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Racing dogs to death
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - PETA
Dogs die every year in Alaska's grueling Iditarod race. It's time to relegate the Iditarod to the history books.
Forty Indicted in Major East Texas Mortgage Fraud Scheme
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PLANO, TX—U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that 40 individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a major mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. The 16-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on March 10, 2010, and includes one count ...
Florida Man Charged with Defrauding Hawaii Residents
Crime Blotter
HONOLULU—A federal indictment in Hawaii charging Patrick H. Rakotonanahary, age 34, a resident of Florida, with 21 counts of wire fraud was unsealed late yesterday upon Rakotonanahary´s arrest in Florida. The indictment was previously returned by a federal grand jury on March 10, 2010, b...
Leader of Nationwide Casino-Cheating Criminal Enterprise Sentenced
Crime Blotter
WASHINGTON—Phuong Quoc Truong was sentenced today in San Diego for his role in a scheme by the "Tran Organization" to cheat casinos across the United States, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt for the Southern District of Calif...
New Jersey Student Arrested for Stealing Ancient Documents from Archives Center
Crime Blotter
NEWARK—An undergraduate student at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, appeared in court today in connection with his arrest for theft of ancient, historical and cultural documents from the United Methodist Archives Center located at Drew University, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced...
New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Two-State Bank Robbery Spree
Crime Blotter
CAMDEN—An Egg Harbor Township man pleaded guilty today to his role in a string of bank robberies in New Jersey and Texas, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jerell Mulkey, 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle to six counts of bank robbery—three which ...
Waynesville Man Convicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
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DAYTON—Gregory S. Chew, 42, formerly of Waynesville, was convicted today by a federal jury following a 15-day trial for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 57 property investors and 246 residential properties located throughout the greater Dayton area. Carter M. Stewart, United St...
Mortgage Fraud Leader Sentenced to Nearly 17 Years in Prison
Crime Blotter
PHOENIX—Mario G. Bernadel, 51, a citizen of Haiti, was sentenced today to nearly 17 years in prison for his conviction on multiple counts for leading a mortgage fraud scheme in Phoenix that cost banks over $9 million. Bernadel was found guilty by a jury in September 2009 on 19 counts relate...
Hillsboro Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Embezzlement
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MADISON, WI—Stephen P. Sinnott, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sherry A. Eastman, 62, of Hillsboro, Wis., pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Madison to bank embezzlement. U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb scheduled sentencing for...
Arizona Man Sentenced in Connection with Death of 12-Year-Old Boy
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PHOENIX, AZ—Jayal Howard, 40, of Sacaton, Ariz., was sentenced here to 41 months prison, by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt. The facts showed that on July 11, 2008, Howard was driving a vehicle which contained three passengers, including a 12-year-old boy. Howard was driving on the G...
Virginia Beach Doctor Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Defrauding Medicare and Tricare
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NORFOLK, VA—Ronald Poulin, 61, of Virginia Beach, Virginia was sentenced today in United States District Court to 63 months in prison for health care fraud, making false statements relating to health care matters, and altering records to obstruct an investigation. A Norfolk federal jury found ...
Former Fugitive in Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty in New York
Crime Blotter
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that AVRUM DAVID FRIESEL pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court before United States Magistrate Judge HENRY B. PITMAN for his role in a long-running scheme to defraud a number of federal and sta...
Henrico County Man Pleads Guilty to Over $7 Million Investment Scheme
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RICHMOND, VA—Donald C. Lacey, 43, of Richmond, Va., pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions. Lacey faces a maximum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment on the mail fraud charge, and a maximum penalty of 10 years on the charge of engaging in unlawful mon...
Arnold, Missouri Man Indicted on Federal Child Pornography Charges
Crime Blotter
ST. LOUIS, MO—The United States Attorney´s Office announced today that Craig Stelzner was indicted on multiple charges for his alleged receipt and possession of child pornography between October 2008 and January 2009. CRAIG STELZNER, Arnold, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand j...
