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Ocean City cigarette smuggling ring had ties to terror groups, police say
The Palestinian immigrant and his brother lived next door to each other in homes in West Ocean City, over the years opening a number of businesses throughout the area — three pizza shops, a Mexican restaurant, a liquor store, gas stations, and...
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Officials: Cigarette smuggling ring busted
NewsdayA $10,000 investment nearly 20 years ago by convicted terrorist Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman in a Brooklyn baby food business led to the takedown of a $55 million cigarette smuggling operation while raising suspicions of links to international terrorists,...Tags: Brooklyn Bridge, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Food Industry, Ocean City, Justice System
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EDITORIAL: Tobacco companies win again in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.Tobacco companies won a big victory against smoker plaintiffs in Kanawha Circuit Wednesday -- essentially by arguing, as the defense lawyer did, that cigarettes "are a naturally dangerous product and can't be made safe, and that everyone has known they...Tags: Trials, Lifestyle and Leisure, Justice System, Lotteries, Crime, Law and Justice
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FDA's tobacco head plans to move quickly on industry issues
Richmond Times-DispatchThe new head of the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco agency pledged "efficient, effective and fair" regulation of tobacco products Thursday. "You all make a lawful product," Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center For Tobacco Products, told...Tags: Marketing, Philip Morris USA, Crime, Law and Justice, George Washington, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Altria CEO says company delivered strong results in 2012
Richmond Times-DispatchAltria Group Inc.'s top executive told shareholders Thursday that the company expects to post better results this year after a good year in 2012. "Altria delivered strong results and returns for our shareholders in 2012," despite a "continuing...Tags: Altria Group, Inc., Trials, Layoffs and Downsizing, Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance
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FDA's top tobacco regulator pledges 'fair' enforcement of products
Richmond Times-DispatchThe new chief of the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco regulation agency pledged "efficient, effective and fair" regulation of tobacco products this morning. "You all make a lawful product," Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco...Tags: Food and Drug Administration
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LePage: I don't support higher tobacco taxes
Portland Press Herald, MaineGov. Paul LePage wants everyone to know that he is not in favor of raising taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products. LePage issued a statement Wednesday night after his office said he was swamped with phone calls from people angry about an "outdated...Tags: John E. Baldacci, Government, Politics, Paul LePage, Executive Branch
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Bethel Officials, Businesses Weigh Impact of Tobacco Tax
Channel 2 NewsBethel officials and local businesses are trying to assess the effect of a new $2.21-a-pack tax on cigarettes passed in December and in effect since March 1, rapidly adding money to city coffers. According to the Associated Press, city officials say the...Tags: Business, Sales
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Key Witness Talks Of $5,000 In Refrigerator And Texts About Killing Smoke-Shop Bill
The Hartford CourantHarry Raymond Soucy, the key witness in the federal trial of Robert Braddock, gave explosive testimony Wednesday, claiming that he put $5,000 in a Republican legislative leader's refrigerator last year — and was featured in audiotapes and text...Tags: Trials, Waterbury, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Police Investigations
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EDITORIAL: Boos for booze
Philadelphia Daily NewsWHEN it comes to Philadelphia's public schools, Mayor Nutter has been loud and clear about the need for additional local money for the cash-starved district. When it comes to how that can be accomplished, the mayor has less to say. Last week, he let...Tags: Rental Service
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Tobacco liability trial goes to jury
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An attorney representing hundreds of West Virginia smokers told jurors Tuesday that tobacco companies could have made cigarettes safer but didn't. However, Jeff Furr, the lead defense attorney representing tobacco companies, said...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Justice System, Prosecution, Defendants
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Unsealed case reveals more tobacco charges
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloA July 8 trial date is set for a contraband tobacco case sealed in federal court more than a year. Under indictment are David Brian Cooper, 47, George Bertram, 53, both of Jamestown, Ky., and Tantus Tobacco Co of Russell Springs, Ky. They are...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Prisons, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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