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| $250K proceeds from auction to be given to vics of Wall Street swindlers |
| New York Daily News |
| Sometimes crime does pay. A standing-room-only crowd packed a conference room at the Belvedere Hotel Sunday for a jewelry auction run by the Manhattan district attorney's office to raise money for the |
| Evidence From Dixon Trial Hits eBay |
| WBAL Channel |
| BALTIMORE -- If you didn't get enough of the Mayor Sheila Dixon trial, you can now have some of the evidence -- for a price.Prosecutors weren't joking when they said they were going to auction off som |
| Let the Bidding Begin |
| Yahoo! News |
| Global Traveler kicks off its annual charity auction Yardley, PA (PRWEB) March 8, 2010 -- Global Traveler, the only ABC-audited publication for frequent business travelers, launched its 2010 online ch |
| Marston Group & Lancashire Police work together to combat crime |
| CCR Magazine |
| Lancashire Constabulary has commended Marston Groupâ??s north west Operations Manager, Darren Connor, following his assistance in a high profile confiscation. The commendation was awarded following Da |
| FBI Recovered Antiquarian Library to Be Sold At Auction |
| Artdaily.org |
| The collection had been brought to the attention of the FBI by Mr. Sistos heirs, following his death in 2007. CHICAGO, IL.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announces an auction featuring over 75 lots of e |
| 10 Tributes to Yankee Excellence |
| Trend Hunter |
| A tear came to my eye as I was piecing together these tributes to Yankee excellence. If you couldnâ??t tell, Iâ??m a rabid Yankee fan. I may need to see a doctor. The cure is right around the corner, |
| Fine Art & Antiques: Sharing bad experiences helps others |
| Main Line Media News |
| Weather When it comes to the antiques world, the press often reports only on the positive stories, like the rare antiques that exceed an auction estimate or a multi-million-dollar painting that was fo |
| Community Calendar |
| New York Daily Star |
| Ã?ÂPlanting Possibilities and Perils' discussion, 1 p.m. Strawbale House, Hartwick College Pine Lake Environmental Campus. For info: Dan Morse, 431-4666. Buffet dinner, auction, 4 p.m., Oneonta Moose |
| Miell's personal belongings to be auctioned |
| Poten & Partners |
| Mar. 6--An auction of personal belongings from the home of Robert Miell, once the largest individual landlord in Linn County, will begin next week. Dick Backes Auctioneers of Raymond inventoried seven |
| Did Hawaii Purchase Auction-Rate Securities From FINRA Through Citigroup? |
| Daily Markets |
| The auction-rate securities market did not instantaneously freeze in early 2008. The fact is, the ARS market started to fail in mid-2007 on the heels of a variety of market segments repricing given th |
| Wendy Harmer: In cyberspace no one can hear you scream |
| Daily Telegraph Australia |
| MY 12-year-old son was cruelly robbed this week. He was tricked into revealing a password by a sleazy opportunist who stole his 2000 gold, Blade-Scorcher Carapace, Judgement Hood and Bryntroll, The Bo |
| eBay Fraudster Ordered To Pay Back £102,000 |
| ITProPortal.com |
| An eBay scammer, who tricked many online customers across the globe into buying substandard electronic goods, has been ordered to pay back over £100,000 in damages to the affected people. Jonathan Ha |
| Avoid These Scams By Being Informed |
| Internet ScamBusters |
| There are lessons for us all in the wave of immigrant scams currently sweeping the US. The kind of tricks that currently exploit unfamiliarity with language and regulations can also be applied to othe |
| Defendant Charged with Wire Fraud for eBay Cookie Stuffing Scheme |
| Tech Law Journal |
| The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (USAO/NDCal) charged Christopher Kennedy by criminal information [PDF] with one count of conspirac |
| Drink locally to help Uganda |
| Victoria News |
| The Superior Cafe is hosting Tight Knit on March 14, which includes beverages by Victoria Spirits and Salt Spring Ales, a silent auction, live music and food. The event is from 7 p.m. to midnight. Tic |
| 2009 and 2010 Top 10 Scams |
| Internet ScamBusters |
| Our annual review of the 10 Top Scams shows phishing and identity theft continuing to hold the Number 1 slot both in 2009 and 2010. The 2009 outturn was more or less as we expected, except for a surpr |
| Avoid These Scams By Being Informed |
| Internet ScamBusters |
| There are lessons for us all in the wave of immigrant scams currently sweeping the US. The kind of tricks that currently exploit unfamiliarity with language and regulations can also be applied to othe |
| Traders in dead |
| Wakefield Express |
| A COUPLE who traded in dead endangered species are now facing jail. Graham Pitchforth, the former head of animal care at Wakefield Collge, and his wife Norah pleaded guilty to 24 charges which involve |
| Kick-Ass creator reveals how Nemesis will â??invertâ?? superhero mythos |
| STV.tv |
| Kick-Ass and Wanted creator Mark Millar has revealed to STV more about his latest comic book work Nemesis, which he promises will be a 'complete inversion' of superheroes as we know them. 161633 Kick- |
| Thai rice should trade at a higher price |
| The Nation - Thailand |
| As a Thai who wishes for a prosperous future for Thai rice, I believe it should be traded at a much higher price than the set quota. After keeping up with reports in recent months, I could not help fe |
| Defendant Charged with Wire Fraud for eBay Cookie Stuffing Scheme |
| Tech Law Journal |
| The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (USAO/NDCal) charged Christopher Kennedy by criminal information [PDF] with one count of conspirac |
| Leading Retailers Report Continued Growth in Retail Crime |
| Your Story |
| ARLINGTON, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ â?? According to a survey released today by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), America's largest retailers report that retail crime contin |
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| Thefts hurt Franklin County farmers |
| WAFF |
| RUSSELLVILLE, AL (WAFF) â?? Already hurt by a sputtering agriculture industry, Franklin County farmers also have to watch for fraud thieves. Every Monday, hundreds of cattle go up for sale at the Nort |
| Ebay Financial Fraud Assisted by ebay Internet |
| Ripoff Report |
| Are you an owner, employee or ex-employee with either negative or positive information about the company or individual, or can you provide 'insider information' on this company? Victim of this person/ |
| Experian Automotive Expands Vehicle Data Service Offerings With Manheim |
| WBTV News |
| New vehicle history snapshot helps dealers make more informed buying decisions SCHAUMBURG, Ill., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian Automotive today announced that it has enhanced its vehicle data servi |
| Oppenheimer ARS Investor Rails on NY AG Cuomo re: OPCO-ARS Settlement |
| Benzinga.com |
| How often do politicians declare victory while innocent victims remain baffled, bewildered, and befuddled as they hang onto the pangs of defeat? How often do politicians look to score political points |
| Fraud victims sought |
| South Africa Mercury |
| Police are looking for the victims of a man who is accused of swindling people of their hard-earned cash by promising them houses. 'Members of the Durban Commercial Crime Unit are looking for anyone w |
| Largest ever eBay scam uncovered: Seven face jail over international multimillion |
| Mail Online UK |
| Seven members of a gang face jail today for their parts in a multimillion-pound global scam to sell fake golf clubs on eBay. The counterfeiting operation was described as the largest fraud of its kind |
| Leading Retailers Report Continued Growth in Retail Crime |
| Your Story |
| ARLINGTON, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ â?? According to a survey released today by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), America's largest retailers report that retail crime contin |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Q&A with Julianne Balmain, writer of Napa Valley mysteries under the pen name Nadia |
| Sacramento Bee |
| Julianne Balmain has solved the mystery of the Napa Valley. The acclaimed writer is all about wine and food. So is Sunny McCoskey, the central character in Balmain's four mystery novels set in the exc |
| FBI Art Crime Team says residences are biggest target |
| SmartPlanet |
| I know better than to believe everything I see in the movies. But when it came to art heists, I believed that they all, in fact, took place in beautiful European countries, at high-profile museums, ex |
| VIDEO: Congressmen assail NOAA fishing enforcement at Gloucester hearing |
| Patriot Ledger |
| Congress came to Gloucester Tuesday to take a hard look at how the federal government is enforcing its fishing regulations. Key administrators from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, |
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| Fraud victims sought |
| South Africa Mercury |
| Police are looking for the victims of a man who is accused of swindling people of their hard-earned cash by promising them houses. 'Members of the Durban Commercial Crime Unit are looking for anyone w |
| Women of Colors to host dinner, auction |
| Saginaw News |
| Women of Colors Inc. will celebrate its 17th anniversary and 12th annual Sweetheart Getaway Silent Auction with a dinner at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Andersen Enrichment Center, 120 Ezra Rust in Saginaw. T |
| More bosses checking credit of job seekers |
| HeraldNet |
| Its hard enough to find a job in this economy, and now some people are facing another hurdle: Potential employers are holding their credit histories against them. Sixty percent of employers recently s |
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| Asia Buys 20.2% of Fannie's Benchmark Notes |
| National Mortgage News |
| Distribution data show U.S. investors bought 65.8% of Fannie Mae's $4 billion two-year Benchmark Notes new issue on Friday, followed by Asian investors who bought 20.2%. European investors bought just |
| Business news in brief |
| Philadelphia Inquirer |
| In the Region Ally told to reduce deposit rates GMAC Inc. said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. asked GMAC's Ally Bank unit to curtail interest rates on deposits. Ally Bank has about $18 billion in |
| NEWS: Maggie Boepple Resigns as President of LMCC |
| ArtForum.com |
| Maggie Boepple has resigned as president of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), reports Artinfo. Diego Segalini, the LMCCâ??s current vice president, has been named acting president until a r |
| NEWS: Roberto Cecchi Appointed Secretary General of Italyâ??s Ministry of Culture |
| ArtForum.com |
| Maggie Boepple has resigned as president of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), reports Artinfo. Diego Segalini, the LMCCâ??s current vice president, has been named acting president until a r |
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| NEWS: David Garza Appointed Director of Henry Street Settlement |
| ArtForum.com |
| Maggie Boepple has resigned as president of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), reports Artinfo. Diego Segalini, the LMCCâ??s current vice president, has been named acting president until a r |
| Donated wheelchairs change lives |
| Campbell River Mirror |
| Mike Rushton (centre) of the Daybreak Rotary Club helps Don Huestis (left) and Nicholas Benner get started in a wheelchair race during Friday nightâ??s Storm game intermission. The race was held to ra |
| Judge OKs auction of accused Lindon Ponzi scammerâ??s 200-plus car collection |
| Central Utah Daily Herald |
| The investors of alleged Ponzi scammer Jeffrey Mowen are closer to getting restitution after a federal judge ruled that a stalled auction of his collection of nearly 200 vehicles can move forward. The |
| How much are your collectibles worth? |
| Yahoo! Canada |
| 'Wow, I thought you had your own shipping company!' That was the reaction I received from the UPS man when I informed him the nine heavy cardboard boxes he was carting to my apartment were actually co |
| Rally starts Friday in Community Park |
| Cuba Free Press |
| SYC/Trend Members from SMS were guest speakers at the Feb. 16 meeting of the Steelville Chamber of Commerce. The students spoke about their recent trip to the Missouri Community Betterment (MCB) confe |
| More bosses checking credit of job seekers |
| HeraldNet |
| Its hard enough to find a job in this economy, and now some people are facing another hurdle: Potential employers are holding their credit histories against them. Sixty percent of employers recently s |
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| Hernando County events, from flea markets to polka parties |
| St. Petersburg Times |
| Library hosts Storytime and Toddler Time programs: Toddler Time, for ages 18-35 months, at 10 a.m.; Storytime, for ages 3-5, at 11 a.m., Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library, 9220 Spring |
| Auction settles case vs. NOAA |
| Gloucester Daily Times |
| The Gloucester Seafood Display Auction avoided trial yesterday, settling a 59 count case of allegations of illegal fish brokering and threads from two cases that together provided the spark for a prot |
| Our view: Superheroes thrive in good times and bad |
| Salem Evening News |
| Recession? What recession? Last month saw the record for the highest price ever paid for a comic book broken twice. Admittedly, these were not just any comic books. They were the first issues featurin |
| Lord Conrad Black eyes Supreme Court for ticket to freedom |
| PalmBeachDailyNews |
| Studio Palm Beach Mitchell and Hilarie Morgan open their renovated home to benefactors of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Seen honoring groups spanning American and Irish culture are, fr |
| How a brazen eBay swindle was unraveled |
| Omaha World-Herald |
| MIAMI ? Jonathan Harkness, a liquor-store regulator from Washington state, came to know ?Jorge Carlos? in late 2006, when Carlos posted a Surefire flashlight for sale on eBay using a Miami street addr |
| $70m in scams catch Aussies online (The West Australian) |
| Yahoo! News Australia |
| From pedigree puppies to Patrick Swayze, fraudsters swindled nearly $70 million from Australians last year by exploiting a wide swath of online scams. About 20,000 people reported becoming victims of |
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| Golf club scammers to be sentenced |
| Yahoo! UK and Ireland |
| Seven members of a gang behind a multi-million pound fake golf club scam believed to be the largest such conspiracy ever to be uncovered on eBay, are facing a jail term. The counterfeiting operation w |
| Australians report $70m fraud loss in 2009 |
| IT News Australia |
| . Australians in 2009 were most prone to scams that asked for an up-front payment to secure larger, fictitious returns, an ACCC survey has found. The report (pdf), which was launched today for Nationa |
| Hochfelders Fast Rise and Fall in Real Estate |
| New York Times |
| Even in a city saturated with success stories, Adam C. Hochfelder achieved more by his early 30s than most people do in a lifetime. Adam C. and Amy Hochfelder, above, at a 2003 charity auction. He bou |
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| Rotarys Fun Night scheduled for Ma..... |
| The Inter Mountain |
| The Rotary Club of Elkins is one of 33,000 clubs worldwide. Its members are a part of the more than 1.2 million that strive to make their community and communities throughout the world a better place |
| Fans warned of fake World Cup tickets |
| This is Money |
| This is Money World Cup football fans have been warned not to buy tickets from websites such as eBay and Gumtree. Fifa, the competition organiser, said some 'unscrupulous individuals' were using websi |
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| R8 million paid for Batman comic |
| Sowetan |
| Superman and Batmanâ??s first appearances in comic books have each set auction sales records and broken the $1 million barrier, in an age when traditional investments have fared badly and superheroes |
| Our Political Parties And Their Manifestos |
| Sri Lanka Sunday Leader |
| 'Elections in Sri Lanka are when they auction unavailable resources' â?? Lee Kwan Yew The â??Promising Seasonâ?? is upon us once again. We are being treated to cartloads of promises. Unfortunately for |
| Bios of all three candidates |
| San Jose Mercury News |