Samuel Kent Barnett Indicted for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography
Crime Blotter
GREENEVILLE, TN—A federal grand jury in Greeneville returned a two count indictment on March 9, 2010, against Samuel Kent Barnett, 47, of Johnson City, Tennessee, for receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Barnett appeared in court on March 10, 2010, before U.S. Magi...
East Haven Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Selling Cocaine
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Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN CRISANTI, 48, of Venice Place, East Haven, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for...
Racketeering Charges in "Operation Illegal Motion"
Crime Blotter
BATON ROUGE, LA—United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that ROBERT L. STEVENS, age 61, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was charged in a Bill of Information with conspiracy to use interstate facilities in aid of racketeering for allegedly accepting bribes from individuals with pending...
Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI
Crime Blotter
MEMPHIS, TN—Dr. Roger Morgan, a psychologist, 56 of Lakeland, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to Count One of a two-count indictment today announced Lawrence J. Laurenzi, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and My Harrison, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of In...
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud and Theft of Federal Funds
Crime Blotter
GEORGE MAGEE, age 53, a resident of New Orleans, LA, pled guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of federal funds relating to fraudulent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claims and applications for food...
Former Alabama Official Sentenced for Fraud Connected to Charity
Crime Blotter
A federal judge today sentenced former Birmingham city councilman and Jefferson County commissioner JOHN KATOPODIS to three years and 10 months in jail on fraud convictions linked to his theft of taxpayer money intended for a charity for poor children, U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance announced in conjunct...
Georgia Attorney Sentenced in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme
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Former Georgia Closing Attorney Sentenced to Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme ATLANTA—Trent Edward Wright, 38, of Cumming, Ga., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. to serve one year and nine months in federal prison on a mail fraud charg...
"High Country Bandits" Arrested in Arizona
Crime Blotter
PHOENIX—Ronald Michael Capito, 52, and Joel Jay Glore, 51, both of Show Low, Ariz., have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with eight counts of armed bank robbery. Capito and Glore are suspected of being the "High Country Bandits," a duo responsible for a total of 16 armed bank ...
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge
Crime Blotter
KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to attempting to produce child pornography. Elvon L. Arndt, 66, of Kansas City-North, pleaded guilty before U.S. District ...
Former CFO Charged with Money Laundering
Crime Blotter
NASHVILLE, TN—Ruey Ann Gordon, 58, of Brentwood, Tennessee, a former chief financial officer (CFO) of the Technology Division of Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc., was charged with money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1957 in a one-count criminal information. The charge stems from Gordon´...
Securities Attorney Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Role in Pump-and-Dump Schemes
Crime Blotter
WASHINGTON—A securities attorney was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for defrauding investors in stock manipulation schemes involving 19 publicly traded companies, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern Dist...
Indiana Residents Sentenced for Roles in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Crime Blotter
INDIANAPOLIS—Jermoine Gorman, 30, Fort Wayne, was sentenced to 168 months in prison late yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Barker following his guilty pleas to conspiracies to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and to launder the proceeds. Tokaya Hogan, 27, Fort Wayne, was sente...
Six Indicted in Puerto Rico in Connection with $4.4 Million Loan Kiting Scheme
Crime Blotter
SAN JUAN, PR—On March 12, 2010, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an 83-count indictment charging Nancy Hernández-Chavez, her daughter, Noemí Pérez-Hernández, Manuel "Manolo" Vargas-Colón, Iris Yadith Ortíz-Rodríguez, Eric Samuel Pastrana-Miray, and Luis Fernando Cap...
Monroe Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Mail Fraud Charge
Crime Blotter
MONROE, LA—Stephanie R. Payne, 40, of Monroe, La., pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud relating to the sale of stolen merchandise on eBay, Acting United States Attorney William J. Flanagan announced today. During today´s court proceeding, Payne admitted to stealing merchandise f...
Man Pleads Guilty in Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Involving Municipal Bonds
Crime Blotter
WASHINGTON—A third former employee of Rubin/Chambers, Dunhill Insurance Services Inc., also known as CDR Financial Products (CDR), pleaded guilty today to his participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other relate...
