By Fred W. Baker III American Forces Press Service Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, shakes hands with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, left, and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-Hee as they prepare for their trilateral meeting on the…

Recently, while watching an old late-night movie, one of the characters made the comment, All we have to face our future with is the experience of our past. We have entered and fought wars (and conflicts) to help those who…

NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc will launch an innovative program to help eligible unemployed Americans and their families who have lost their health insurance maintain access to their Pfizer medicines for free. The inspiration for the new program, called MAINTAINâ„¢…

Photos courtesy Marianne Wohler While pictures of the fires raging in Santa Barbara, California look almost surreal, the Jesusita Fire, as of May 14, 2009, had burned 8.733 acres, destroyed 80 homes, 79 outbuildings, and one commercial property. Approximately 112…

Today Judge John F. Grady of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order stopping telemarketing company Voice Touch, Inc., its principals James and Maureen Dunne, its business partner Network Foundations LLC,…

A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person or persons responsible for the bombing of a BNSF switching shed, earlier this week. The blast took place during the…

Jesusita Fire Closure Area. Photo courtesy USFS As of today, the Jesusita fire has been 90% contained, with full containment expected on Wednesday, May 20. County Supervisors Salud Carbajal, First District, and Janet Wolf, Second District, will be hosting a…

Companies Charged With Making Hundreds of Millions of Deceptive Calls to Consumers The Federal Trade Commission is asking a federal court to shut down a telemarketing campaign that has been bombarding U.S. consumers with hundreds of millions of allegedly deceptive…

WASHINGTONA federal grand jury has indicted four defendants, and an information has been filed against a fifth defendant, for their participation in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that allegedly promised to pay off homeowners mortgages on their Dream Homes, but…

DIRECTV to Pay $2.31 Million for Violating Telemarketing Sales Rule; Comcast to Pay $900,000 for Calling Consumers Who Asked Not to be Called Again Satellite television provider DIRECTV, and Comcast Corp., one of the nations largest providers of cable and…

Bill Cosby with Diamondbacks President, Derrick Hall; Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer; and SAA President, Charles Johnston. SCOTTSDALE, AZ The Arizona Diamondbacks featured world renowned entertainer and comedian, Mr. Bill Cosby as the headline entertainment for the 3rd annual Evening on…

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) reported today that a previously reported MIT Medical patient with probable H1N1 influenza (swine flu) did have this type of flu. Based on a rapid flu test, the patient, who does not live…