| The three people vying to be California's next governor offer differing styles, levels of political experience and degrees of wealth. Here's a look at Jerry Brown, the ex-governor who's running unoppo |
| Superbucks to be made from old superhero comics |
| Cape Argus |
| LOS ANGELES: Superman and Batman's first appearances in comic books have each set auction sales records and broken the $1 million barrier in an age when traditional investments have fared badly and su |
| Dillinger, Capone items to be auctioned |
| Chicago Tribune |
| Who will draw more interest? Harold Rubin, the eccentric collector once dubbed the 'king of Chicago pornography,' or John Dillinger, the notorious 1930s gangster? Leslie Hindman Auctioneers are hoping |
| Police seek tips in cityâ??s first homicide |
| Kingston This Week |
| His body was found at the side of a road, close to the busiest highway in Canada. And no one is saying how he got there or why. Detectives from the Kingston Police Major Crime Unit are continuing to i |
| Rotarys Fun Night scheduled for Ma..... |
| The Inter Mountain |
| The Rotary Club of Elkins is one of 33,000 clubs worldwide. Its members are a part of the more than 1.2 million that strive to make their community and communities throughout the world a better place |
| Telecom Italia delays results amid Sparkle tax probe |
| Digital Media Europe |
| results amid Sparkle tax probe - // // // //dd a click handler to open image in new window //Used when toggling back from the summary from the endRequestHandler //dd a click handler to open image in |
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| Hunt for the Codex Cardona |
| Sacramento News & Review |
| A retired UC Davis history professor turns detective, attempts to solve mystery of a missing Mexican treasure Retired UC Davis professor Arnold Bauer holds open a copy of the Codex Mendoza, a document |
| Identity fraud nightmare: One man's story |
| Philadelphia Inquirer |
| CHICAGO - Identity theft and fraud have ruined Dave Crouse's life. In fewer than six months, $900,000 in merchandise, gambling and telephone-services charges were siphoned out of his debit card. His a |
| Madoff Investors Suing The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) |
| Daily Markets |
| You can rest assured that the powers that be on Wall Street would just as soon have the Madoff saga over. The Madoff scam perpetrated on investors is an ugly reminder of the non-existent financial reg |
| How a bold eBay scam was unravelled |
| Montreal Gazette |
| MIAMI â Jonathan Harkness, a liquor-store regulator from Washington state, came to know âJorge Carlosâ in late 2006, when Carlos posted a Surefire flashlight for sale on eBay using a Miami street a |
| PayPal Wish to Take Advantage Social Media Application to Improve Competitiveness |
| PRLog |
| According to the foreign media report, in order to improve the competitiveness of online payment business, eBay subordinate PayPal plans to appealed attention of social media program developer develop |
| Identity fraud nightmare: One man's story |
| Philadelphia Inquirer |
| CHICAGO - Identity theft and fraud have ruined Dave Crouse's life. In fewer than six months, $900,000 in merchandise, gambling and telephone-services charges were siphoned out of his debit card. His a |
| The Rumour Mill - February 25 |
| Lancashire Telegraph |
| Hull City's Kamil Zayatte is determined to quit Humberside in the summer and claims West Ham and Spurs tried to sign him during the January transfer Blackpool manager Ian Holloway wants to sign Clint |
| Pizza Hut robbed minutes after opening |
| Orange County Register |
| Seriously? Sled dogs on Olympics primetime? 1 hour _and_ 52 minutes ago Behind the scenes at Angels photo day 6 minutes ago Photos: Olympics Day 13 OCVarsity Fandemonium: Girls quarterfinals madness |
| 2 women robbed in broad daylight |
| Orange County Register |
| Pizza Hut robbed minutes after opening 2 minutes ago SPORTS Seriously? Sled dogs on Olympics primetime? 1 hour _and_ 52 minutes ago Behind the scenes at Angels photo day 6 minutes ago Photos: Olymp |
| Week In Review: Feb. 24, 2010 |
| DeKalb County Midweek |
| Listed below are links to the complete stories that were printed in part in the Week In Review section of this week's MidWeek: Sycamore considers grant for former Kmart plaza SYCAMORE â?? The develope |
| Batman comic fetches $1.075 million, rewrites record |
| KWMU |
| By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Superman and Batman's first appearances in comic books have each set auction sales records and broken the $1 million barrier, in an age when traditional inv |
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| Batman beats Superman at $1.075m |
| Times Live South Africa |
| Superman and Batmanâ??s first appearances in comic books have each set auction sales records and broken the $1 million barrier, in an age when traditional investments have fared badly and superheroes |
| Batman beats Superman: early comic book sell for more than $1m |
| Telegraph |
| Comic books featuring the first appearances of Superman and Batman have each set auction sales records and broken the $1 million barrier, in an age when traditional investments have fared badly and su |
| Macomb County Foreclosure Expert, Ralph Roberts Saves Familyâ??s Home from the Sheriffâ??s |
| PRLog |
| Macomb County Foreclosure Expert FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR Log (Press Release) â?? Feb 23, 2010 â?? Harrison Twp., MI - The messenger was Sterling Hgts. Realtor, Ralph Roberts. The mortgage expert read |
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| Complaints of eBay rip-off lead authorities to South Florida |
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| Jonathan Harkness, a liquor-store regulator from Washington state, came to know ``Jorge Carlos'' in late 2006, when Carlos posted a Surefire flashlight for sale on eBay using a Miami street address. H |
| Watchdog Group Warns Congress About Wall Street Oversight |
| Huffington Post |
| Congress is putting investors and the public at risk by paying insufficient attention to the private regulators Wall Street hires to police itself, warns a private watchdog group. In a letter sent |
| That Wines a Fake |
| CHOW |
| Does it really matter if what youâ??re drinking isnâ??t actually Pinot Noir? In the biggest recent scandal in the wine world recently, 12 people in France have been found guilty of defrauding E_and_am |
| Who the Heck is Herwart von Hohenburg? |
| Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| The Mensa Isiaca. Engraved plate number one from Thesaurus Hieroglyphicorum. No copies have come to auction within the last thirty-five years. OCLC/KVK note only seven copies in institutional collecti |
| Indictment made in tomato plot |
| Crescent-News |
| Jared Orzolek about 5 hours ago The former owner of a California food company has been indicted in an alleged price-fixing plot that involved buyers for some of the nation's biggest food chains. A fed |
| Biblical Photoshoptography |
| Trend Hunter |
| Religion and Photoshop collide in Alessandro Bavariâ??s 'Sodom _and_amp; Gmorrah.â? This amazing collection of pictures was made entirely in Adobe Photoshop. Brilliant! These pictures sure are differ |
| Identity fraud victim's attempt to bounce back cost life savings |
| Pittsburgh Tribune Review |
| CHICAGO Identity theft and fraud have ruined Dave Crouse's life. In fewer than six months, $900,000 in merchandise, gambling and telephone-services charges were siphoned out of his debit card. His at |
| The Debt Default Boom Has Begun, How to Profit From Corporate Thievery |
| Market Oracle |
| David Fessler writes: It was a crisp, cold night. 8:30 PM. I was dressed in black, as was my friend and partner-in-crime. (He asked that I not use his real name, so Iâ??ll call him Pete.) As Pete has |
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Fair Warning, Do not do any business with "HostPapa" as they are a bunch of crooked scam artists.
| Auction car to be examined |
| DaltonDailyCitizen |
| The 1995 Volvo 960 that barreled into an Ellijay auto auction Tuesday night, causing more than two dozen injuries, will be inspected next week, authorities said. A toxicology report on the driver has |
| Sarah's fundraising for youngsters |
| Messenger Newspapers |
| HALE resident, Sarah Hope, from Altrincham Chamber of Commerce members Dr Sarah Norman _and_amp; Co is raising funds for the charity Kids Company. Kids Company, founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh, provi |
| How to live like a millionaire on R20,000 a month |
| Politicsweb |
| 10. Lood se Praatjies' commentary in Beeld on Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address: Lood notes that the presidency was very pleased that twice as many people tuned into this year's 7pm broadcast a |
| Identity fraud victim's attempt to bounce back cost life savings |
| Pittsburgh Tribune Review |
| CHICAGO Identity theft and fraud have ruined Dave Crouse's life. In fewer than six months, $900,000 in merchandise, gambling and telephone-services charges were siphoned out of his debit card. His at |
| Maui takes Merrill Lynch to court |
| Honolulu Advertiser |
| Maui County has filed a lawsuit in federal court against investment giant Merrill Lynch, hoping to recover about $32 million of taxpayer money the county has tied up in what are called 'student loan a |
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| Bidz.com Raises $20,000 for Haiti Relief Efforts |
| Interest!ALERT |
| CULVER CITY, Calif., Feb. 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bidz.com, Inc. , a leading online retailer of jewelry, announced today that it has partnered with the American Red Cross branch in Santa Monica, |
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| Ticket scalping an Olympian headache |
| MSNBC |
| The line outside the official Olympics box office was much longer than the lines around scalpers on Wednesday (photo by Bob Sullivan) VANCOUVER -- 'I NEED TICKETS' screamed the signs hanging from the |
| Scam Tricks and Spams: 20 Shockers to Keep You On Guard |
| Internet ScamBusters |
| Military strategists say your odds of beating an enemy are higher when you know the scale of their actions and understand their tactics. When it comes to spam and scam wars, it's the same. Sadly, howe |
| Merrill Lynch pays Florida $640,700 fine |
| Charlotte Business Journal |
| The state of Florida has joined in a $26.6 million national settlement with Merrill Lynch _and_ Co., with the unit paying the state a $640,700 administrative fine. The payment to the Florida Office of |
| Molly Maid Raises Record Funds to Support Domestic Violence Victims |
| Free Press Release Center |
| (FPRC) -- Ann Arbor, MI Across the nation, Molly Maid franchise owners raised a record $132,200 in 2009 to support the Ms. Molly Foundation, the companys non-profit arm that collects funds on behalf |
| Scam Tricks and Spams: 20 Shockers to Keep You On Guard |
| Internet ScamBusters |
| Military strategists say your odds of beating an enemy are higher when you know the scale of their actions and understand their tactics. When it comes to spam and scam wars, it's the same. Sadly, howe |
| The Debt Default Boom: How to Profit From the â??Car-Stealingâ? Businesses: Encore |
| Guru Focus |
| It was a crisp, cold night. 8:30 PM. I was dressed in black, as was my friend and partner-in-crime. (He asked that I not use his real name, so Iâ??ll call him Pete.) As Pete has done hundreds of times |
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| Daniel Grant: Title Insurance: Not Necessary in the Primary or Contemporary Art |
| Huffington Post |
| Is title insurance a solution in search of a problem? Back in 2006, ARIS Corporation began offering title insurance, which was designed to calm art collectors who worried that someone might lay claim |
| Dee Dee Moore charged with murder in lotto winner's death |
| ABC Action News |
| TAMPA, FL -- Investigators have now charged Dee Dee Moore with 1st degree murder in the case of murdered lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare. His body was found buried underneath a slab of concrete at |
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| £11m Wrekin ruby is sold for just £8,010 |
| Huddersfield Daily Examiner |
| A GIANT ruby once thought to be valued at £11m and used to support the firm behind the St Georgeâ??s Square project has been sold â?? for £8,010. The â??Gem of Tanzaniaâ? was entered as one of Wrek |
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| HFMWeek Daily Snapshot - 11 February |
| HFMWeek.com |
| Och-Ziff Capital Managementâ??s fourth-quarter losses narrowed as hedge fund companies' core business improved sharply, reports the WSJ. One of only a small number of publicly traded hedge fund firms, |
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| 9. Stripper Mobile apparently legal |
| 10connects.com |
| Preston Rudie9 hrs ago Tampa, Florida - The 'Stripper Mobile' is designed to get attention, and now it's caught the eye of the police. Andrea Davis with the Tampa Police Department tells 10 Connects t |
| 5. Police: Break-in and murder connected to baby's death |
| 10connects.com |
| Grayson Kamm39 mins ago Clearwater, Florida -- Police saylong_spacea man stabbed his baby's mother to death in her apartment as detectives were looking into their baby's recent death. That man, Craig |
| McSlarrow: Google Network Test Is 'Great Experiment' |
| Broadcast Newsroom |
| Kyle McSlarrow, president of the National Cable _and_ Telecommunications Association, suggested Wednesday (Feb. 17) that it might have been better for Google to put its money into broadband adoption r |
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| House bill deals smuggling with stiffer penalties |
| Manila Times |
| The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading prior to its adjournment for recess last week a measure strengthening the governmentâ??s response to smuggling through the impositi |
| Mobster's Sicily villa handed to the media |
| The Independent |
| The keys of the Sicilian villa where the notorious Mafia godfather Toto 'the Beast' Riina spent his final months as a fugitive have been handed over to the local branch of the Italian journalists' gui |
| Snowmobile vigilance |
| Isanti County News |
| But several people have suffered a recreational blow by having their prized toysâ??snowmobiles and ATVsâ?? stolen. Roughly, a dozen snowmobiles have been stolen or recovered in the county this season. |
| UK.gov invests �£4.3m in cyber-scam crackdown team |
| The Register |
| The UK government has launched a specialist cyber-enforcement team and allocated extra funding for Trading Standards as part of a campaign designed to clamp down on online scams. OFT figures suggest o |
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| Exclusive: The Bank Of England Engaged In Flagrant Gold Manipulation In The Interwar |
| I Stock Analyst |
| The next market session will close: An article written by University of Tennessee professor John R Garrett, "Monetary Policy and Expectations: Market-Control Techniques and the Bank of England, 1925-1 |
| Barking up wrong tree |
| stuff.co.nz |
| Photo: STEPHEN FORBES CREATIVE HISTORY: Paul Moon says thereâ??s no way this tree could have been planted by Governor Hobson. HISTORIC FIGURE: Governor William Hobson died in 1842 â?? 20 or so years b |
| Identity fraud nightmare: One man's story |
| Victoria Advocate |
| CHICAGO â?? Identity theft and fraud have ruined Dave Crouse's life. In fewer than six months, $900,000 in merchandise, gambling and telephone-services charges were siphoned out of his debit card. His |
| Economizer not Economist |
| 1050 AM |
| Jane Norris and Tom Temin host the "Federal Drive" weekday mornings on FederalNewsRadio AM 1500, featuring news and information for and about the federal government. Print Email The economic downturn |
| Couple fall victim to email scam |
| Oxford Mail |
| A COUPLE who fell victim to an elaborate Internet and email scam have issued a warning to others selling items online. Emma Gunn and her boyfriend Rob Pardy were targeted by fraudsters after they put |
| SNP anger at Labour 'smears' over letter for fraudster |
| Daily Express |
| SNP ANGER AT LABOUR 'SMEARS' OVER LETTER FOR FRAUDSTER SNP anger at Labour â??smearsâ?? over letter for fraudster NICOLA STURGEON issued her infamous letter of support for a serial benefits cheat with |
| UK.gov invests �£4.3m in cyber-scam crackdown team |
| The Register |
| The UK government has launched a specialist cyber-enforcement team and allocated extra funding for Trading Standards as part of a campaign designed to clamp down on online scams. OFT figures suggest o |
