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Oct 28, 2009

Laredo, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo, Texas port of entry yesterday seized several weapons and marijuana valued at $321,000 in three separate interceptions at the International Bridges. The weapons seizure occurred on Oct. 28…

Oct 18, 2009

Funds Will Be Used to Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $20.9 million to states, territories and Native American tribes to improve the nations response to transportation incidents involving hazardous materials.…

Sep 21, 2009

A federal judge has sentenced Anthony Soares, 46, of Pawtucket, to 96 months in prison for a pair of bank robberies last September in Providence and Central Falls. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi sentenced Soares, who has…

Sep 15, 2009

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Los Angeles-based Kop Coat, Inc. $126,000 for violating hazardous waste requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. During a 2007 inspection of the facility, EPA investigators found that Kop…

Sep 14, 2009

DALLASTwo men, Thomas James Frederick Smith, 21, and David Anthony Edwards, 20, have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer and commit computer fraud, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of…