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New boss Sergio Bucher says he wants shopping in Debenhams to
Merry melange: LuxuriaRashmi Tank’s Luxuria has an aesthetic mix of ethnic apparels to trendy canada-goosejacketsale, ‘brunch’ special western wear. The haunt of the well heeled from Ahmedabad and Vadodara, and popular even with visitors from Mumbai, this store is known for customising apparels for women. In house designers Chitra Mahavir, Urja Desai and Ritu Gupta…
State AG: Border Patrol Agents Used Justified Deadly Force in Maine Home Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two border patrol agents who opened fire inside a Maine home while responding to a domestic disturbance in June were justified in using deadly force, the state Attorney General’s office said Tuesday, the Bangor Daily News reports. Investigators said the agents, James Tierney and Chris Demanski, returned fire after the home’s 75-year-old…
FBI Probes Dozens of Bomb Threats that Shut Down Buildings in 30 Tennessee Counties
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a rash of telephone bomb threats to buildings in 30 counties in Tennessee, Reuters reports. Public facilities such as courthouses were shut down Tuesday following the threats. “There were no devices found,” Dayla Qualls, spokeswoman for the state Department of Safety and Homeland Security, told Reuters. Among the…
FBI Busts Menacing Trio in Loan-Sharking Ring in Brooklyn
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An unlikely alliance between gangsters and the mafia was discovered by the FBI during an investigation of a loan-sharking ring, the New York Post reports. The newspaper wrote that the Brooklyn-based FBI arrested purported Gambino crime family member James Ferrara, alleged Westies gang member Daniel Hanley and reputed Demon Knights motorcycle gangster…
Justice Department Investigates Albuquerque Police Department for Use of Excessive Force
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is launching an investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department following more than two dozen shootings, the New York Times reports. The probe is to determine whether police used excessive force, including unreasonable deadly force, against suspects. “We will peel the onion to its core, and we will leave no…
Terror Suspects Claim FBI Agents Assaulted Them During Interrogation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four men accused of killing 76 people who were watching a 2010 World Cup soccer game on TV in Uganda claim FBI agents beat them up during questioning, the Huffington Post reports. The suspects were punched, kicked and ridiculed, according to complaints to the Open Society Justice Initiative, an international rights group….
Retired FBI Agent Mark Stephen Jimerson Dies at Age 59
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mark Stephen Jimerson, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, died last Thursday at his home in Mitchellville, Md., from a brain-related cancer. He was was 59. In February 1985, Jimerson was assigned to the FBI’s Tampa office, his first posting in the agency. While in Florida, he studied intensive Russian, according…
Feds Shut Down 132 Websites for Selling Knockoff Items
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal law enforcement authorities seized 132 domain names worldwide because they were selling counterfeit merchandise online, the Associated Press reports. The Cyber Monday crackdown, which comes during the heaviest online shopping day, was the third annual effort to target knockoff clothes, DVDs and other goods. Authorities seized the sites after confirming authenticity…