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| Jewish group praises acquisition of Mengele diary |
| Ynet News |
| The Simon Wiesenthal Center said last week that the anonymous acquisition of the Mengele diary, written by Auschwitzâ??s infamous 'Angel of Death', Dr. Josef Mengele, who was personally responsible fo |
| Bank of America forecloses on the wrong Florida house ... and more |
| Real Deal |
| 1. Bank of America forecloses on the wrong Florida house [St. Petersburg Times via NY Mag] 2. Panel predicts little available financing for commercial real estate this year [Miami Herald] 3. Neig |
| Identity fraud nightmare: One man's story |
| Victoria Advocate |
| CHICAGO â?? Identity theft and fraud have ruined Dave Crouse's life. In fewer than six months, $900,000 in merchandise, gambling and telephone-services charges were siphoned out of his debit card. His |
| Loretto Man Wanted On Worthless Check Charge |
| WKSR.com |
| Felony theft warrants have been issued for two men who are each accused of buying a large number of cattle at auction using worthless checks for payment. According to an article on the WDXE website, f |
| LOOK art show buoyed by donations |
| Times Colonist |
| CAC executive director Paul Scrivener, left, art administrator Alexis Celona and president Colin MacLock hold works to be sold in a silent auction at the LOOK Victoria 2010 show, set for Feb. 27- Marc |
| Suspect arrested in slaying of RP guitar designer |
| Community Voice |
| A man found slain in an industrial business park on Martin Avenue Friday morning was identified by RP police as renowned guitar craftsman Taku Sakashta. On Monday, a man was arrested as the murder sus |
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| I 'heart' you, Firefighters receive hearts |
| InOttawa.com |
| Valiant effort from Ottawa's Bishop falls just short (Sports) Looking Back 2-15 (LifeTimes Features) IVCH Ball (LifeTimes Features) CPR class for healthcare workers set for Feb. 26 (LifeTimes Feature |
| Heart health presentation Feb. 17 |
| InOttawa.com |
| I 'heart' you, Firefighters receive hearts (LifeTimes Features) Valiant effort from Ottawa's Bishop falls just short (Sports) Looking Back 2-15 (LifeTimes Features) IVCH Ball (LifeTimes Features) CPR |
| WATCH: Police look for suspects in panty raid |
| 10connects.com |
| Christopher Collette2 hrs ago Boca Raton, Florida -- Caught on tape in South Florida are a couple of bold bandits who stole $2,000 in women's underwear in just a matter of seconds. When watching the s |
| 13 Delicious Dodges |
| Trend Hunter |
| If you want to buy a quality American car, look no further then these delicious Dodges. Dodge is an American staple, people. If you hate Dodge, you hate America! These Dodges are all muscle, all the t |
| Rugby Estates talks ... Kwik-Fit sale ... Lloyds payout ... |
| Times Online |
| Economics Unemployment: Official figures due out on Wednesday are tipped to show that the claimant count fell by 10,000 in January, after a 15,200 decline in December. But the overall rate of unemploy |
| Facts Behind The Unhealthy Agenda By Many in The Pop Music Industry |
| NewsBlaze |
| Letter to the Edito Several websites such as vigilant citizen, The Truthseeker and Gnostic liberation have exposed the facts behind the unhealthy agenda by many in the pop music industry. In promoting |
| Beware of Internet crimes: police |
| China Post |
| TAIPEI, Taiwan -- People usually stay at home with family during the Chinese New Year holidays, and may surf the Internet. However, the Internet is full of traps, so be sure you do not unintentionally |
| 6 World Cup scams to avoid |
| Windows Live |
| Â You may think it's just the fans planning to buy tickets to the World Cup in June that would be at risk of fraud. But just about any of the billion football fans could be targeted as the scams gathe |
| Police and community briefs for Feb. 13, 2010 |
| StarBanner.com |
| Police beat Man, 33, accused of stalking ex-girlfriend A 33-year-old Ocala man was arrested Friday and accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend. The 24-year-old woman, whose name is withheld because of t |
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| Rock History Report for February 14th |
| 94.7 Chicago True Oldies Channel |
| 1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono took over hosting duties on The Mike Douglas Show for the week. 1974 - Bob Dylan and the Band concluded a tour at the Los Angeles Forum. In attendance was Ringo Starr, |
| Murderabilia: Art or a New Form of Victimization? |
| AOL |
| (Feb. 13) -- Some people collect art and memorabilia to enhance their homes; others see their collections as an investment. Similarly, there are individuals who pander in a special breed of art known |
| Local history program a hit with Washoe 4th-graders |
| Reno Gazette-Journal |
| to the great folks at the Historic Reno Preservation Society to step up for school kids in Washoe County. Last year, HRPS volunteers launched a history and preservation program and tour for fourth-gra |
| 6 World Cup scams to avoid |
| Windows Live |
| Â You may think it's just the fans planning to buy tickets to the World Cup in June that would be at risk of fraud. But just about any of the billion football fans could be targeted as the scams gathe |
| Jumbo squid continue death match with anglers |
| Orange County Register |
| Winter heat spell toasts Orange County 1 hour _and_ 7 minutes ago 25 couples say vows for Valentine's Day 45 minutes ago Man shot in apparent gang-related attack 16 minutes ago SPORTS Celski skate |
| Man shot in apparent gang-related attack |
| Orange County Register |
| Celski skates dangerously cool 13 minutes ago O.C. basketball: Boys playoff brackets 3 hours _and_ 3 minutes ago O.C. basketball: CIF pairings released Vonn's injured shin passes test in practice 2 |
| NEWS: Roof Collapses at Smithsonian Warehouse |
| ArtForum.com |
| Curator Francesco Bonami has been named a member of the French Legion of Honor. Bonami was born in Florence in 1955 and has been a US citizen since 2001. He was the first US citizen to be appointed th |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Sotheby's to auction off historic Polaroid collection |
| Melbourne Age |
| A Sotheby's auction in New York this June will break up bankrupt Polaroid Corp's historic photo collection featuring many of the 20th century's top artists and photographers. The Polaroid camera was m |
| See all stories on this topic |
| How Buyouts Affect Loan Originators; FTC & Loan Modification Companies Set to Battle; |
| MortgageNewsDaily |
| Big money goes around the world Big money give and take Big money done a power of good Big money make mistakes Big money got a heavy hand Big money take control Big money got a mean streak Big money g |
| Robert Amsterdam: Ukrainology and Russia's Pyrric Victory |
| Huffington Post |
| Some people think that Russian politics have become predictably boring, especially compared to the competitive race which led to the recent victory of Viktor Yanukovych. Even the analyst Evgeny Kisely |
| NEWS: Success for Sothebyâ??s Lenz Sale |
| ArtForum.com |
| Curator Francesco Bonami has been named a member of the French Legion of Honor. Bonami was born in Florence in 1955 and has been a US citizen since 2001. He was the first US citizen to be appointed th |
| NEWS: LA MoCA Announces Acquisition of More than Fifty Artworks |
| ArtForum.com |
| Curator Francesco Bonami has been named a member of the French Legion of Honor. Bonami was born in Florence in 1955 and has been a US citizen since 2001. He was the first US citizen to be appointed th |
| NEWS: MCA Denver Appoints New Associate Curator |
| ArtForum.com |
| Curator Francesco Bonami has been named a member of the French Legion of Honor. Bonami was born in Florence in 1955 and has been a US citizen since 2001. He was the first US citizen to be appointed th |
| Michael Vincent Petronella and Wife to Be Trading "Their Pradas for Prison Garb" |
| Orange County Weekly |
| â??A Laguna Hills roofing contractor was convicted today of lavishly spending illegal profits on luxury goods by cheating the Workers' Compensation Insurance system in what the Orange County District |
| Going 'Rock Bottom' To Help Local Police |
| WCPO |
| A unique event is combining dogs, police, food and money on downtown Cincinnati's Fountain Square. That's where Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery is hosting a fundraiser for crime-fighting dogs. The |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Winter weather drives boxset sales |
| Orange UK |
| Bleak winter weather has seen a 130 per cent sales spike in DVD boxset sales, online auction site eBay has said. American TV drama 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, proved the most popular |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Art Show By 10 Women Breast Cancer Survivors Is At Asher Love Gallery |
| The Chattanoogan |
| Women Breast Cancer Survivors Is At Asher Love Gallery - - Chattanoogan.com February , 00 Art Show By 0 Women Breast Cancer Survivors Is At Asher Love Gallery posted February , 00 The full breast as b |
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| Beware of bogus ads for cars, real estate |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| It's the apartment you've been looking for -- inexpensive, recently renovated, ideal location, off-street parking and on a bus route. What a great deal. Maybe not. Who placed the ad? Yes, it looks leg |
| Michael Vincent Petronella and Wife to Be Trading "Their Pradas for Prison Garb" |
| Orange County Weekly |
| â??A Laguna Hills roofing contractor was convicted today of lavishly spending illegal profits on luxury goods by cheating the Workers' Compensation Insurance system in what the Orange County District |
| CAC prepares for annual fundraiser |
| Paris News |
| The staff at the Childrenâ??s Advocacy Center of Paris is working feverishly with last minute preparations for the annual Sweetheart Soiree, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Love Civic Center. Tickets |
| TERMINATOR HEDGE FUND SALVATION |
| CHUD |
| A couple of weeks ago it looked like Lionsgate might end up paying a paltry 15 million dollars for the rights to the Terminator franchise from bankrupturing Halcyon Holding Corp. But according to Nikk |
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| Kenyan online marts picking up |
| CapitalFM |
| NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 9 - The laying of ICT infrastructure as well as the enactment of legislation for e-commerce in Kenya has played a major role in spurring the development of innovative ideas and ser |
| TERMINATOR Rights Sold |
| Mania |
| Both Sony Pictures and Lionsgate Lose Terminator Rights Auction. Source: Deadline Hollywood A T-800 Terminator in a scene from Warner Bros. Pictures' action/sci-fi feature 'Terminator Salvation,' a Wa |
| UBS still losing US wealth mgmt clients, advisers |
| FinanzNachrichten.de |
| NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The embattled U.S. wealth management business of Swiss bank UBS AG continued to bleed client assets in the fourth quarter, hurt by fleeing advisers and negative publicity f |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Pacificor Buys 'Terminator' Rights for $29.5M (Updated) |
| The Wrap |
| Halcyon and Pacificor were engaged in a $30 million legal dispute prior to Monday's bidding Related Keywords Terminator _and_lt;/ Slideshow Itâ??s perhaps the most anticipated head-to-head competition |
| See all stories on this topic |
| 'Terminator' Franchise Sold, Sony And Lionsgate Loses Out To... A Hedge Fund? |
| MTV |
| For the past several months, we've been following a developing story around the " Terminator " franchise. Despite the solid box office performance of 2009's " Terminator Salvation ," license-holder Ha |
| DOTmed Video Profile: Gary Lee of DMS Topline Medical |
| Dotmed |
| DOTmed Video Profile: Eric Perron of Fluke Biomedical Eric Perron, Director of Marketing of Fluke Biomedical, took some time to sit down with DOTmed News at RSNA. DOTmed Video Profile: Jacques Souquet |
| Couple turns to Facebook to help fund in-vitro |
| Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| The invitation went out by e-mail, Facebook and Twitter almost simultaneously to friends of San Francisco's Molly and Brian Walsh. Its title was tantalizing: "Makin' Whoopie." But its purpose was pure |
| Senior center fighting foreclosure, auction |
| Chattanooga Times Free Press |
| Leaders of the Summit View senior living community went to court Tuesday to fight a scheduled public auction and foreclosure of their property. They argued in court documents that their company has be |
| Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Terry Tempest Williams, Dr. James Hansen: Tim DeChristopher |
| YubaNet |
| Printer friendly page Dear Friends, The epic fight to ward off global warming and transform the energy system that is at the core of our planet's economy takes many forms: huge global days of action, |
| Artprice: Christies Makes Another Vain Attempt to Take Control of Artprice at a |
| Street Insider |
| PARIS, February 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With complete transparency, Artprice, represented by its founder Thierry Ehrmann, hereby wishes to inform its 18,000 shareholders and the markets that Chris |
| Take Action! Come Out to Support Monkeywrencher Tim DeChristopher at His Trial |
| Treehugger |
| The epic fight to ward off global warming and transform the energy system that is at the core of our planet's economy takes many forms: huge global days of action, giant international conferences like |
| Venezuela Business Forecast Report Q2 2010 - New Report Published |
| OfficialWire |
| This year is likely to prove an eventful one in Venezuela, with the political heat rising ahead of September's legislative elections. Importantly, our long-held call for a devaluation of the overvalue |
| Visiting A Modern Day Slave Plantation: an interview with Nancy A. Heitzeg |
| Infoshop |
| Nancy A. Heitzeg: I was at Angola with a University-level off-campus class I was teaching on Racism in the Criminal Justice System. Students and I were in New Orleans for a week where we met with Sist |
| Immokalee Foundation takes its donors on high-flying adventure and fashion events |
| Marco Eagle |
| During peak season in Southwest Florida thereâ??s no shortage of fun and meaningful events to attend. For friends and supporters of the Immokalee Foundation â?? a nonprofit organization that provides |
| Webstore.com Strives to Be Robin Hood of Online Marketplaces |
| Auctionbytes.com |
| What do you do after you were smart enough to make enough money in the early days of the Web to retire before the dot-com bubble burst? You devote yourself to your family and your hobbies. That's what |
| Need to know: CSL sales up ... Bet365 profits ... Gazprombank listing ... |
| Times Online |
| Economics Trade balance: Official figures due out tomorrow are expected to show that the trade gap narrowed to 2.7 billion in December, from 2.9 billion in November. Industrial production: Data due ou |
| CBN and NCC: A tale of two regulators |
| Nigeria Guardian |
| Telecommunications is one such industry. Foreigners who visited Nigeria in the pre-GSM years and who return, many years after the debut of GSM are often incredulous about what they see and experience |
| Truro theatre fundraising shorlisted for award |
| Falmouth Packet |
| A fundraising project organised by Truroâ??s Hall for Cornwallâ??s project has been shortlisted for a national award. Jackâ??s Cows, which saw different businesses sponsor a cow sculpture and paint in |
| Theft on the rise |
| Gloversville Leader-Herald |
| Local crime statistics may reflect a national trend of increases in shoplifting arrests across the country, retail and law enforcement authorities said. Montgomery County sheriff's deputies made 108 p |
| Illegal Marijuana Benefits Police |
| Media Awareness Project |
| ILLEGAL MARIJUANA BENEFITS POLICE I am a criminologist and professor of criminal justice. I have evaluated this topic ( medical marijuana ) considerably. One issue The Sun's article does not address: |
| Macquarie's man loses his on-screen spot |
| Melbourne Age |
| EYES will turn to Seven Network's live crosses to Macquarie Private Wealth today, after the investment bank spared the job of client adviser David Kiely. Specifically, many eyes will turn to a compute |
| Tim Blair: Honestly, here are the best policies |
| Daily Telegraph Australia |