Stillwater Man Indicted for Possessing Child Pornography
Crime Blotter
A federal indictment was unsealed today following the initial appearance of a 40-year-old Stillwater man on child pornography charges. The indictment, filed under seal in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on March 9, 2010, alleges that on March 4, 2009, Shane Allen Werlein knowingly possessed visual ...
Eagan Man Indicted for Possessing, Distributing More Than 350 Images of Child Pornography
Crime Blotter
A federal indictment charging Yem Nguyen, age 35, of Eagan, with possessing and distributing more than 350 images of child pornography has been unsealed. The indictment, filed under seal in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on March 9, 2010, was unsealed today after Nguyen´s initial appearance ...
North Kansas City Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering
Crime Blotter
KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee of Ferrellgas, Inc., was sentenced in federal court today for wire fraud and money laundering, related to his embezzlement of $3.5 million from the company. Scott J. ...
Waco Psychologist Sentenced on Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Charges
Crime Blotter
United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in Austin today, 55-year-old Mercy Chieza, of Hewitt, Texas, was sentenced to 37 months' imprisonment as a result of her conviction on health care fraud and money laundering charges. In addition to the prison term, Senior United States District Ju...
Fairfield Couple Convicted of Racially-Motivated Assault
Crime Blotter
SACRAMENTO—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that JOSEPH SILVA, 56, and his wife GEORGIA SILVA, 52, both of Fairfield, were convicted today by a jury, following a four day trial before U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez, of a federal civil rights felony offense in conne...
Three Charged in Alleged Grifco International, Inc. Stock Fraud
Crime Blotter
HOUSTON—Three men have been indicted for allegedly defrauding investors who purchased stock from 2004 until 2007 in a publicly-traded company called Grifco International Inc., United States Attorney José Angel Moreno and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard Powers announced today. Evan "Nick...
Houston Jury Convicts Former Conroe Police Officer of Bank Robbery
Crime Blotter
HOUSTON—A federal jury has convicted a 22-year veteran of the Conroe Police Department for robbing the First Bank of Conroe, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. The verdict was announced today in open court after four weeks of trial and three hours of deliberation. Mi...
Somerset Man Pleads Guilty to Making Material False Statements to the Army
Crime Blotter
NEWARK—A Somerset man pleaded guilty today to making false statements in documents he submitted for employment as a civilian for the United States Army at Fort Dix and Picatinny Arsenal, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Donald S. Breese, 37, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge...
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Transportation of Child Pornography
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BALTIMORE, MD—Shawn Ryan Walker, age 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to transportation of child pornography. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Departm...
William Holley and Joseph Funk Convicted of Tax Fraud, Wire Fraud, and ERISA Fraud
Crime Blotter
David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that William C. Holley, age 44, of Middletown, and Joseph E. Funk, Jr., age 61, of Newark, were found guilty by a federal jury yesterday of various fraud-related crimes. Mr. Holley and Mr. Funk were both convicted o...
Two Former Wildwood Industries Employees, Accountant Enter Guilty Pleas in Fraud Conspiracy
Crime Blotter
PEORIA, IL—Three people who were formerly employed by or working on behalf of Wildwood Industries of Bloomington, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty today for their respective roles in a fraud conspiracy that resulted in the company obtaining more than $213 million from lenders over a five-year...
Belleville Man Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations
Crime Blotter
A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 11, 2010, JOSEPH L. BROWN, age 27, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis following his convictions for conspiracy to interfere with the ...
Four Individuals Indicted for Conspiring to Collect a Debt Using Extortionate Means
Crime Blotter
BOSTON, MA—Four individuals were indicted today on charges relating to a conspiracy to collect a debt using extortionate means. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; and Police Commis...
Massachusetts Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges
Crime Blotter
BOSTON, MA—A Springfield man was sentenced today in federal court for receiving and possessing child pornography. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Robert Bethel, Postal Inspector In Charge of United States Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division; Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent In...
