Manhattan Federal Prosecutors Allege That Gambino Family Generated Tens of Millions of Dollars in Illegal Proceeds from Narcotics Trafficking Crimes PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JANICE K. FEDARCYK, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the arrests today […]
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Defendants Allegedly Stole E-mail Addresses and Personal Information Belonging to 120,000 Apple iPad 3G Subscribers NEWARK, N.J. – Two self-described Internet “trolls” were arrested today for allegedly hacking AT&T’s servers and stealing e-mail addresses and other personal information belonging to approximately 120,000 Apple iPad users who accessed the Internet via AT&T’s 3G network, United States […]
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Total of 127 Individuals Charged in Brooklyn, NY.; Manhattan, N.Y.; Newark, N.J.; and Providence, R.I. WASHINGTON – Ninety-one members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including the New England LCN family, all five New York-based families and the New Jersey-based Decavalcante family have been charged with federal crimes in […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Chinese officials at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park to announce that two giant pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, will remain at the zoo under a new agreement to support breeding, research and conservation efforts by the two countries. “The loan of giant pandas […]
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While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to linger in the Southern Plains and Southeast through mid to late spring, according to NOAA’s National Weather Service. La Niña has kept storms and most of their precipitation in the north, leaving the South drier than normal. “The speed […]
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2011 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack issued the following statement on the healthcare vote in the U.S. House of Representatives: “For far too long, folks living in rural America have suffered from a broken health care system – more so than their urban counterparts – with higher costs and less access to […]
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Washington, Jan 19 – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham voted on Wednesday to repeal President Obama’s job-destroying health care law off the books as he prepares replacement health care legislation that addresses the actual concerns of Iowans. The House voted 245 – 189 to repeal the health care legislation, which was supported by President Obama and […]
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell voted against H.R. 2, the Patients’ Right to Repeal Act, which repeals current health care law that protects Iowa’s families, seniors, and workers from insurance company abuses. Boswell released the following statement on his vote. “Instead of focusing on what Iowans really care about, which is jobs and […]
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Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to pass his language repealing ObamaCare this afternoon by a vote of 245 to 189. King’s language to repeal the law “as if such Act had not been enacted” was included by House Leadership in H.R. 2, the Repealing […]
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WASHINGTON – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services released a new report showing that, without the Affordable Care Act, up to 129 million Americans under the age of 65 who have a pre-existing health condition would be […]
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