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Con artists recycle old tricks, add a high-tech one
Michele Holota wishes she had never answered the phone that fateful day. If she hadn't, her computer wouldn't be fried right now. But when the phone rang and the caller ID said "Microsoft," she figured it might be important. What the caller told her...Tags: Corporate Crime, Whitehall, Jim Thorpe, Fraud, Allentown
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Investigators seeking girls and women secretly taped by Coral Springs man
A Coral Springs man accused of trying to kidnap a jogger and luring young girls into online sexual contact with him is under continuing investigation after authorities found "many" more pornographic videos he secretly made of other girls and young women,...
Tags: Judges, Fort Lauderdale, Crimes, Justice System, Kidnapping
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Epic, Half-Realized, Wildly Swirling Thoughts on Obama, Poverty, Politics, Guns, Chicago, Being a White Guy, the Secret Service, and Little Old Lady Laughs
President Barack Hussein Obama came to Chicago last Friday to give a speech at Hyde Park Academy on the South Side, and I went to write about it. Technically, this was my third time seeing the president speak live after making it to election night...
Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, University of Chicago, Students, Bobby Rush, Murder
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Once again, the gun lobby's message is off-target
For priding itself as an organization that teaches gun safety, why does the National Rifle Assn. keep shooting itself in the foot? In its latest attempt to drive home the point that President Obama’s plans for tighter gun control are off target,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Heads of State, National Rifle Association of America, Government, Lobbying
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Obama unveiling gun violence measures (WSBT airing)
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Bobby Scott, Republican Party, Immigration, Assault
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Wasilla Businesses Hit False Notes in Counterfeiting Case
Channel 2 NewsWasilla police are investigating a wave of counterfeit bills passed at quick-service stores that have left nearly a dozen local businesses out more than $3,300, most of it in small amounts. According to WPD investigator Ruth Josten, U.S. Secret...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Business
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Hadiya Pendleton funeral: 'I'm not worried about her soul'
Tribune reportersSlain teen Hadiya Pendleton was remembered today as a laughing youth who brought love and happiness to all her family and friends. Despite the heavy security because of the attendance of first lady Michelle Obama and other dignitaries, Hadiya's funeral...Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, Justice System, Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy
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Nothing to kid about
WASHINGTON -- If the gun debate gets any more juvenile, the participants will need strollers. The National Rifle Association took the first shot in this latest pursuit of the puerile. Not only did it release a political ad late Tuesday about the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, National Rifle Association of America, Jay Carney, Politics
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Arundel police corporal says, 'You don't tell Mr. Leopold no'
An Anne Arundel County police corporal told a judge Tuesday that County Executive John R. Leopold told him to watch a cash box at a political fundraiser, to plant campaign signs for him, and to compile a dossier on his 2010 challenger. Cpl. Howard Brown,...
Tags: Laurel, Justice System, Political Fundraising, Back Pain, Trials
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Inmate: Threat to kill Obama was desperate bid for medical care
FloriDUHIf Stephen Espalin wanted some "Obamacare," he went about getting it the wrong way. Espalin, 57, allegedly told a judge last week that he only threatened to assassinate President Obama, his family and their dog, Bo, because the homeless man needed...Tags: Barack Obama, Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, George W. Bush, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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South Florida man awaits sentencing for threat to kill president
Eighteen months in prison for threatening to kill former President George W. Bush in 2001 didn't have the desired effect on Stephen Espalin. The Palm Beach County man is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 10 for threatening to assassinate President Barack...
Tags: Explosions, Palm Beach County, Justice System, George W. Bush, Prisons
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Crack FDA team deployed to make sure food at inauguration is safe
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.With the presidential inauguration days away, the Food and Drug Administration wants to assure us that the food to be eaten amidst all the pomp and circumstance won’t give anyone a nasty case of food poisoning. “This week, at the request...Tags: Health, Barack Obama, Obesity, Food and Drug Administration, Cheesecake Factory
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