Sunnyvale Man Pleads Guilty in Child Pornography Case
Crime Blotter
DALLAS—Robert Royce Jensen, Jr., 61, of Sunnyvale, Texas, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Jensen faces a maximum statutory sentence of not less ...
Former Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement, Tax Evasion Charges
Crime Blotter
Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL IAN SOHN, 34, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to charges related to his embezzlement of campaign funds from the Christopher Shays for...
Two Arizona Men Sentenced in Orlando Cocaine Conspiracy
Crime Blotter
ORLANDO, FL—U.S. Attorney A. Brian Albritton announces that U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Cipriano Velarde (age 38, of Phoenix, Arizona) and Cesar Nunez (age 29, also of Phoenix) for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Orlando. Velarde was sentenc...
Brevard Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography
Crime Blotter
ORLANDO, FL—U.S. Attorney A. Brian Albritton announces that U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II today sentenced Robert Manuel Perez (age 54, of Brevard County) to 30 years in federal prison, to be followed by a life term of supervised release, for distributing child pornography. Perez had plea...
New Jersey Resident Indicted on Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Charges
Crime Blotter
PHILADELPHIA—Talayah Little, a former TD Bank employee, was charged today by indictment with participation in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud and identity theft, as well as bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Michael L. Levy. Information Regarding Th...
Virginia Man Sentenced for Role in Scheme to Steal Fuel from U.S. Army in Iraq
Crime Blotter
WASHINGTON—Michel Jamil, 60, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal approximately 10 million gallons of fuel from the U.S. Army in Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the Easter...
Loan Broker Sentenced to 108 Months in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Crime Blotter
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Michael Milan, 49, of Bethesda, Md., was sentenced to 108 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in carrying out a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Milan was also ordered to pay restitution of $3,141,409 and to forfeit $1,061,890...
Greenville Councilman's Conviction Upheld
Crime Blotter
COLUMBIA, SC—Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated today that the conviction of former Greenville County Councilman Harold Anthony "Tony" Trout was affirmed in a four-page opinion issued today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. ...
Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty in $6.2 Million Loan Fraud Scheme
Crime Blotter
DETROIT—Paul Bashi, 27, of Royal Oak, and formerly of Washington Township, Michigan, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow this afternoon to a federal information that charges him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announc...
Former Credit Union Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Crime Blotter
CINCINNATI—Ann Bryson, 63, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in United States District Court here today to one count of bank embezzlement for defrauding Good Samaritan Employees Credit Union, where she was the manager between 1998 and 2005. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Sout...
Detroit-Area Doctor Convicted in Medicare Fraud Scheme
Crime Blotter
WASHINGTON—Farmington Hills, Mich., physician Jose Castro-Ramirez was convicted today by a Detroit federal jury on all 13 charged counts in connection with his role in an $18.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attor...
Two Indicted in Illinois in Connection with Bid-Rigging Scheme
Crime Blotter
CHICAGO—A west suburban man who allegedly represented himself as a member of the "Chicago Outfit," was arrested today on federal charges accusing him and a co-defendant of engaging in a contract bid-rigging scheme to provide forklift trucks for trade shows at McCormick Place Convention Center....
News and FDA Updates for Vertex (Nasdaq:VRTX), ViroPharma (Nasdaq:VPHM), WaferGen (OTC:WGBS)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Synta (NASDAQ:SNTA), Unigene (OTC:UGNE)
M.E. Garza
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Updates for Pall (NYSE:PLL), PDL BioPharma (Nasdaq:PDLI), Repros Therapeutics (Nasdaq:RPRX)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Luminex (Nasdaq:LMNX), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), ONE Bio (OTC:ONBI)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Idenix (Nasdaq:IDIX), Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN), MDRNA (NASDAQ:MRNA)
M.E. Garza
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Updates for Express Scripts (Nasdaq:ESRX), ForceLogix (OTC:FCLTF), ICON (NASDAQ:ICLR)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Compugen (NASDAQ:CGEN), Elan (NYSE:ELN), Exelixis (NASDAQ:EXEL)
M.E. Garza
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Updates for Bio-Solutions (OTC:BISU), BioTech Medics (OTC:BMCS), Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for AMAG (NASDAQ:AMAG), Anika (Nasdaq:ANIK), AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for ADVENTRX (NYSE:ANX), Alcon (NYSE:ACL), ARIAD (NASDAQ:ARIA)
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Winning at Working--What Basics?
