Mexico and Colombia both have a problem. Can it ever be solved? By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia’s main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime. The finance chief of the FARC rebel…
A Mexican man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Colorado for illegally importing skins from sea turtles and other endangered animals. Turns out that he had some prominent customers. By The Associated Press DENVER-A man who made boots for President Bush and former Mexican President Vicente Fox has been sentenced to two years in…
An ex-Naval man went around posing as a rear admiral. Problem was, he wasn’t one. By Christian Davenport and Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writers ALEXANDRIA, Va. – He wore a short-sleeve Navy summer white uniform, crisp and pressed. Had the black and gold shoulder boards of a rear admiral and a chest full of…
Detroit Pistons star guard Lindsey Hunter could end up in court soon — and not the basketball court. A suburban Detroit man alleges that the hard-working guard was involved in a mortgage scam. Paul Egan The Detroit News DETROIT — A Waterford Township man who alleges veteran Detroit Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter involved him in…
It’s nice to feel wanted. But Kenny “The Rat” O’Donnell’s can’t feel that way. He was accidently released from prison last month. Now he’s wanted by the feds. By Kati Cornell New York Post NEW YORK — The feds are hunting for a former mob informant and lifelong con artist who was mistakenly released on…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ Former U.S. District Judge Howard Munson, who presided over trials involving tax protesters and an early Internet hacking case, died Sunday. He was 84. Munson had served on the federal bench for 32 years, retiring this year. For Full Story
Sen. Stevens attorneys failed to get the judge to toss out the charges or declare a mistrial, but they did score a victory in the high-profile trial. By Richard Mauer and Erika Bolstad Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON – The corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens suffered a blow to its credibility this afternoon when a…
There’s hacking and there’s hacking big time. David Kernell has hit the big leagues. Just ask the grand jury. By Richard Locker Memphis Commercial Appeal NASHVILLE — A federal grand jury in Knoxville has indicted David C. Kernell, a University of Tennessee student from Memphis, on charges that he intentionally accessed without authorization the…
