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Hot Properties, Frozen Assets: Feds Crack Down on Drug Cartel

A suspected Colombian drug kingpin has been laundering money through a beachfront hotel, a soccer team, two medical clinics and half a dozen other companies, according to the U.S. Treasury...

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Follow the Bouncing Bribe Scandal: Keeping Tabs on the Abramoff Lobbying Investigation

With another figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal beginning an 18-month prison sentence, here's an update on the key players and where the investigation stands: Jack Abramoff: The once...

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Son of Oil Magnate Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges

Michael O'Brien Pickens, son of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, pled guilty to charges of securities fraud today. The son of a billionaire, Pickens was manipulating stock prices of...

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Not Enough People, Not Enough Training: Airport Screeners Continue To Miss Hidden Weapons

Airport security screeners reportedly missed a vast majority of concealed guns and bombs in a recent test at one of the busiest airports in the country, and one expert tells...

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Hackers Penetrate Water System Computers

A foreign hacker who penetrated security at a water filtering plant near Harrisburg, Pa., is under investigation by the FBI for planting malicious software capable of affecting the plant's water...

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Military Reservist Wins Big in Court

Military reservists won a major victory in court on Friday when a federal jury unanimously ruled in favor of an NYPD Captain and experienced U.S. Army pilot who was denied...

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Annan Quietly Files Disclosure Forms, But Public Loses Out

After originally claiming new financial disclosure rules did not apply to him, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has filed financial disclosure reports, reporting any gifts over $250, that are now required...

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Up to 80 Killed in Attack on Religious School in Pakistan

Up to 80 people were killed this morning in Pakistan's Bajaur region, which borders Afghanistan, when a seminary was attacked with missiles. Reported to be among the dead is Maulana...

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