Nan S. Russell
The cyclical and now ubiquitously appearing phrase, back to basics, ignites supporters. The reasonableness of returning to previously successful principles, ethics, systems, accountability, approaches, or you-name-it, appears a tantalizing remedy for our individual or collective woes.
News and FDA Updates for Sucampo (NASDAQ:SCMP), Vermillion (OTC:VRML), Walgreens (NYSE:WAG)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for PPD (Nasdaq:PPDI), Savient (Nasdaq:SVNT), Shire (NASDAQ:SHPGY)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Omeros (Nasdaq:OMER), Walgreens (NYSE:WAG), PowerSafe (OTC:PSFT)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Kendle (Nasdaq:KNDL), Medco (NYSE:MHS), NeoStem (NYSE:NBS)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Impax (NASDAQ:IPXL), Insmed (Nasdaq:INSM), Inspire (NASDAQ:ISPH)
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News and FDA Updates for CytRx (NASDAQ:CYTR), GTx (Nasdaq:GTXI), iCAD (Nasdaq:ICAD)
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News and FDA Updates for A.P. Pharma (NASDAQ:APPA), BioSante (NASDAQ:BPAX), Cubist (NASDAQ:CBST)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Amylin (Nasdaq:AMLN), Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY), Alkermes (Nasdaq:ALKS)
M.E. Garza
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News and FDA Updates for Agilent (NYSE:A), Akorn (NASDAQ:AKRX), Alnylam (Nasdaq:ALNY)
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Torrance California Police Stop Again Casts Ugly Glare on Racial Profiling
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
The throng of angry whites jeered, catcalled, and spat out borderline racial insults at the small group of mostly black protestors. This wasn´t a march against Jim Crow in Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, Mississippi, or Cicero, The year wasn´t 1963. The charged racial confrontation ...
New Archaeological Museum of Pella (Macedonia, Greece)
Australian Macedonian Advisory Council
PELLA, Macedonia, Greece – The archaeological site in Pella has acquired a new museum covering an area of 6,000 square metres, which opened its doors to the public for the first time last week. Situated in the northeast corner of the site, near the contemporary town of Pella, the museum represents t...
Temptation, Endurance & Faith
Elias Bejjani
God, Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil Many people when exposed to hardships and various life's serious stumbles like ailments, death of a beloved one, accidents, separation, divorce, family problems etc, we hear some of them saying with a self pity tone: "God is putting me i...
Council rejects privatization of Agus-Pulangui hydropower complexes
Mike Banos
One of the major advantages in doing business in Mindanao is the low cost of electricity due to the low production cost of the Agus-Pulangui Hydroelectric Power Complexes. Privatizing the APHC would adversely affect investments, production and development in Mindanao. Energy-intensive industries will be discouraged to come in and existing industries will be forced to move out under the high power rate regime.
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox, A Blog Tour/Review for All ThingsThat Matters Press
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox visits how mental illness impacts people at various times in theri lives and what can be done to overcome it or cope. For more insight into this interesting book please read the reviews contained in this blog tour as well as visit the web sites and links.
I'm Down With Dennis
David Swanson
Let me get this straight. The Senate will pass a public option if the House will. And the House will, because it already did. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won´t allow it. So the mortal enemy of public-option backers is . . . Dennis Kucinich.
I'm Down With Dennis
David Swanson
Let me get this straight. The Senate will pass a public option if the House will. And the House will, because it already did. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won´t allow it. So the mortal enemy of public-option backers is . . . Dennis Kucinich.