| IT'S very well for us pundits to sit around during an election year and criticise policies. We don't have to do the hard work of coming up with any policies in the first place. I mean, there's poor Ke |
| Arson suspected by Brigade |
| Swindon Advertiser |
| 4:00pm Sunday 7th February 2010 A fire that almost destroyed a house belonging to a Wiltshire criminal on Friday is believed to have been started deliberately. The blaze at Ivy Cottage in Hoopers Pool |
| Need to know: CSL sales up ... Bet365 profits ... Gazprombank listing ... |
| Times Online |
| Economics Trade balance: Official figures due out tomorrow are expected to show that the trade gap narrowed to 2.7 billion in December, from 2.9 billion in November. Industrial production: Data due ou |
| Police name suspect in the murder of a Rogue Valley Man |
| KTVL Channel 10 |
| UPDATE: Hayward police arrested 34 year-old Karl George Sanft of Union City, in what they're calling the "brutal" double murder in the bay area Tuesday. They say Sanft was detained Tuesday afternoon b |
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| Local doctor to pay fine for felony conviction |
| KVII |
| Read more: Local, Crime, Dr. Robert Paige, Bankruptcy, Dr. Robert Paige Felony Conviction, Felony Conviction, Paige Pleaded Guilty, U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson AMARILLO,TEXAS -- Amarillo Dr. |
| 'Mardi Claws' event to benefit shelter |
| Daytona Beach News Journal |
| Special to Neighbors Grab your collar, leash and, most importantly, your canine best friend for a face-licking good time at the third annual Mardi Claws Dog Parade from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday in Ponce I |
| Lisle Chamber to hold dinner dance |
| The Lisle Sun |
| If you like American Idol, you should see "Dancing with the Chamber Stars II." This is the second time Lisle Area Chamber members have partnered with dance professionals for the "Dancing with the Cham |
| Animal groups hail verdict in 'gothic kitten' case |
| Citizens Voice |
| A jury took more than five hours to convict Holly Crawford of one count of animal cruelty, a verdict prosecutors and animals activists hailed as a victory for the voiceless, three kittens who couldn't |
| Suspect Arrested In Fatal Auto Auction Yard Stabbings |
| BayInsider |
| HAYWARD, Calif. -- Aided by what they termed were â??strong leads,â?? Hayward police Thursday arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of two men at a local auto auction lot. However, no further detai |
| Union City man confesses to Hayward double homicide |
| Inside Bay Area |
| HAYWARD Police say a Union City man has told them that he is responsible for the stabbing deaths of two men at an auto auction yard on Tuesday. Karl George Sanft, 34, was taken into custody Tuesday af |
| Kijima lived in lap of luxury / Murder suspect obsessed with indulging own expensive |
| Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Kanae Kijima, arrested on suspicion of murdering a male company employee she had been dating, lived in the lap of luxury, attending expensive cooking classes and visiting beauty salons frequently whil |
| Trail of tears |
| The Dalles Chronicle |
| To the editor: Every time we go to Hood River, I have noticed there are several little shops along the main street, not boarded up. If Wal-Mart is such a bad guy, how have they survived the Hood River |
| Make it positive |
| The Dalles Chronicle |
| To the editor: Every time we go to Hood River, I have noticed there are several little shops along the main street, not boarded up. If Wal-Mart is such a bad guy, how have they survived the Hood River |
| Auction of classic cars seized in fraud case can go forward: Feds say Lindon man |
| Individual.com |
| (The Salt Lake Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A federal magistrate has given the green light to an auction of more than 200 classic and muscle cars that Jeffrey Lane M |
| Lehigh Acres woman accused of defrauding Island Coast High, job seekers on Craiglist |
| News-Press.com |
| 7:32 P.M. ? The Lee County Sheriffs Office has arrested a Lehigh Acres woman on various alleged acts of fraud and theft in two unrelated cases.The investigation, which began in November 2008, charges |
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| Act now |
| New York Post |
| Hugh Grant and Gerard Butler might be duking it out for the $15.45 million penthouse triplex at 54 Bond St. in NoHo. Both actors have checked out this grand, three-bedroom, 4,862-square-foot bachelor |
| MS: Stalking, texting bills alive |
| Stateline |
| Proposals to sell the state jet, ban texting while driving and strengthen stalking laws are among measures that survived the Legislature's deadline Tuesday for nonrevenue bills. Working in committees |
| A success story of a girl, a family and a Jacksonville organization |
| Florida Times-Union |
| Keanna Bell tries to describe what it was like to be standing on one side of a tennis court in Palm Beach Gardens in December, about to start hitting with Venus Williams. "I was like ..." Bell said, e |
| Central Point victim of California murder identified |
| Medford Mail Tribune |
| HAYWARD, Calif. Police have identified a Central Point man stabbed to death in a double homicide at a wholesale auto auction yard in an industrial area of Hayward. James Wightman, 56, was a truck dri |
| Cherry Picking Tour comes to Golden |
| Golden Star |
| Three female folk rock singers have teamed up for a tour to the West Coast. Jacquie B (pictured above), Sarah Burton and Faye Blais will be performing at the Rockwater Grill and Bar on Wednesday, Febr |
| Anacostia coffee shop gets warm reception |
| Washington Post |
| Twenty minutes after ordering, his plate sat before him at the bar, sans any trace of the hot sandwich or one piece of a french fry, mambo sauce long forgotten. A satisfied customer. Wright, 47, an ab |
| 2 Slain In Hayward Auto Yard Stabbed To Death |
| KPIX-TV5 |
| HAYWARD (BCN) Click to enlarge1 of 1 A body lies in the background covered by a tarp as police gather at Manheim San Francisco Bay Auto Auction Tuesday morning. CBS numSlides of totalImages Hayward p |
| A fox is guarding the henhouse at the SEC |
| DCExaminer.com |
| Not everyone opposes giving government sweeping new powers like those being considered over health care and the finance industry. But everyone should care that those in power are competent, apply the |
| Prosecutors: Fraud suspect dictated hit letter |
| Racine Journal Times |
| Prosecutors say a Utah man tried to hire a hit man to kill witnesses in a fraud case against him by dictating a letter from jail by Morse code. The disclosure came Tuesday as federal Magistrate Paul W |
| New details emerge in alleged 'murder for hire' case |
| KSL-TV |
| SALT LAKE CITY -- New details emerged Tuesday in an alleged "murder for hire" plot. The details came out in a court hearing in the case of Jeffrey Mowen, accused of orchestrating a $10 million fraud s |
| Ex-Asst. Sheriff Haidl: False tax return to recoup son's sex case cost |
| Orange County Register |
| SANTA ANA â?? Former Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl knowingly filed a false tax return to try to recoup some of his fortune spent on the criminal defense of his son Greg Haidl, who faced sexual assault c |
| Bankruptcy Complicates Deal for Roosevelt Papers |
| New York Times |
| WASHINGTON - When President Obama signed a law on Monday to clear the way for the largest privately held archive of papers relating to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be donated to Roosevelt's pres |
| Prosecutor: Accused Lindon con man Jeffrey Mowen used Morse code to order murders |
| Deseret Morning News |
| SALT LAKE CITY New details have emerged in federal court about the alleged plan by a Lindon man to have four of his former investors killed. Jeffrey Lane Mowen appeared Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate |
| Old-timers' game will be full of shenanigans |
| Nanaimo News Bulletin |
| TOP BUSINESS HEADLINE : Pier pressure TOP ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINE : Music legendâ??s birthday celebrated with reggae concerts TOP COMMUNITY HEADLINE : Parents buckle kids up TOP LIFESTYLES HEADLINE |
| Property facing long and hard slog Alliance |
| Business Day |
| THABANG MOKOPANELE THIS year may well be a tale of two halves for the property market, with economic headwinds still strong and SA continuing to experience alarmingly high unemployment. Alliance Group |
| Police investigate double homicide in Hayward |
| KGO San Francisco |
| crime, hayward, east bay news, terry mcsweeney More: Bio, E-mail, News Team HAYWARD, CA (KGO) -- A double homicide brought massive police presence to the city of Hayward. It happened at the Bay Citie |
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| News Briefs: Another benefit set up for South Lyon kidnapping victim |
| Livingston Daily.com |
| The Arctic Coliseum ice arena in Chelsea is hosting a silent auction to benefit South Lyon kidnapping victim Courtney Beard and her children. The event runs from 7-10 p.m. Feb. 10 at the ice arena, 50 |
| Reclusive US novelist J.D. Salinger dies at 91 |
| Citizen.co.za |
| NEW YORK (AFP) J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of "The Catcher in the Rye," has died at 91, his agent said Thursday, raising tantalizing questions over whether the legendary writer might have left |
| Ex-Asst. Sheriff Haidl: False tax return to recoup son's sex case cost |
| Orange County Register |
| SANTA ANA â?? Former Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl knowingly filed a false tax return to try to recoup some of his fortune spent on the criminal defense of his son Greg Haidl, who faced sexual assault c |
| Prosecutor: Accused Lindon con man Jeffrey Mowen used Morse code to order murders |
| Deseret Morning News |
| SALT LAKE CITY New details have emerged in federal court about the alleged plan by a Lindon man to have four of his former investors killed. Jeffrey Lane Mowen appeared Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate |
| A success story of a girl, a family and an organization |
| Florida Times-Union |
| Keanna Bell tries to describe what it was like to be standing on one side of a tennis court in Palm Beach Gardens in December, about to start hitting with Venus Williams. 'I was like ...' Bell said, e |
| There's lots to love about this Valentine's Day weekend |
| Tampa Bay Online |
| TAMPA - Several organizations will have special events on Valentine's Day weekend. Some focus on the holiday, while others feature themes. Events include: â?¢Wild at Heart, at Lowry Park Zoo, 1101 W. |
| Securities Industry: former SEC lawyer convicted in pump and dump scheme |
| Bankinginsurancesecurities.com |
| 'As a former SEC lawyer, Offill knew the law - and he intentionally broke it and tried to hide his crimes,' said U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia. 'He and his conspir |
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| A Five Minute Hearing. The BC Rail Scandal. PART TWO |
| Vive Le Canada |
| Trial in the Supreme Court of British Columbia is imminent for Dave Basi, Bob Virk, and Aneal Basi facing (variously) fourteen counts of fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering as part of the BC |
| Fake Art at V and A |
| View London |
| A collection of fake art at V and A Museum goes on show this spring as the Metropolitan Police Service unveils some of its most interesting and valuable fakes and forgeries. Fake art V and A Museum ar |
| Solomon Dwek: I lied, I cheated and I stole |
| Asbury Park Press |
| NEWARK ? As he began his cross-examination of Solomon Dwek this morning in the trial of a former Jersey City official, defense Attorney Brian J. Neary pointed out that Dwek wears a yarmulke, a symbol |
| New machine an improvement youâ??ll feel in your bones |
| Cowichan News Leader |
| A version of this unit will be operating at Cowichan District Hospital starting the week of Feb. 8 courtesy Cowichan Hospital Foundation Email Print Letter to Editor Share others also read... Cowichan |
| Reclusive US novelist JD Salinger dies at 91 |
| Kuwait Times |
| JD Salinger, the reclusive author of 'The Catcher in the Rye,' has died at 91, his agent said Thursday, raising tantalizing questions over whether the legendary writer might have left behind a hoard o |
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| School district faces water issues, theft (453) |
| Logan Daily News |
| School district faces water issues, theft " " " " " " Version of " " " " " " " " " " motive " " " " " " " " " " " " Pike County Watchman " " Text Size School district faces water issues, theft One sch |
| Tickets on sale for Antioch retro dinner |
| Contra Costa Times |
| Antioch Tickets on sale for retro dinner: Tickets are on sale for a February 'Spirit of the '60s' dinner-dance to benefit the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church building fund. Those who attend a |
| Legalize Ganja for Nepal Tourism Year 2011 |
| NewsBlaze |
| By John Child in Kathmandu In two weeks Nepal will celebrate the festival of Shivaratri, Shiva's night. It draws half a million worshippers and thousands of sadhus, India's mendicant pilgrims who wand |
| Fox Rothschild's Chester County Office's Donation Benefits United Way of Chester |
| Phoenixville Phoenix |
| EXTON, PA - Fox Rothschild's Chester County Office has donated more than $9,000 to the United Way of Chester County during its two-month fundraising campaign. A check totaling $9,485 was presented by |
| Municipal Corporation Fetches Rs. 683,000 From Open Auction |
| NewsBlaze |
| By Mandeep Puri Municipal Corporation raises Rs. 6,83000 from open auction of eight Food kiosks at Night Food Street The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today auctioned eight food kiosks at Night Foo |
| Western Colorado |
| Grand Junction Daily Sentinel |
| Grand Junction police believe a 51-year-old man who was reported missing by his family last week sold his truck for cash and boarded a bus bound for Denver the same day. Foul play isnâ??t suspected, t |
| Lalit Modi needs a hand! |
| Mid Day |
| needs a strong hand to watch over him You are here: Modi needs a strong hand to watch over him Modi needs a strong hand to watch over him By: Ian Chappell Date: 2010-01-31 Place: Mumbai Lalit Modi i |
| Matt Cooper: Theres a shortage of efficiency, not gardai |
| Times Online |
| Imagine for a moment that the gardai, who are prevented by law from striking, were permitted to ape the present actions of fellow public servants who are operating a work to rule as part of their dema |
| FBI witness Solomon Dwek testifies in corruption trial of Jersey City deputy mayor |
| New Jersey Online |
| Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger JERSEY CITY -- The government informant at the center of the New Jersey's largest-ever FBI sting testified today that he spent years committing real estate fraud, tax evas |
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| eBay Cans Listing Fees |
| Trusted Reviews |
| eBay, the World's favourite place to get scammed, hasn't been having the best of times in recent years. So it has come up with a fairly logical way to get punters back through the door and posting the |
| 1st Earl Jones auction sells everything |
| CBC |
| Victims of disgraced Montreal financial adviser Earl Jones may recoup some of their money after his possessions are auctioned off. A first auction of Jones's items seized from his Montreal condominium |
| Controversial collector car fails to sell at auction |
| Brantford Expositor |
| I guess that was Tucker ... not sucker. One of the most controversial collector cars of all time failed to sell at Russo and Steele's classic car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Jan. 24. Bidding got u |
| Texas Attorney Convicted for Role in Pump-And-Dump Stock Manipulation Schemes |
| Earthtimes.org |
| GA_googleFillSlot("Press336"); GA_googleFillSlot("Press160"); WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A securities attorney was convicted today by a federal jury in Alexandria, Va., for partici |
| Blagojevich's public image may make it challenging to select a jury |
| Chicago Daily Law Bulletin |
| It would be hard to find anyone in Illinois who has not heard about former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich's legal problems. Blagojevich is accused of scheming to auction off President Obama's old U.S. Senate |
| Movers clear Ala. home of former HealthSouth CEO |
| Bioscience Technology Online |
