By Allan Lengel For AOL News A Canadian man promised the elderly a little piece of heaven. Instead, some lost their homes and life savings. Today that man, Henry Anekwu, 43, of British Columbia, was sentenced in Los Angeles federal court to nine years in prison for fleecing dozens of elderly Americans of at least…
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com Trades in sports like the NBA often garner plenty of attention. But this trade is different: spies for spies. The New York Daily News reports that a plan is in the works to send the 10 Russian spies arrested last week home in exchange for imprisoned spies who did work for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It could have been a major disaster. The Houston Chronicle reports that authorities were scrambling last month to deal with a suspected plot by a Mexican drug cartel to blow up the 5-mile-long Falcon dam along the Texas border that would have endangered millions of peopole. The paper reports that the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — One month after authorities captured the N.Y. car bomber — who talked of links to Pakistan — the U.S. is pressuring that nation to share more info about the travel history of its airline passengers, the New York Times is reporting. Up until now, Pakistan has been resistant to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – More than a week after three people linked to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico were slain, the U.S. is taking things up a notch. The Washington Post reports “that a high-level delegation of U.S. officials, including three Cabinet secretaries, will meet with Mexican officials in Mexico City on Tuesday…
This project could be tied up for quite some time as the government deals with land acquisitions from private property owners. With all the hurdles, it won’t be easy to complete. By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Nearly six months after the U.S.-Mexico border fence ordered by the Bush administration was supposed…
The French newspaper Le Monde sat down this week with the Mexican president for a Q and A. The president blamed President Bush for easing gun restrictions and said the American consumer was helping his country’s drug trade. It’s hard to argue over those points. By Jean Pierre-Langellier and Joelle Stolz Le Monde Le Monde:…
For a long time the U.S. has been highly critical that Mexico hadn’t done enough to curb drug trafficking. But Mexico has a reason to gripe: A lot of guns used by drug cartels come from the U.S. By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. New York Times PHOENIX – The Mexican agents who moved in on…