Throwing Cotton Balls A Felony Hate Crime?
Robert Paul Reyes
"Two students at the University of Missouri-Columbia were suspended Wednesday after their arrests in a case of cotton balls thrown across the lawn of the campus black-culture center. Campus police on Tuesday evening arrested the students, one of whom is from the St. Louis area, on suspicion of ...
Sarah Palin Defends Writing On Her Palm: God Did The Same Thing!
Robert Paul Reyes
"The former Alaskan governor (Sarah Palin) was speaking at an Ohio Right to Life fund-raiser last week when she addressed the palm-writing incident that occurred at a Tea Party convention last month and earned her so much media mockery. 'I didn't [at the time] have a good answer to that critici...
What's Your Investment IQ?
Steve Selengut
Investing is as fascinating as it is frantic, as scary as it is exciting, and as intimidating as it is satisfying. But perhaps the most interesting thing about it is how educationally unprepared most individual investors are for the adventure!
Senators Versus Students
David Swanson
As long as we're going to dump most of our money into wars and the military and Wall Street and health insurance bailouts, students are going to have to go into debt to afford college. But it would cost the students less and the government less, if private companies were not permitted to act as middlemen profiting off public loans to students.
Senators Versus Students
David Swanson
As long as we're going to dump most of our money into wars and the military and Wall Street and health insurance bailouts, students are going to have to go into debt to afford college. But it would cost the students less and the government less, if private companies were not permitted to act as middlemen profiting off public loans to students.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CELLPHONES AND BRAIN TUMORS
Christiane Tourtet B.A.
For many years, numerous concerned and devoted scientists have warned that cell phones can cause brain tumors. And indeed, there is already an alarming increase in brain tumors, (malignant and non-malignant) worldwide not only in adults, but in young children, as they are the most vulnerable. With b...
Employee Health Promotion Programs: Special Situations
John Bates
Sometimes, Employee Health Promotion Programs can take advantage of "special situations" that occur and which offer an excellent opportunity for worker education and support, at little or no expense to the employer. Not only do these situations help workers personally, but also they are an opportunity for the employer to be seen in a positive light.
Baby in Britain is overdosed with BCG vaccine and is now being treated for TB
Christina England
A catalogue of horror stories in our newspapers may leave many parents feeling anxious as to whether those vaccinating our children are really fit to do so, especially after one baby became ill after being overdosed with ten times the amount of tuberculosis vaccine.
News and FDA Updates for PanGenex (OTC:PGCX), Provectus (OTC:PVCT), Vermillion (OTC:VRML)
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Updates for NeurogesX (Nasdaq:NGSX), Home Diagnostics (NASDAQ:HDIX), Pacific Biomarkers (OTC:PBMC)
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News and FDA Updates for Ligand (NASDAQ:LGND), GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), MiddleBrook (Nasdaq:MBRK)
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A Conversation With Susi Pittman Author Of Animals in Heaven? Catholics Want to Know!
Norm Goldman
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Susi Pittman
Congressman Obey's Path to Peace
David Swanson
Congressman David Obey (D., Wis.) is the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. He's in charge of spending our money. For years he spent it on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq without any resistance.  Until last October, Obey maintained that spending hundreds of billions of our dollars on wars was something he just had no choice about.
Congressman Obey's Path to Peace
David Swanson
Congressman David Obey (D., Wis.) is the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. He's in charge of spending our money. For years he spent it on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq without any resistance.  Until last October, Obey maintained that spending hundreds of billions of our dollars on wars was something he just had no choice about.
Muslims´ Sheep Mentality
Amil Imani
Humans are living information machines, receiving input from both external sources as well as the body, processing it in some fashion, and producing output: our thoughts and behavior. From the moment of birth, parents, siblings, and others play pivotal parts in supplying the input and influencing ho...
Why Hayden's Wrong, Why Pelosi's Lying
David Swanson
Tom Hayden wants peace, but he's sincerely mistaken about how to get it.