| Movers are clearing out the huge estate once owned by former HealthSouth Corp. chief executive Richard Scrushy. An attorney for HealthSouth shareholders who sued Scrushy, John Haley, said Thursday the |
| Florida bankers move to dramatically speed up the foreclosure process |
| St. Petersburg Times |
| By James Thorner, Times Staff Writer Thursday, January 28, 2010 If bankers get their way, Floridians facing foreclosure could be kicked out of their homes in as little as three months. The Florid |
| Clearing Out Scrushy's Home |
| Tuscaloosa News |
| â?¢ â?¢ Movers are clearing out the huge estate once owned by former HealthSouth Corp. chief executive Richard Scrushy. An attorney for HealthSouth shareholders who sued Scrushy, John Haley, said Thur |
| Dwek: I bribed mayors, council members |
| Asbury Park Press |
| Solomon Dwek, the failed real estate mogul whom the FBI said helped ensnare 44 rabbis, politicians and public officials in a sweeping anti-corruption raid last year, told jurors this afternoon that hi |
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| Film: Sundance:Noel Murray @ Sundance â??10: Day Seven |
| The Onion AV Club |
| Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt Headline: Ozark teen hunts down her meth-cooking pop Indie type: Rural genre exercise Report: Half mountain noir, half mythological odyssey, Wint |
| Comic book writer Mark Millar auctions off character in Nemesis |
| Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser |
| Coatbridge comic book writer Mark Millar is auctioning off a character in an upcoming title he is writing and Hollywood producers are already trying to turn it into a movie. The auction has been runni |
| eBay Cans Listing Fees |
| Trusted Reviews |
| eBay, the World's favourite place to get scammed, hasn't been having the best of times in recent years. So it has come up with a fairly logical way to get punters back through the door and posting the |
| Italy launches new anti-mafia plan |
| Ansa.it |
| Italy on Thursday unveiled a new anti-mafia plan putting together all current laws against organised crime and setting up a national agency to oversee seizures of assets from the Mob. The cabinet met |
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| Italian government unveils new anti-Mafia plan |
| People's Daily Online |
| Increases the bookmark twitter facebook digg Google Windowslive Delicious buzz friendfeed Linkedin diigo reddit stumbleupon The Italian government on Thursday unveiled a new strategic anti-Mafia plan |
| D.A. says charges wonâ??t be filed in 2008 death of Donald Berkebile |
| Waynesboro Record Herald |
| Mercersburg, Pa. - A Mercersburg area man will not be charged in the July 2008 altercation that left his 81-year-old neighbor dead. Franklin County District Attorney Matthew Fogal announced in a press |
| Benefit today for woman who was kidnapped, raped |
| Livingston Daily.com |
| T.G.I. Friday's in Green Oak Township is holding a benefit tonight for a South Lyon woman who was kidnapped and raped New Year's Day by a former boyfriend as she reported to work. T.G.I. Friday's bart |
| From the Hudson to Haiti (with Ridger's help) |
| North Jersey.com |
| Haiti (with rs help) -1) 'Explorer' BrowserDetect.version 7) 1px solid padding: margin: 14px We see you are using an outdated browser which no longer supports. If you would like to view at its best, w |
| Online metrics and the evolution of click fraud 2.0 |
| World Federation of Advertisers |
| Date: 27/01/2010 A Harvard Business School professor has identified a new breed of click fraud that not only simulates clicks on a Google ad - but also seemingly generates a 'real' customer purchase o |
| Cybercrime is Not Classed as Proper Police Work |
| NewsBlaze |
| University of Leicester Professor of Criminology highlights concerns over policing the internet A study by the University of Leicester Department of Criminology highlights concerns over police resourc |
| www.auditmypc.com1 day ago |
| Mumbai Mirror |
| BangaloreMirror.com - I wonâ??t bribe! : Vasanthkumar Mysoremath says Good Rohit, wish you all the best and hope you wil...more BangaloreMirror.com - Is Pakistan justified in blaming India for its pla |
| Police failing to take cyber crime seriously |
| V3.co.uk |
| Cyber crime is not being treated properly or taken sufficiently seriously by the police, according to a new study from the University of Leicester. The study analysed the policing of the internet, and |
| Jewellery thieves target Oxted home. |
| Surrey Mirror |
| Distinctive hand made pieces of jewellery worth more than £12,500 have been stolen from a house in Oxted. Among the items taken include a £2,500 diamond bracelet, a £1,000 pair of diamond earrings |
| On Target : Senators are also human / Ramon Tulfo |
| Philippine Daily Inquirer |
| Philippine Daily Inquirer Filed Under: Human Interest, Congress THE VULGAR LANGUAGE USED by some senators during the C-5 road â??insertionsâ? controversy showed the human side of supposedly honorable |
| City booting vehicles starting Monday |
| Bozeman Daily Chronicle |
| Starting Monday, the fee for most parking tickets in Bozeman goes up by $5 and anyone with six or more unpaid tickets risks getting the boot. â??When youâ??ve got people who have 29 and 75 tickets, th |
| Art Market: Getty Drama at Christies Sale |
| ArtInfo |
| NEW YORK This morning's auction at Christie's of Old Master _and_ 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, _and_ Watercolors, a rather selective affair, was given a bit of high drama thanks to buyers at Los |
| Seattle Helping Haiti |
| Seattle Weekly |
| Every time the subject of MxPx comes up, I tell the same story: My freshman year roommate at the University of Idaho (Go Vandals! Vote Palin!) was a kid from Minnesota named Rudy who exercised by lift |
| Agents bust up theft ring |
| Tribune Chronicle |
| GIRARD - Members of a multi-jurisdictional police operation said they cracked a theft ring that stretched from southern Ohio to Akron. The search turned up pieces of heavy equipment stolen from Girard |
| GenApple.Com - the World's First Information Brokerage |
| Associated Content |
| The entire world has become crazy about gaining knowledge. People resort to all existing means to learn more. But the question is how do we get that information that only a few know? This is when GenA |
| Fraudster Rothstein can't block sale of photos |
| TheDeal.com |
| Alleged fraudster attorney Scott Rothstein on Jan. 22 lost his bid to block the sale of personal photos at an auction the following day. Rothstein, charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office with running a |
| Federal jury convicts Little Falls man for mail fraud |
| Bemidji Pioneer |
| A federal trial jury in Minneapolis convicted a 34-year-old Little Falls man Tuesday of selling via the Internet items he stole from the sporting goods store where he worked â?? Reedâ??s Family Outdoo |
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| Bankruptcy officials sifting through "mountain" of details in Arrow Trucking case |
| Tulsa World |
| Uncovering and untangling the assets, liabilities and financial affairs of the Arrow Trucking Co. bankruptcy estate is an ongoing challenge for nearly two dozen lawyers, accountants, appraisers and in |
| Five Quick Tips For Success On Googles Content Network |
| Search Engine Land |
| Googles recent quarterly earnings report, the company earns about 34% of its revenue from AdSense, placing contextual ads on its content network partner websites. This proportion has stayed steady yea |
| Diddy gives son $360K car for 16th birthday; John Travolta piloting plane to Haiti |
| Washington Post |
| Headlines: Diddy gives son $360K car for 16th birthday... John Travolta to pilot relief plane to Haiti... Jennifer Aniston donates $500K to Haiti efforts... Britney Spears to auction dress for relief |
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| Rankin brews up criminally good evening |
| Edinburgh Evening News |
| THE Capital's Caledonian Brewery will be turned into a crime scene when Rebus author Ian Rankin holds a murder mystery night in aid of the Royal Blind School Appeal.Mr Rankin has written a brand new R |
| Mike The Pike Productions Secures Officer Assistance for Assignme... |
| Zibb |
| Company: Mike The Pike Productions Inc (MIKP) Mike The Pike Productions, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MIKP) New Media division has successfully organized a focus group of police officers from Los Angeles, Fort W |
| Village To Lose Thousands In Property Sale; Residents Unhappy |
| NBC4 Columbus |
| Thousands In Property Residents Unhappy NBC4i.com check getCookie( name ) ( start -1 ) return end ';', len ( end -1 ) end return unescape( len, end ) sess_id unique_id null) (unique_id null)) else Qui |
| Federal jury convicts Little Falls man for mail fraud |
| Bemidji Pioneer |
| A federal trial jury in Minneapolis convicted a 34-year-old Little Falls man Tuesday of selling via the Internet items he stole from the sporting goods store where he worked â?? Reedâ??s Family Outdoo |
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| Council looks to put the brakes on take-home cars |
| WMCTV.com |
| Council member Kemp Conrad is getting closer to putting the brakes on take-home cars for employees he said do not need them.'It's become a perk, not a necessity,' Conrad said. 'We're at a point where |
| DA and county court-at-law candidate have complex ties |
| Brownsville Herald |
| Villalobos says no conflict of intererst with Gonzales association The relationship between a former Cameron County assistant district attorney â?? now a candidate in the Democratic Party March Primar |
| Click Fraud Gets More Elaborate with 'Real' Purchases |
| MarketingVOX |
| A Harvard Business School professor has identified a new breed of click fraud that not only simulates clicks on a Google ad - but also seemingly generates a 'real' customer purchase on the advertiser' |
| V&A museum in London displays Bolton forgeries |
| Bolton News |
| rd January 2010 THE art fakes of a master forger from Bolton â?? and a replica of the garden shed in which they were made â?? have gone on display at a unique exhibition. Forgeries by Shaun Greenhalgh |
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| Maker of 'useless' detectors for Iraq faces fraud charges |
| Sydney Morning Herald |
| BAGHDAD: The director of a British company that supplies bomb detectors to Iraq has been arrested on fraud charges, and the export of the devices banned, British government officials have confirmed. I |
| Ex-corrections official seeks dismissal of charges |
| Daily Town Talk |
| Federal prosecutors obtained a superseding indictment in December that expands to 30 the number of mail fraud counts pending against the former agency director. The maximum combined penalty for convic |
| V&A museum in London displays Bolton forgeries |
| Bolton News |
| rd January 2010 THE art fakes of a master forger from Bolton â?? and a replica of the garden shed in which they were made â?? have gone on display at a unique exhibition. Forgeries by Shaun Greenhalgh |
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| Our View: County needs to think outside the box to spare businesses, homes from |
| Michigan Live |
| With a record 6,600 properties in Genesee County facing foreclosure over back taxes, and the economy, especially locally, showing little sign of improving, the Genesee County Treasurerâ??s Office need |
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| Chumash Chair: Reflecting on ten years of leadership |
| Indianz |
| 'Ten years ago last month, when I was first elected to the honorable position of tribal chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, I had no idea what an incredible decade it would be. It seem |
| Madeleine McCann: 1000 Days Of Nothing But Looking |
| Anorak |
| MADDIE WATCH - Anorakâ??s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann , Kate McCann and Gerry McCann : On Wednesday January 27 2010, Madeleine McCann will have been missing for 1,000 days |
| FA announce charity partners for 2010 |
| TheFA.com |
| The FA and Wembley Stadium reveal charity partners for the year ahead. In 2010, The FA Group will continue to support The Bobby Moore Fund, Everyman, The Geoff Thomas Foundation and international char |
| Creel family working to help solve son's slaying |
| Greenville News |
| Auction to raise reward money to help find killers in 3-year-old crime Type Size A A A The slaying of a fast-food worker remains unsolved nearly three years after he was found shot to death on a G |
| Click Fraud Gets More Elaborate with 'Real' Purchases |
| MarketingVOX |
| A Harvard Business School professor has identified a new breed of click fraud that not only simulates clicks on a Google ad - but also seemingly generates a 'real' customer purchase on the advertiser' |
| Want Exposure at Noise for the Needy 2010? Help Us Bankroll This Bad Boy! |
| Stranger |
| Noise For the Needy purchased the right to post on Slog for a week in Strangercrombie, our annual charity auction. More info about our charity auction here . NFTN SIGNED BLACK ANGELS SILK SCREEN PO |
| OPINION: What planet do these justices live on? |
| Poten & Partners |
| Jan. 24--It's a curious fact that no currently serving U.S. Supreme Court justice has ever run for political office. Americans who'd overlooked that historical anomaly got a powerful reminder last wee |
| Intrawest Refutes Foreclosure Rumors |
| Ski Area Management |
| SAM Magazine-Steamboat Springs, Colo., Jan. 20, 2010-In a statement released this afternoon, Intrawest disputed published reports about an impending foreclosure action and asserted that it remains in |
| Behind the Search for the Next Great DRTV Pitchman |
| Advertising Age |
| Telebrands Holds Tryouts to Find Successor to Inimitable Billy Mays NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Baseball had Babe Ruth. Basketball had Michael Jordan. Golf has, or at least had, Tiger Woods. And direct-re |
| Cliff Enrico: You know you have a business on eBay when ... |
| Kankakee Daily Journal |
| It's the most commonly asked question at my eBay university presentations around the country: 'I've been selling on eBay for a while, but I don't know if I should treat it as a hobby or a business.' S |
| UPDATE 2-Ex-Credit Suisse broker gets 5 years prison |
| Reuters India |
| * Defendant gets 5 years prison, $5 million fine NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced former Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) (CS.N: Quote, Profile, Researc |
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| Citigroup says trying to move Terra Firma suit to UK |
| Reuters UK |
| * Citi trying to move Terra Firma suit to London NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said it is trying to move to London a New York lawsuit by British |
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| collection of forged art |
| Manchester Evening News |
| A TALENTED forger who created fake masterpieces in his council home and then sold them to museums and art collectors with the help of his elderly parents was behind bars last night. Shaun Greenhalgh, |
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| Alibaba.com has grown to a $15bn trading platform in 10 years |
| Guardian.co.uk |
| Britain's status as a leading trading nation is alive and well, according to David Wei, the boss of Alibaba.com, China's largest commercial online marketplace. While most businesses sign up with Aliba |
| Click Fraud Uses Real Purchases to Avoid Detection |
| Media Buyer Planner |
| A Harvard Business School professor has identified a new breed of click fraud that not only simulates clicks on a Google ad - but also seemingly generates a real customer purchase on the advertisers w |
| What you should know before you donate |
| Yahoo! Canada |
| When any major disaster strikes, it doesn't take long for images of suffering to span the globe -- not to mention the appeals for donations. If you want to help but aren't sure how or whom to contact, |
| Scott Rothstein loses fight to keep wife's photos out of auction |
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| FORT LAUDERDALE - A federal bankruptcy judge refused Friday to block the sale of photos of Ponzi scheme suspect Scott Rothstein's wife posing with such public figures as Bill Cosby and Florida Gov. Ch |
| Burford livestock companies fined |
| Brantford Expositor |
| A Burford resident and two Burford companies have been convicted and fined $5,000 each for dealing cattle without a licence. On Jan. 11, Richard Walter (Butch) Clare and two companies -1553603 Ontario |
| Anambra - Cursed Or It is the Cause? [opinion] |
