contract to help the new Department of Homeland Security quickly get an intelligence operation up and running. Over the next year, the cost of the no-bid arrangement with consultant Booz Allen Hamilton soar.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 12:54pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner. Administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson had argued earlier in his opening s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 12:41am neoform

FOX News -- A California meat supplier once again expanded a beef recall Saturday to include a total of 5.7 million pounds of both fresh and frozen products because they may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspecti.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 9:02am neoform

FOX News -- A judge who was seeking $67 million from a dry cleaners that lost his pants has loosened the belt on his lawsuit. Now, he's asking for only $54 million, according to a May 30 court filing in D.C. Superior Court. Roy L. Pearson, a District of Columbia a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 11, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

New York Times -- The company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives pleaded guilty today in federal court here to criminal charges that they misled regulators, doctors and patients about the drug’s risk of addiction and its.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 13, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

Washington Post -- As many as 6 million prepared meals stockpiled near potential victims of the 2006 hurricane season spoiled in the Gulf Coast heat last summer when the Federal Emergency Management Agency ran short of warehouse and refrigeration space, according to agency.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 29, 2007 @ 9:52pm neoform

SF Gate -- Two women in their 70s pleaded not guilty Thursday to drugging two transient men and killing them with a car so they could collect nearly $3 million in insurance money. Helen Golay, 76, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 74, pleaded not guilty before Superior Cou.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 15, 2007 @ 1:34pm neoform

USA Today -- More than 1 million pages of historical government documents — a stack taller than the U.S. Capitol — have been removed from public view since the September 2001 terror attacks, according to records obtained by the Associated Press. Some of the papers.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 8:31am neoform

Yahoo News -- In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But Census figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time... Read More