By LEE FERRAN Article Reprint In two stunning bribery cases, a high-ranking Navy officer and an NCIS special agent were arrested separately this week for allegedly trading confidential information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange
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Fed Maintains Efforts to Stimulate Economy
VOA News Article Reprint Top officials of the U.S. central bank have decided to maintain their efforts to stimulate the economy as it recovers from the worst recession in decades. At a Wednesday news conference
Read moreUS Navy Yard Gunman Was Treated for Mental Illness
VOA News Article Reprint More details have emerged about the private contractor who fatally shot 12 people Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. Authorities say Aaron Alexis had been seeking mental health treatment at veteran’s
Read moreThree Students Got Kicked Out Of An Arkansas Public School Because They Might Be HIV-Positive
By Tara Culp-Ressler Article Reprint A public school district in Arkansas has removed three siblings from school because administrators suspect they may be infected with HIV, according to a local disability rights organization. Under the
Read moreBurge torture victim claims police harassment after exoneration
Eric Caine has had several run-ins with a River Forest cop By Timothy Inklebarger Article Reprint After being tortured by Chicago police into confessing to a crime he didn’t commit, Eric Caine spent 25 years
Read moreCity ticketing people for parking in their own driveways
www.wpxi.com Article Reprint Some Pittsburghers are being ticketed for parking in their own driveways under an obscure ordinance that requires them to pay $225 for a permit if they wish to park within 30 feet
Read moreMin. Farrakhan: Obama “Has Not, Cannot and Will Not” Solve Black America’s Problems
by Yvette Carnell Article Reprint In a YouTube audio clip published on Tuesday, Min. Louis Farrakhan casts a pessimistic assessment of the state of Black America. According to Farrakhan, the plight America hasn’t gotten any
Read moreU.S. broadens target list for Syria strike
www.cbsnews.com Article Reprint The Pentagon has expanded the list of potential targets for a U.S. military strike on Syria, based on intelligence indicating that the Assad regime has moved around equipment used to deploy chemical
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