| AllAfrica.com |
| ANAMBRA people in different parts of the South East were challenged with this sole searching question by a seemingly charitable and little known philosopher son of theirs Mr. Peter Gregory Onwubuasi O |
| Hoons: Is crushing the answer? |
| Bendigo Advertiser |
| EFFORTS to reduce hoon drivers on the Stateâ??s roads have reached new heights, with both the Government and Opposition vowing to impose tougher penalties upon those behind the wheel. The Opposition y |
| Smirk and smile at literacy fundraiser |
| Tallahassee Democrat |
| Tallahassee Fire Chief Cindy Dick, Police Chief Dennis Jones, Mayor John Marks, Sheriff Larry Campbell, Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda and other notables will step into the spotlight Jan. 29 at the |
| D.C. embezzler's ill-gotten goods sold to highest bidder |
| Washington Post |
| Instead of tiptoeing to Tunisia with her stolen millions, Harriette Walters hoarded designer bags. The former tax manager -- and -- bought purse after purse on the taxpayers' dime. When she was arrest |
| 'Every question you want to ask, you can do it via a crime novel' |
| Yahoo! India |
| It was never going to happen, was it? Detective Inspector John Rebus, more dreich than the Scottish winter, as sour as his city's piss-stained alleys, a cop because there is nothing else that he can b |
| 'I'm supposed to be here' at Goodwill, and it has been the case for 22 years |
| Inside Tuscon Business |
| CEO INNER-VIEW: Suzanne Lawder By , Inside Tucson Business Published on Friday, January 22, 2010 Suzanne Lawder, chief executive officer of Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona, was born in a farmi |
| Scott Rothstein loses fight to keep wife's photos out of auction |
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| FORT LAUDERDALE - A federal bankruptcy judge refused Friday to block the sale of photos of Ponzi scheme suspect Scott Rothstein's wife posing with such public figures as Bill Cosby and Florida Gov. Ch |
| Police Beat and Community Briefs for Jan. 19, 2010 |
| StarBanner.com |
| POLICE BEAT Four charged in attempted robbery Ocala police arrested four people early Monday at the Economy Inn at 3250 West State Road 40 and charged them with attempted armed home invasion robbery. |
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| Woman who conned 1m from London auctioneers has assets seized |
| East London Advertiser |
| London Advertiser - Woman who conned 1m from London auctioneers has assets seized Choose a title London24 Docklands24 Kilburn Times WB Times WK Times HK Times PW Times Islington Gazette Camden Gazette |
| Lucian Freud's black eye self-portrait expected to fetch up to 4m at Sotheby's |
| Times Online |
| Lucian Freud is a reformed brawler, a quintessential Londoner, a recluse, a workaholic, a survivor and the greatest portrait painter of his generation. All of which makes this newly rediscovered Self- |
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| Stolen bikes from Chorley were for sale on eBay |
| Lancashire Telegraph |
| Police recovered 1,500 worth of bikes after a Chorley crime victim spotted them for sale on an auction website. Matthew Garstang, of Athol Grove, had two bikes belonging to him and son, Christopher, s |
| Kings events - Jan 19 |
| Nova News Now |
| NOTICE Events are for non-profit listings of events in Kings County. Items may run twice free before the event's date, and should be emailed to events@kentvilleadvertiser.ca; faxed to 681-0923 or mail |
| Fallen icon still has fans eating out of his hand |
| The Independent |
| Something extraordinary is happening here 141 days before the opening of the World Cup. It is Diego Maradona. There may still be major problems, security questions, worries about ticket sales, but sud |
| Tracing the roots of phishing |
| Helium |
| Tracing the roots of Phishing The unwelcome scourge of phishing in the cyber world flies in the face of online confidence that is necessary for internet business/activities to flourish; criminal chara |
| COI: ICBC found to be above the law, writes Raphael Alexander |
| Vancouver Sun |
| Itâ??s been two years since an RCMP investigation uncovered a scandal that showed an ICBC â??chop shopâ? scam let employees purchase vehicles through policy loopholes, and then have the work done for |
| Dud check beautician admits $1.3m swindle |
| The Standard |
| A beautician used bounced checks to swindle sellers on Yahoo's auction site out of HK$1.35 million worth of diamonds, iphones and designer handbags. Tiffany Wong Wing-yan's online spending spree went |
| Feds find little fraud at big Wall Street firms |
| Washington Times |
| While the American public and Capitol Hill lawmakers appear to blame wrongdoing on Wall Street as the primary cause of the global financial crisis, federal law enforcement agencies have had little suc |
| Science and Technology: Montenegro targets cyber crime |
| Southeast European Times |
| Better training enables authorities to rein in hackers and phishers. Also in science news: the Robot Zoo comes to Istanbul and Croatia's president-elect suffers Facebook woes. Experts from the Montene |
| Alcohol sales code to ban drinking games |
| Guardian.co.uk |
| Licensing rules rewritten to target binge drinking, but ban on bulk discounts at stores has been dropped Mandatory licensing conditions designed to call time on the "binge drinking Âculture" in pubs |
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| Blue Jean Ball Jan. 22 to benefit area youth |
| Brooklyn Center Sun-Post |
| Members of the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth are hosting the Blue Jean Ball fundraising event Friday, Jan. 22 in Brooklyn Center to support transportation for youth in Brooklyn Center and Brookly |
| The Saints' golden ticket bid, Verdi's Requiem and New Orleans music hightlight |
| NOLA Live |
| Everyone knows the big show this week is Sunday's match-up between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings. Help support our boys in black and gold before they hopefully head to Miami. In the |
| Science and Technology: Montenegro targets cyber crime |
| Southeast European Times |
| Better training enables authorities to rein in hackers and phishers. Also in science news: the Robot Zoo comes to Istanbul and Croatia's president-elect suffers Facebook woes. Experts from the Montene |
| Alcohol sales code to ban drinking games |
| Guardian.co.uk |
| Licensing rules rewritten to target binge drinking, but ban on bulk discounts at stores has been dropped Mandatory licensing conditions designed to call time on the "binge drinking Âculture" in pubs |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Blue Jean Ball Jan. 22 to benefit area youth |
| Brooklyn Center Sun-Post |
| Members of the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth are hosting the Blue Jean Ball fundraising event Friday, Jan. 22 in Brooklyn Center to support transportation for youth in Brooklyn Center and Brookly |
| The Saints' golden ticket bid, Verdi's Requiem and New Orleans music hightlight |
| NOLA Live |
| Everyone knows the big show this week is Sunday's match-up between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings. Help support our boys in black and gold before they hopefully head to Miami. In the |
| Auctions were 'irregular' |
| Business Report |
| Office of the state Attorney will further investigate the sales of sugar cane baron's farms AN INVESTIGATION into the auctioning of 14 farms that belonged to a Swazi sugar cane baron has vindicated hi |
| 12 $100,000 Finds |
| Trend Hunter |
| $100,000 is never better spent than on these . The hottest $100,000 finds are here. After all, where else would they be? The vast majority of us will drool over what could be with 12 $100,000 Finds. F |
| Madeleine McCann: A Celebrity Banquet, Kate McCann Stars And Amaral Rebuttal |
| Anorak |
| MADDIE WATCH - Anorakâ??s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann , Kate McCann and Gerry McCann : sniffer dogs, defaince, gagging and a celebrity dinner and lament: BACK when Our |
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| Bitter Ukraine to punish Orange leaders at polls |
| Melbourne Age |
| Disappointed with the failures of the Orange Revolution, Ukraine was on Sunday poised to hand the pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovich a comeback in presidential polls at the expense of his West-leaning rival |
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| Disillusioned Ukraine votes for new president |
| Maktoob Business |
| KIEV - Disappointed with the Orange Revolution's failure to bring change, Ukraine on Sunday voted in presidential polls set to be led by the pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovich at the expense of his West-lea |
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| State sells off drag racers |
| West Australia Sunday Times |
| A COLLECTION of cars and motorbikes so powerful even their owner says they're dangerous is about to be put up for public sale by the State Government. None is registered and some are up to 10 times mo |
| Leave your car running and you run a big risk: Middleburg Heights Happenings |
| Cleveland Live |
| As soon as the mercury drops, I see it every morning â?? cars lined up at my daughterâ??s before-school care with the engine running and no driver in sight. In the few minutes it takes to run the kids |
| Policeman's Ball drums up $850,000 for Palm Beach Police Foundation |
| PalmBeachDailyNews |
| The coldest night of the year turned out to be one hot time as a sellout crowd gathered to support the Palm Beach Police Foundation. The 2010 Policeman's Ball took place Jan. 9 at The Mar-a-Lago Club. |
| Asian pride, French finesse |
| TheStar.com.my |
| Hitting the heights of taste on a gourmet tour of Hong Kong. HEAVENLY. That's what a Hong Kong gastronomic tour feels like - from dim sum and desserts to French foie gras and even locally-made (grape) |
| Police uncover satellite TV scam |
| Lancaster Guardian |
| POLICE believe they have uncovered a major satellite television racket operating in Blackpool.Two men have been arrested as part of a large-scale fraud inquiry. The scam centres on Sky+ boxes, which a |
| Some Madoff assets in Canada? |
| Daily Gleaner |
| The Canadian Press TORONTO - The court-appointed trustee unravelling Bernard Madoff's massive fraud believes the scam artist may have some assets in Canada and wants to hire a Montreal law firm to hel |
| Harvard Professor Details New, Insidious Form Of Google Click Fraud |
| Search Engine Land |
| One of Googleâ??s more vocal critics says the company should cut its ties with InfoSpace over what he calls â??a particularly insidious kind of click fraudâ? that involves a fairly complex combinatio |
| Congress Urged to Not Weaken State Securities Regulation |
| Securities Industry News |
| A leading state securities regulator will tell the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) Thursday that impending financial regulatory reform could â??provide political cover for legislation curbi |
| The 12 Ways Your Identity could be Stolen this Holiday Season |
| Young Money |
| Of all the things you might want for Christmas this year, a clone of yourself is probably not one of them. But if statistics hold true, in the 12 days leading up to Christmas more than a quarter of a |
| Court approves foreclosure of Yair Levy building |
| Crains NY Business |
| Beleaguered developer Yair Levy suffered another setback Wednesday when a court issued a ruling allowing the lender on Mr. Levy's Park Columbus property on West 87th Street to move forward with its fo |
| Mike The Pike Prods Acquires CopSwap for Arrestingly Unique Web C... |
| Zibb |
| Company: Mike The Pike Productions Inc (MIKP) Mike The Pike Productions, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MIKP) New Media division is pleased to announce that it has finalized its acquisition of TheCopSwap.com and C |
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| Saddleback Church preparing to help Haiti |
| Orange County Register |
| Teen tells deputies she was raped and abducted 25 minutes ago Orange County IOU holders still have not claimed $2.9 million from state 26 minutes ago SPORTS He's still UCLA's Norm Chow 1 hour _and_ |
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| Huge government debts mean you should hang on to gold |
| Money Week |
| Comments (0) Investors seem to have incredibly short memories. 'Seldom have markets returned so swiftly to the scene of the crime. A range of investments linked to hopes of global growth all crashed t |
| Muslim radio station in Irvine tries to foster understanding |
| Orange County Register |
| Saddleback Church preparing to help Haiti 59 minutes ago Teen tells deputies she was raped and abducted 25 minutes ago Orange County IOU holders still have not claimed $2.9 million from state 26 mi |
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| The 12 Ways Your Identity could be Stolen this Holiday Season |
| Young Money |
| Of all the things you might want for Christmas this year, a clone of yourself is probably not one of them. But if statistics hold true, in the 12 days leading up to Christmas more than a quarter of a |
| Orange County IOU holders still have not claimed $2.9 million from state |
| Orange County Register |
| He's still UCLA's Norm Chow 1 hour _and_ 39 minutes ago NFL: Super Chargers to the Super Bowl? Angels taking the fifth 3 hours _and_ 34 minutes ago Kiffin vows to run 'clean' USC program 3 hours _a |
| Trustee believes Madoff has Canadian assets |
| New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal |
| THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The court-appointed trustee unravelling Bernard Madoff's massive fraud believes the scam artist may have some assets in Canada and wants to hire a Montreal law firm to hel |
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| Herr Koch Discovers Online Hooker Is Spotty Male Boy |
| Anorak |
| GERMAN born - oh, nominative determinism - Stefan Koch bid £1,400 to shag a model only to find out that the siren was really spotty, 17-year-old Dieter Muhr. A bonus? Says Koch: â??I saw the au |
| South St. Paul / Livestock schemes end in tax case |
| TwinCities.com |
| A Randolph, Minn., cattleman once suspected of faking up to $2.6 million in livestock sales and pocketing the proceeds was ordered Tuesday to pay back less than one-tenth of that amount. The alleged s |
| Litigation Department of the Year: Paul Weiss, General Litigation Finalist |
| American Lawyer |
| By Michael Goldhaber From the January Issue of The American Lawyer Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton _and_ Garrison won four years ago on the strength of its work for Citigroup, Inc. Arguably, the firm ha |
| Fraud accused 'under threat' |
| Christchurch Press |
| A bankrupt Canterbury financier has allegedly been threatened by men at his Rangiora home. Police were called to Darryn Hunt's home last Thursday after he alleged he was being threatened by four men. |
| Record labels face US antitrust hearing |
| Telegraph |
| The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York reinstated The plaintiffs contended that record labels entered into joint ventures and licences that had the effect of creating artificial price floo |
| Cap & trade 'corporate welfare' |
| Toronto Sun |
| Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada must mirror the Barack Obama administration in the U.S. on climate change. Unfortunately, that doesn't explain what Canada is going to do if the Americans do |
| Mac security: scams and fraud |
| Macworld |
| The top security threats to Apple users are the same ones faced by our PC or even Linux-using brethren: scams that trick us into handing over valuable information or outright theft. Here are some of t |
| The trouble with local filmmaking |
| Yes Weekly |
| It might be tempting to analyze the euphoric expectations and, later, crushing disappointments associated with the making of National Lampoonâ??s Pucked in the Triad during the mid-section of the last |
| S.Korea web firm not to blame for hack hit: court (AFP) |
| Yahoo! News |
| SEOUL (AFP) A South Korean Internet auction site was not to blame for the leakage of personal information on millions of users after hackers breached its system, a court ruled Thursday. Internet Aucti |
| Pair 'killed Jigsaw Man to steal identity' |
| Guardian.co.uk |
| Couple emptied Jeffrey Howe's bank account and made his house their own, St Albans crown court is told A couple killed and butchered their landlord in order to steal his identity, and then scattered |
