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How will hoax impact Te'o in NFL Draft?
South Bend Tribune, Ind.Perhaps the height of the absurdity in the tabloid phase of Manti mania came in early February, when ESPN.com counted among its top headlines that the former Notre Dame All-America linebacker was deleting his Twitter account. Perhaps a game of FarmVille...Tags: Super Bowl, Sports, National Football League, Jon Gruden, Football
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Six people charged after alleged check-fraud scheme gets $46,000
The News-SentinelA half-dozen people were charged Tuesday in Allen Superior Court for their roles in what investigators described as a "fraudulent check-cashing scheme." Police who pieced together the events last May allege that those involved in the forgery ring cashed...Tags: Crimes, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Theft
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BRIEF: Burlington man arrested in forgery cases
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.Officers are investigating another person of interest living at the 20-year-old man's residence. The man was booked into Skagit County Jail for investigation of forgery. -- Lynsi Burton Reports from Burlington indicate real dollar bills were...Tags: Mount Vernon
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Hoax tweet tests firms that filter social media for Wall Street
ReutersBy Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - Firms that scour social media sites such as Twitter for information to help investors and traders make money faced their biggest test yet this week. A tweet reporting explosions at the White House...Tags: Intel Corp., S&P 500, Media Industry, Stranger Than Fiction, Barack Obama
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Witness says Morgan told him to copy signatures
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- "'Don't worry about it.' That's what Owen 'Butch' Morgan said to Pam Brunette when she told him she thought what they were doing was illegal. But as you'll find out, Butch Morgan thought he was above the law." So began special prosecutor...Tags: Crimes, Witnesses, Voting, Defendants, Trials
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Trial starts for two Democrats accused of forging presidential ballot petitions
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Jury selection Monday in the forgery trial involving former head of the county Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe focused on the political affiliation of the prospective jurors and what influence, if any,...Tags: Politics, Crimes, Voting, Trials, Defendants
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East Hampton Man Pleads Guilty To Middle School Bomb Hoax
The Hartford CourantA 21-year old East Hampton man pleaded guilty Monday to a charge associated with creating a hoax after he admitted placing a fake bomb outside the front door of the town's middle school. Sean Doran is charged with the federal offense of intentionally...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Stranger Than Fiction, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Surge in bomb squad calls, 'suspicious packages' since Boston
Someone calls a television station and makes a bomb threat, causing a phalanx of police to race to the scene. It’s a hoax. Someone sees a package they think is a bomb, temporarily shuttering a city hall over terrorism fears. It’s a fake....
Tags: Conservation, Television Industry, Michael Jackson, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Sports
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On this date in history: The Hitler Diaries
On April 22, 1963, the German magazine Stern stunned the world with its announcement that it had acquired dozens of volumes of secret diaries and journals written by Adolf Hitler. The magazine, along with the London's Sunday Times, brought in...
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Judge blocks request to keep ballot petition fraud evidence from trial
A key ruling Monday in the ballot petition fraud case involving St. Joseph County’s former Democratic Party Chair Butch Morgan and three former Democratic voter registration employees will send all four of the accused to trial. Morgan is accused...
Tags: Crimes, Politics, Lawyers, Voting, Trials
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing sailboat, possible hoax
L.A. NOWCoast Guard officials said they have been unable to pinpoint the location where a distress call originated reporting what was said to be a sinking sailboat in the ocean south of San Francisco.... -
Distress call from sinking sailboat may be hoax, Coast Guard says
L.A. NOWThe Coast Guard on Tuesday suspended its search for four people, including two young children, who were believed to be missing after a distress call from what was said to be a sinking sailboat in the ocean south of San......
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