VA Continuing Diabetes Education Drive WASHINGTON - Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon H. Mansfield said the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to expand its efforts to prevent and control diabetes as part of an ongoing campaign to help…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zyrtec-D (cetirizine HCl 5 mg and pseudoephedrine HCl 120 mg), an allergy drug, for nonprescription use in adults and children 12 years of age and older. This drug combines an antihistamine with…

A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper taxis down an Afghanistan runway Nov. 4. The Reaper has flown 49 combat sorties since it first began operating in Afghanistan Sept. 25. It completed its first combat strike Oct. 27, when it fired a…

The FBI has announced the return of two 15th century maps that were stolen from the Spanish National Library in Madrid, Spain, earlier this year. The FBI assisted in the recovery of the maps at the request of the Spanish…

A bogus email is circulating that says it is from the Federal Trade Commission, referencing a "complaint" filed with the FTC against the email's recipient. The email includes links and an attachment that download a virus. As with any suspicious…

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Oct. 29, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) entered into a consent decision and order with respect to respondent Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation (Cargill), Wichita, Kansas, on October 19, 2007. Cargill was ordered to…

Three-Month Operation Targets Communities, Violent Offenders Nationwide WASHINGTON The U.S. Marshals Service, assisted by federal, state and local law enforcement, arrested 6,406 fugitives and cleared 8,219 warrants in 27 operations across 22 states as part of Operation FALCON-2007 (Federal and…

Surrey, British Columbia - A Canadian man wanted in connection with his involvement in a fraudulent lottery scheme which victimized U.S. residents, was arrested today in Surrey, British Columbia, announced Pete Brust, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI…

Martin C. Carlson, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and J P Weis, Special Agent in Charge, Philadelphia Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that Michael Curtis Reynolds, age 49, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,…

Next signup anticipated early in 2008 WASHINGTON - Agriculture Department Acting Secretary Chuck Conner has announced that nearly $257 million in Conservation Security Program (CSP) payments are being readied for all 19,393 contracts with eligible landowners and producers. "USDA is…

WASHINGTON Six defendants were charged today for their participation in various fraudulent business opportunity schemes, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. The charges form part of the governments continued crackdown on business opportunity fraud in…