| YouNews: Meeting Fort Wayne's Mayor Tom Henry |
| Crosscut Seattle |
| Location: Fort Wayne,IN Tags: City County Building I had won lunch on a silent auction with our Fort Wayne City Mayor Tom Henry on Jan. lucky 13th day. What a way to start the new year! The money from |
| 'Jigsaw man' killed by couple, court told |
| Guardian.co.uk |
| Couple emptied Jeffrey Howe's bank account and made his house their own, St Albans crown court is told A couple killed and butchered their landlord in order to steal his identity, and then scattered |
| Stolen ring finally returned |
| Stoke-on-Trent Sentinel |
| 09:20 RETURN OF THE RING: Crime victim Elizabeth Hockey has finally had an engagement ring returned to her after it spent almost a year at a pawnbroker. The 18-carat ring was stolen from her flat in W |
| Stolen: 71 Dyson vacuums, 41 Roombas, 154 lights, 93 hard drives |
| Shore News Today |
| CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE â?? The county plans to sell the home of a Dennis Township man, the subject of one of the largest stolen property scams in local history, according to Prosecutor Robert Taylor. Th |
| Author witnesses sale of men, women and children |
| Houma Today |
| This drawing of a New Orleans slave auction is representative of the 1850s. Bremerâ??s book did not contain illustrations of the scenes she described. Bill Ellzey Correspondent Last Modified: Wednesda |
| No charges in ICBC resale scandal |
| CBC |
| The RCMP say they don't have enough evidence to lay charges against employees of the Insurance Corporation of B.C. who bought written-off vehicles and resold them without disclosing the damage the veh |
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| Lorrie Goldstein Eventually, the reality sinks in: cost is the only disincentive |
| Edmonton Sun |
| Unfortunately, that doesn't explain what Canada is going to do if the Americans do something stupid. Problem is, we know the U.S. is about to do something stupid -- which is to set up a cap-and-trade |
| Madoff trustee believes some assets in Canada |
| CTV.ca |
| TORONTO - The court-appointed trustee unravelling Bernard Madoff's massive fraud believes the scam artist may have some assets in Canada and wants to hire a Montreal law firm to help find them. Irving |
| See all stories on this topic |
| RCMP Wrap Up ICBC Probe |
| Opinion 250 |
| Vancouver, B.C.-The RCMP Federal Commercial Crime Section has concluded their investigation into allegations of fraud related offences involving ICBC. The RCMP have recommended that no charges be laid |
| Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA) Selects Audatex as Exclusive Information Provider |
| Houston Chronicle |
| SAN DIEGO, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Audatex North America, Inc. today announced an agreement with Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA), one of the leading North American salvage auto auction companies, |
| Home Flippers Are Back in Florida. A Good Sign? |
| Time |
| Florida. A Good Sign? - TIME SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers s ADD TIME NEWS Real Clear s Flippers Are Back in Florida. A Good Sign? By Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 A for sale sign sits outside a house i |
| A Marketing Tip For Charles Schwab: â??Talk To Blakeâ? |
| Business Insider |
| There is no retailer I admire or trust more than Nordstrom. My fervent loyalty stems from a favorable experience years ago when a menswear department manager voluntarily refunded the cost of a suit af |
| Dakota County cattleman jailed for tax fraud â?? but not theft |
| TwinCities.com |
| A Randolph, Minn. cattleman who had once been suspected of faking up to $2.6 million in livestock sales and pocketing the proceeds was ordered Tuesday to pay back less than a tenth of that amount. The |
| Top 10 figures influencing stock market |
| CHINAdaily |
| Editor's Note: China's massive stimulus package and fiscal policies stimulated the economic recovery in 2009. They also pushed the stock market up with the Shanghai Composite Index increasing from les |
| South Florida Investors Hope to Flip These Houses |
| Time |
| A for-sale sign sits outside a house in Miami Beach Carlos Barria / Reuters They're out there, again, constantly searching for and scooping up South Florida homes at steep discounts, hoping to turn a |
| RCMP Wrap Up ICBC Probe |
| Opinion 250 |
| Vancouver, B.C.-The RCMP Federal Commercial Crime Section has concluded their investigation into allegations of fraud related offences involving ICBC. The RCMP have recommended that no charges be laid |
| 2009 â�" a year of recovery |
| Woodburn Independent |
| Woodburn Area Chamber of Commerce As we enter 2010, it is hard to fathom how we endured these past 12 months, in a year when mere survival was a success! Ã? Just one year ago our economy was cratering |
| Top 10 figures influencing stock market |
| CHINAdaily |
| Editor's Note: China's massive stimulus package and fiscal policies stimulated the economic recovery in 2009. They also pushed the stock market up with the Shanghai Composite Index increasing from les |
| Police briefs: Bandit flees with the works |
| Kamloops This Week |
| TOP NEWS HEADLINE : TOP SPORTS HEADLINE : TOP BUSINESS HEADLINE : TOP ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINE : TOP COMMUNITY HEADLINE : CHIPPING IN TOP LIFESTYLES HEADLINE : TOP OPINION HEADLINE : There were a few sc |
| Securities class action litigation declines in 2009: Study |
| Business Insurance |
| A report on securities litigation cases filed in 2009 contains good news for directors and officers liability insurance purchasers, observers say. The number of securities fraud lawsuits filed in 2009 |
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| Part 2: Pirate's Cove: The western havens |
| NetworkWorld |
| Much of the cybercrime in North America appears to originate from within North America Security Strategies Alert By M. E. Kabay, Network World Sign up for this newsletter now! Mich Kabay takes a high- |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Nigeria: N45 Million Fraud - EFCC Nabs Fake Customs Comptroller |
| AllAfrica.com |
| Abuja Head of an eight-man syndicate who claims to be a comptroller of Customs, Alhaji Auwalu Ibrahim Koki has been arrested by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC). Auwalu, who claims |
| Eventually, the reality sinks in: cost is the only disincentive |
| Edmonton Sun |
| Unfortunately, that doesn't explain what Canada is going to do if the Americans do something stupid. Problem is, we know the U.S. is about to do something stupid -- which is to set up a cap-and-trade |
| Polaroid May Consider an IPO |
| BusinessWeek |
| Polaroid Considers IPO as Revenue Passes $500 Million (Update1) (Adds presidentâ??s age in fourth paragraph; name of Hilco unit in sixth.) Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Polaroid, the instant-film company tha |
| See all stories on this topic |
| RCMP say there's not enough evidence for charges in ICBC salvage car scandal |
| Metronews |
| VANCOUVER, B.C. - The RCMP say they don't have enough evidence to lay charges against employees of the Insurance Corp. of B.C. who bought written-off vehicles and re-sold them without disclosing the d |
| Part 2: Pirate's Cove: The western havens |
| NetworkWorld |
| Much of the cybercrime in North America appears to originate from within North America Security Strategies Alert By M. E. Kabay, Network World Sign up for this newsletter now! Mich Kabay takes a high- |
| See all stories on this topic |
| City council may enter auction to buy 'crack flats' |
| Derby Evening Telegraph |
| DERBY City Council has said it is still deciding whether or not to purchase a block of flats in Allenton. From May to August, 128 calls were made to the police about acts of crime, including violence |
| Bank buys Widmer house |
| Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Widmer house cincinnati.com new GEL.util.benchmark. Timer('Body GEL.thepage.on('ready', GO4 Faster PageInfo url: sn: option: date: market: comscore: 'http://sitelife.' + cfg.gdn_auto_refresh don;t thi |
| Red Cross Responds to Tigard Apartment Fire |
| AM 1360 KUIK |
| Disaster Action Team responders from the Oregon Trail Chapter are responding to an apartment fire in Tigard, OR. One unit has been affected and 2 adults have been displaced by the fire. The DAT respon |
| Auction house porters accused of carrying out more than their jobs |
| The Independent |
| French police blame 'co-operative of crime' as dozens of missing items are found hidden in Paris warehouse Close AFP/GETTY The Drouot Montaigne auction house in Paris, where eight porters have been ac |
| Police recover dozens of autographed guitars stolen from Garland charity |
| Dallas Morning News |
| Garland police said today that they've recovered 63 of 86 autographed guitars that were stolen before Christmas from a nonprofit organization that helps children enjoy fishing excursions. Also Online |
| Hoon laws stupidity was bipartisan |
| West Australian |
| Patrick Nugawela can blame the cynical 'tougher on crime' auction run by the major political parties in recent years for the unprincipled confiscation of his Lamborghini sports car. Bumbling Police Mi |
| Scams spell trouble |
| WA Today.com.au |
| WHEN it comes to producing con men, Nigeria has to be a centre of higher learning. They must have schools and tertiary institutions dedicated to the dark arts of online deceit. We've all heard of the |
| Paying for stupidity |
| Calgary Sun |
| Our leaders' energy plans mean huge hikes in the cost of everything By Last Updated: 10th January 2010, 1:57am Size Share with: vine Prime Minister Stephen Harper says must mirror the Barack Obama adm |
| Investors allege Catlin lied about financial situation: Allegations involve Zinfandel |
| Biz Journals |
| Three investors in Catlin Property developments have accused company founder Ben Catlin of lying about his financial condition while raising funds, and they are seeking to keep their debts from being |
| Ben Babauta is Chamber's Businessperson of the Year |
| Saipan Tribune |
| Vicente Ben M. Babauta of DFS Saipan Ltd. bagged the Saipan Chamber of Commerce's 2009 Businessperson of the Year at a ceremony Saturday night at the Hyatt Regency Saipan poolside, where the group's 2 |
| France battles theft of cultural treasures |
| France24 |
| An investigator from Interpol Works of Art Unit looks at a database of the most wanted works of art in Lyon, east center France, in 2009. French police colonel Stephane Gauffeny started the year with |
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| How art is paying for terrorism |
| Daily Express |
| HOW ART IS PAYING FOR TERRORISM ART: The reality of art theft is not glamorous PERHAPS they are local criminals who stumbled upon an irresistible opportunity, or members of an international ring. More |
| Gujarat govt flip-flops in Pradeep Sharma case |
| DNA India |
| Gandhinagar: Senior IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, who is accused of committing irregularities in allotment of land among quake victims in Bhuj, was cleared of this charge by the state government in June |
| Inside Politics: Mohn urges City Council to press for bigger jail |
| Fayetteville Observer |
| Fayetteville City Councilman Ted Mohn says the city should put more pressure on Cumberland County officials to build a bigger jail. He wants the City Council to adopt a resolution urging the county Bo |
| Discovery of horse skeleton in West Marin starts quest for identity |
| Marin Independent Journal |
| It's been more than 35 years, but Lesley-Ann Van Deren has never stopped thinking about the horse she lost while growing up in Mill Valley. 'It's not as frequent now, but for the first 20 years, every |
| US task force to target bankers who crashed economy |
| Sharenet |
| * Task force targets mortgage, securities, stimulus fraud * Holder says financial fraud all too common (Adds quotes, byline; previous dateline WASHINGTON) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Man jailed for pretending to be policeman |
| Yahoo! UK and Ireland |
| A man was jailed on Friday for pretending to be a police officer over several years, even duping his wife, police said. Stuart Howatson, 31, told guests at his wedding in 2006 that the chief of London |
| Celebrity Recession: Who lost it all? |
| News Channel 21 |
| Nicholas Cage owes a king's ransom to the IRS -- more than $6 million in back taxes to be exact. (©Lieutenant Productions Inc.) Also on KTVZ.com Also on the Web From Investopedia While you're ringing |
| Police impersonator jailed |
| Yorkshire Post |
| A man who spent several years pretending to be a Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for 20 months.Stuart Howatson, 31, of Bewdley, Worcestershire, conned family and friends, including his wif |
| BBB: Beware of ad promoting Bernie Madoff auction |
| WCNC |
| CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- At first glance, the little ad stuck on many copies of Friday's Charlotte Observer sounds fascinating. It reads, 'Bernie Madoff Auction,' and says the items up for bid will include |
| Leaders Forum: From Risk to Reward How to Profit from IT Security |
| Windows In Financial Services |
| Leaders Forum: From Risk to Reward â?? How to Profit from IT Security Competitive pressures have slowly been forcing financial services institutions to manage security issues proactively rather than r |
| Car auction halted until legal requirements can be met |
| Deseret Morning News |
| SALT LAKE CITY ? The auction of about 210 cars, motorcycles and boats worth $6 million has been indefinitely halted until prosecutors complete more paperwork. The vehicles were seized by the FBI from |
| US task force to target bankers who crashed economy |
| Sharenet |
| * Task force targets mortgage, securities, stimulus fraud * Holder says financial fraud all too common (Adds quotes, byline; previous dateline WASHINGTON) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Cherry Valley man arrested for cattle rustling |
| KABC Los Angeles |
| inland empire news, bob banfield More: Bio, E-mail, Recent Stories, News Team RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- Old-fashioned, Wild West cattle rustling is alive in the Inland Empire. A Cherry Valley man i |
| Leaders Forum: From Risk to Reward How to Profit from IT Security |
| Windows In Financial Services |
| Leaders Forum: From Risk to Reward â?? How to Profit from IT Security Competitive pressures have slowly been forcing financial services institutions to manage security issues proactively rather than r |
| Car auction halted until legal requirements can be met |
| Deseret Morning News |
| SALT LAKE CITY ? The auction of about 210 cars, motorcycles and boats worth $6 million has been indefinitely halted until prosecutors complete more paperwork. The vehicles were seized by the FBI from |
| Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Suge Knight, Exclusives |
| TMZ |
| Sylvester Stallone claims someone was stupid enough to steal one of his most famous cars nearly 15 years ago -- and now the guy who has it is refusing to give it back. It's all over the 'iconic custom |
| Filed under: TMZ Sports, The Game, Exclusives |
| TMZ |
| Sylvester Stallone claims someone was stupid enough to steal one of his most famous cars nearly 15 years ago -- and now the guy who has it is refusing to give it back. It's all over the 'iconic custom |
| Filed under: Ride Me, Exclusives, Tiger Woods |
| TMZ |
| Sylvester Stallone claims someone was stupid enough to steal one of his most famous cars nearly 15 years ago -- and now the guy who has it is refusing to give it back. It's all over the 'iconic custom |
| New charges filed against Satyam's Raju |
| IBNLive India News |
| Bangalore: The Central Bureau of Investigation filed new charges against the founder of Satyam Computer Services Ltd and five others on Thursday over an accounting fraud that hit the software services |
| See all stories on this topic |
| • The Year in Review Jan June 2009 |
| Fayette County Review |
| Review Jan June 2009 By Dawn Boone Jan. 15 - An 11-count indictment was unsealed Saturday charging several defendants with various counts related to conspiring to distribute marijuana, distributing ma |
| Terence Corcoran: Uprising in Iceland |
| National Post |
| Full Comment, Terence Corcoran In many countries, taxpayers are rightly cranky over the idea that their governments are bailing out banks and others -- including their own regulators and central banke |
| SEC target Offill seeks to exclude witnesses |
| Stockwatch |
