O’S SECRET SERVICE ‘SOFT’ ON GUN NUTS

O’S SECRET SERVICE ‘SOFT’ ON GUN NUTS
By GEOFF EARLE Post Correspondent
Click here to find out more!August 19, 2009 –
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is in the line of fire over security procedures that allowed gun-toting protestors — including one carrying an assault rifle on his shoulder — to linger around two of President Obama’s recent [...]

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9 Israelis suspected of scamming millions from U.S. pensioners

9 Israelis suspected of scamming millions from U.S. pensioners

By Yuval Goren, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: fraud, U.S., Israel NEws 

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The Tel Aviv police fraud squad arrested on Sunday nine Israelis on suspicion of netting millions of dollars from U.S. pensioners in a so-called Nigerian scam.
Police raided an office in the city, [...]

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Pfizer to Pay A 50m After Deaths of Nigerian Children in Drug Trial Experiment

Pfizer to Pay A 50m After Deaths of Nigerian Children in Drug Trial Experiment

In real life it was to Nigeria, not Kenya, that Pfizer turned. In 1996, the company needed a human trial for what it hoped would be a pharmaceutical “blockbuster”, a broad spectrum antibiotic that could be taken in tablet form. The [...]

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Obama to ease Cuba restrictions on travel, money

Obama to ease Cuba restrictions on travel, money – USATODAY.com
Obama to ease Cuba restrictions on travel, money
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama intends to lift the U.S. ban on family members traveling to Cuba and remittances to the island, two senior administration officials said Saturday.
Obama will announce the policy change before this month’s Summit of the [...]

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Your Rights and Responsibilities when interacting wiith the police (Stop, Question, & Frisk procedures)

Event: Your Rights and Responsibilities when interacting wiith the police (Stop, Question, & Frisk procedures)Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Day & Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Food: Refreshments served
Location:PSA62770 8th Ave @ 148th St
Contact: For more information contact PSA 6 Community AffairsOfficer John RamosTele: 212-694-7723Email: john.ramos@nypd.org

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Paterson Is Said to Seek Deal in Drug Law Revision

Paterson Is Said to Seek Deal in Drug Law Revision
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Gov. David A. Paterson will introduce legislation this week that would roll back the state’s tough drug sentencing statues, known as the Rockefeller drug laws, by restoring significant power to judges in sentencing first-time, nonviolent drug offenders, a senior administration official said.
But the [...]

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Albany Takes Step to Repeal ’70s-Era Drug Laws

Albany Takes Step to Repeal ’70s-Era Drug Laws
By JEREMY W. PETERS
ALBANY — The State Legislature took pivotal steps on Wednesday toward repealing much of what remains of the state’s 1970s-era drug laws, which have tied judges’ hands and required them to impose mandatory prison terms for many nonviolent drug offenses.
The Assembly approved legislation, 96 to [...]

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US Discriminatory Immigration Policies Toward Haitians

US Discriminatory Immigration Policies Toward Haitians

Haitians began arriving in South Florida about 50 years ago, but were denied the same rights and treatment as more favored immigrants like Europeans. Fleeing repressive dictatorships hardly mattered during years under “Papa” and “Baby Doc” Duvalier or when military dictatorships ran the country.In September 1963, the first boatload claiming [...]

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Man Accused of Two 1988 Killings

Man Accused of Killing Woman and Her Daughter in the Bronx in 1988 – NYTimes.com
Man Accused of Two 1988 Killings
By JAMES BARRON
More than two decades after a woman and her 9-year-old daughter were found strangled in their apartment in the Bronx, the woman’s companion was arrested on Friday and charged with their murders.
The suspect, Robert [...]

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An Immigration Attorney Is Accused of Being a Fraud

An Immigration Attorney Is Accused of Being a Fraud, and
His Clients Scramble for Help
By NINA BERNSTEIN
More than 100 former clients of a man accused of falsely posing as an immigration lawyer thronged the 19th-century marble lobby of the New York City Bar Association on Monday night, drawn by an offer of free advice from real [...]

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