| Phillip Offill, the Texas securities lawyer whose criminal fraud trial is about to start, has filed a motion to exclude some witnesses from appearing. He says that the government plans to call several |
| Trial Pending, Suspects Cars Will Soon be Freed |
| New York Times |
| DENVER Â? The trial of Jeffrey L. Mowen, accused of defrauding investors in an $18 million Ponzi scheme in Utah and then trying to hire a hit man to kill four witnesses against him, is expected to be |
| Procurement reform fever to die down in 2010 |
| Washington Technology |
| The contracting memo influenced much of the procurement policy guidance in 2009, but experts say its effects will be subtle this year What a difference a year makes, even if in a wholly unexpected way |
| Lytle promoted to detective |
| Valencia County News-Bulletin |
| The Belen Police Department has promoted a patrolmen to work in the criminal investigations division. Belen Police Detective Sgt. Joe Portio said John Lytle moved into detectives in late October. 'He' |
| Creditors Try to Block Last Paychecks to Employees of Former Rothstein Firm |
| Law.com |
| A creditors committee in the bankruptcy case of unsuccessfully tried Thursday to block salary payments to three employees in the wake of founder Scott Rothstein's alleged $1.2 billion fraud. The commi |
| Fair Trade Italian Style: Mafia-Free Foods Take Hold in Italy |
| Lakeland Ledger |
| ... organic olive oil? This photo taken Nov. 28, 2009 shows a patron looking over Mafia confiscated land's products, in Rome. Pier Paolo Cito foods sold in Mafia-free stores include pastas, wines, and |
| 3 suspects in Prosser auction house robbery plead innocent |
| Tri-City Herald Online |
| Juan Manuel R. Dominguez, 22, Jesus Castro Hernandez, 40, and Sergio Vasquez Lopez, 21, are charged with first-degree robbery in Benton County Superior Court. The men reportedly are roommates. Rogelio |
| Last one in, again |
| Bangkok Post |
| Never in Thai history has a story that didn't happen so dominate the news and clearly emerge as the Technology Story of the Year; just before the New Year, your TOT flipped a switch that started provi |
| On immigration, claret, Canada, rice, e-readers, zombies, language |
| The Economist |
| SIR â?? Your article praising the relative welcome given to immigrants in the United States missed a central point (â??A Ponzi scheme that worksâ?, December 19th). Unlike even the most liberal of Eur |
| Put Out to Pasture |
| NBC San Diego |
| After 27 years of saddling up to help keep the peace, the San Diego Police Department's Mounted Enforcement Unit rode off into the sunset. It was a poignant scene Thursday at the mounted patrol's comp |
| Nonprofits become partners for Diamonds & Ice event |
| Cumberland Times-News |
| BEDFORD, Pa. While the economic climate is having an impact on businesses and individuals, it is also affecting area charities and nonprofits, which rely on sponsorships, in-kind gifts and donors to |
| Lytle promoted to detective |
| Valencia County News-Bulletin |
| The Belen Police Department has promoted a patrolmen to work in the criminal investigations division. Belen Police Detective Sgt. Joe Portio said John Lytle moved into detectives in late October. 'He' |
| Parasitic Bureaucracy |
| The Daily Reckoning Australia |
| First, a look at the markets: Stocks went nowhere yesterday. Maybe the feds had taken the day off; MarketWatch charges them with manipulating share prices. Gold, however, staged a $17 rally. The corre |
| Tree of Angels deemed success |
| Victoria Advocate |
| Share this item Grab the link Copy and paste the link: Blog about it â?¢ Post a Comment â?¢ Favorite â?¢ Editor, the Advocate I would like to thank the many businesses and individuals that made donati |
| Virginia man sues ACD Museum over disputed Duesey |
| News Sentinel |
| He claims he didn't receive title for classic automobile bought at Sept. 3 fundraiser. of The News-Sentinel What should have been the purchase of a 1930 Duesenberg turned into a doozy of a headache fo |
| Funeral-home boss gets 1-year jail term |
| Honolulu Advertiser |
| The former chief executive of RightStar Hawaii Management, a group of funeral homes and cemeteries, was sentenced yesterday to five years' probation and one year of jail time for fraud charges in a mu |
| Chrysler Says Hecker Must Talk |
| KSTP |
| Hecker Tries to Avoid Being Found in Contempt Hecker Must Pay Estranged Wife $7,500 a Month Judge Finds Hecker in Contempt of Court Trustee Wants Hecker Held in Contempt Judge Denies Hecker Request to |
| Pirate's Cove: The western havens |
| NetworkWorld |
| Much of the cybercrime in North America appears to originate from within North America Share/Email Tweet This Print This is the second in a set (see part 1) of four articles by Kathleen E. Hayman, Mic |
| Property outlook for 2010 mild |
| EProp.co.za |
| Intro The outlook for property for 2010, while still mild, was far better than 2009, auctioneers Alliance Group says. The outlook for property for 2010, while still mild, was far better than 2009, auc |
| See all stories on this topic |
| 'A far better year for property' |
| Finance 24 |
| Why not follow us on twitter. You can receive regular updates with regards to what is pertinent in the world of business and finance. Johannesburg - The outlook for property for 2010, while still mild |
| Chrysler Says Hecker Must Talk |
| KSTP |
| Hecker Tries to Avoid Being Found in Contempt Hecker Must Pay Estranged Wife $7,500 a Month Judge Finds Hecker in Contempt of Court Trustee Wants Hecker Held in Contempt Judge Denies Hecker Request to |
| Pirate's Cove: The western havens |
| NetworkWorld |
| Much of the cybercrime in North America appears to originate from within North America Share/Email Tweet This Print This is the second in a set (see part 1) of four articles by Kathleen E. Hayman, Mic |
| Property outlook mild but better than last year |
| Business Day |
| THE outlook for property this year , while still mild, was likely to be far better than it was last year, auctioneers Alliance Group said yesterday. â??In 2010, people will start spending more as the |
| SC dismisses plea against Satyam |
| Express India |
| New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Company Law Board's order facilitating takeover of the scam-tainted Satyam Computers by the Mahindra group and allowed the IT |
| See all stories on this topic |
| Mac security reality-check: scams |
| Macworld |
| The real threats to your Mac and iPhone (and what you can do about them). In the endless debates about Mac securityâ??is the Mac platform inherently safer than Windows? what security measures should M |
| DNA Fingerprinting Used for Wine Testing |
| Suite101.com |
| Identification of DNA is used frequently in human forensic science, but also has broader forensic applications such as and determining the grapes that comprise various types of wines. Basics of DNA Fi |
| Fox Ridge 2nd mortgage sold at auction |
| Daily Progress |
| Fox Ridge Farm, which has a conservation easement on it that limits its uses for commercial and residential development, was originally scheduled for auction in December, but that auction was postpone |
| LCO Tribe buys Hide Out property (281) |
| Sawyer County Record |
| Chippewa Valley Bank closed on the sale of Al Caponeâ??s Hide Out property north of Couderay to the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board on Dec. 21. The sale price was $2,750,000. According to b |
| In 2009, resilient art beats a retreat |
| Nigeria Guardian |
| From the mainstream outlets for art market, to the government agencies such as National Gallery of Art (NGA), caution and retreat took the place of daring and innovative steps to consolidate the gains |
| Top 10 financial scandals of the year |
| Reuters |
| (Reuters) - The year of the Ponzi scheme will be followed by heightened regulation and more aggressive prosecutions, experts say. As 2010 approaches, regulators and prosecutors are scrambling to uncov |
| Sunday newspaper round-up: Kaupthin... |
| Digital Look |
| The Financial Services Authority did nothing to prevent Icelandic bank Kaupthing from setting up British retail operations eight months before it failed because it thought taking personal deposits wou |
| Guy Spends $300k on Virtual Property |
| Voodoo Extreme |
| I enjoy virtual spaces as much as the next person, but to actually plunk down $330,000 (real money) to purchase one in Entropia Universe... /boggle. The company behind Entropia Universe announced the |
| Top 10 financial scandals of the year |
| Reuters |
| (Reuters) - The year of the Ponzi scheme will be followed by heightened regulation and more aggressive prosecutions, experts say. As 2010 approaches, regulators and prosecutors are scrambling to uncov |
| Off-putting real estate question of the day |
| Baltimore Sun |
| When people ask questions on real estate search engine Trulia, the queries are usually along the lines of, "How can I fix my credit so I can buy a home?" or "Do sellers have any liability after sellin |
| CAZ: 2010 A Year in Preview |
| Panama City News Herald |
| Preview - CAZ - The Herald freedom new OAS_RICH(position) _play _selectedVideoIdxInLineup //This must be set to -1000 for article video advancement _videoId _videoIDs _isMostViewedVideo articleid sect |
| Tighter airport security in Canada a function of U.S. fear, experts say |
| New Glasgow Evening News |
| THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA â?? Donâ??t expect tighter security at Canadian airports to relax until the United States gets over its latest air scare, aviation experts say. The ban on certain types of ca |
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| Small Business Start up Tips |
| Suite101.com |
| First time investors need to make the right choice for the type of business to pursue. Mistakes are rampant when an idea has not been researched thoroughly from the onset. The following do not list sh |
| $candals of 2009 |
| Asiaone |
| The year of the Ponzi scheme will be followed by heightened regulation and more aggressive prosecutions, experts say. Regulators and prosecutors are scrambling to uncover and pursue more fraudsters, w |
| Ambition, schemes: A criminal mix |
| Minneapolis Star Tribune |
| Dustin Lee LaFavre, 27, was a college senior, majoring in real estate finance, when he wrote this for his high school magazine's 2004-05 winter issue: "I'm planning on going to law school and am very |
| Romania Resident Sentenced for Committing Offenses Against the United States |
| FBI Cleveland |
| William J. Edwards, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio today announced that Cristinel Grigorie, age 27, of Romania, was sentenced today on one count conspiracy to commit offenses |
| $candals of 2009 |
| Asiaone |
| The year of the Ponzi scheme will be followed by heightened regulation and more aggressive prosecutions, experts say. Regulators and prosecutors are scrambling to uncover and pursue more fraudsters, w |
| Mid-winter's ups and downs |
| Manawatu Standard |
| June kicked off with the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Among those to receive gongs were city oncologist Richard Isaacs and retired lawyer Kevin O'Sullivan, who were made Members of the New Zealand O |
| Norfolk Waste Collection |
| WTKR |
| Norfolk, VA - City Services Access Your Public Library Account Animals/Dog and Cat Licenses Bids, Notices, and RFPs Lists - Utilities Bids, Notices, and RFPs Lists - Public Works Bids, Notices, a |
| A Mixed Year For Cos |
| Businessworld India |
| by the founder B Ramalinga Raju, forcing the government to redraft rules for corporate governance and auditing standards. companies including RCOM and Bharti came under government scrutiny and special |
| For Sale: Ponzi Defendant's Car Collection |
| KSBW Channel.com |
| SALT LAKE CITY -- The government auction of a Utah fraud suspect's car collection will include some fakes. U.S. marshals will auction nearly 200 vehicles seized from Jeffrey Mowen, who is charged with |
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| Available: Exotic autos ? Seized vehicles to be sold at auctions |
| Deseret Morning News |
| NORTH SALT LAKE ? When the bay door opened on the first storage unit in February, auctioneer Rob Olson and his son couldn't believe what they were seeing. "We're standing there with a deputy U.S. mars |
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| DiManno: A banner year for GTA quirks, follies |
| Toronto Star Online |
| As the city at the centre of the universe never tires of boasting about itself: We're world-class jackasses Share Share Clockwise from top left: Mississauga councillor Carolyn Parrish, KISS, Igor Kenk |
| Corporate Fought Both Rivals and Downturn with Vigour |
| Outlook India |
| From battering in the stock markets to the infamous financial fraud in IT giant Satyam, India Inc began 2009 on an ominous note but fought-off the effects of the global meltdown only to get sucked int |
| Your 10 resolutions for a scam-free (well, almost) New Year |
| WalletPop |
| Filed under: Fraud, Consumer Ally Just when you think you've figured out the bad guys, they come up with another con. But as a group, they made enough dumb maneuvers in 2009 to give us a good start on |
| GUNPAL.net to be Featured as AuctionArms.com Payment Method |
| Boston Business Journal |
| PR Newswire HEALDSBURG, Calif., Jan. 1 HEALDSBURG, Calif., Jan. 1 /PRNewswire/ GUNPAL.net, the payment processing platform of choice for the firearms and accessories industry, and AuctionArms.com, Inc |
| John Agnew: You call that old place a home? This here is a home, pal |
| News-Press.com |
| You have probably read about the $4.5 million riverfront home whose owners have been accused of homestead fraud and who might be liable for over $400,000 in back taxes, fees, fines and public embarras |
| Ahead for Ahwatukee: Big park, big challenges, more police |
| AZCentral.com |
| Brace yourself for more cuts to city services, the likelihood of more shuttered businesses and continued debate over where to build the planned South Mountain Freeway. But 2010 doesn't promise entirel |
| Available: Exotic autos ? Seized vehicles to be sold at auctions |
| Deseret Morning News |
| NORTH SALT LAKE ? When the bay door opened on the first storage unit in February, auctioneer Rob Olson and his son couldn't believe what they were seeing. "We're standing there with a deputy U.S. mars |
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| 2009 - Year in Review |
| Malibu Times |
| Danny Sills, a 7th grader at Malibu Middle School, had the opportunity to discuss the economy, the funding of autism research and the Arab/Israeli conflict with First Lady Michelle Obama after â??The |
| Man returns from holiday to find his kitchen on eBay |
| Wales Online |
| A MAN came home from holiday to find his kitchen stripped bare - then discovered it was being sold on eBay by someone from Bridgend! Tristan Brooks, 30, a transport planner, had saved for 10 years to |
| Review of 2009 - August |
| Weston Mercury |
| Stunt bikers thrilled Weston crowds during the Animal Relentless Mountain Bike Tour at the Town Square during August. THE collapse of bus company ACL Travel was followed by the firm's distinctive oran |
| Tech Lubricates Theft, Can it do so For Law Enforcement? |
| TMC Net |
| The Internet is an incredible lubricator and margin compression resulting from immediate and widespread information dissemination is destroying industries on a level never before experienced. Examples |
| Online auction buys can be risky |
| Macon Telegraph |
| Online auctions can be a great place for finding deals at any time of year, but over the holidays such sites become hot spots for tracking down popular and hard-to-get gifts â?? such as new game conso |
| FACTBOX-10 big U.S. financial scandals of 2009 |
| Reuters |
| Dec 29 (Reuters) - The year of the Ponzi scheme will be followed by heightened regulation and more aggressive prosecutions, experts say. As 2010 approaches, regulators and prosecutors are scrambling t |
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| Rothstein Firmâ??s Furnishings to be Auctioned |
| JD Journal |
| Scott Rothsteinâ??s office furniture inside the office of Rothstein Rosenfeldt _and_ Adler, will be sold to the highest bidder at an auction on Jan. 23 in Tamarac, Fla. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Raym |
| Canopy Financial Files For Chapter 7 |
| Private Equity HUB |
| The beleaguered startup has asked a federal judge to convert its petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy into a Chapter 7, which means it will shut down. A hearing is scheduled tomorrow on this and several |