Agrees to Forfeit Over $2 Million; Mary Patricia Bromwell Sentenced to a Year and a Day for Mail Fraud BALTIMORE, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced former Maryland State Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, Sr., age 58, of…

Afghanistan has significant amounts of undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources according to the U.S. Geological Surveys 2007 assessment, unveiled at the 3rd annual U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference organized by the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Mineral resources present a…

Separate Report Finds People with Diabetes Doing a Better Job of Checking Blood Sugar Two CDC studies say adults with diabetes report they are doing better at the vital job of monitoring their blood sugar, and fewer say theyve developed…

Defendant Conspired to Launder Proceeds from the Sale of Stolen Jewelry Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced that David A. Gross, a former Nassau County District Court Judge, was sentenced today to…

Afghanistan has significant amounts of undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources according to the U.S. Geological Surveys 2007 assessment, unveiled today at the 3rd annual U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference organized by the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Mineral resources present…

SANTA ANA, Calif. Michael S. Carona, the elected sheriff-coroner of Orange County, has been named in a wide-ranging corruption indictment unsealed today that accuses him and several close associates of scheming to exploit Carona's position for personal benefit, including accepting…

A new study conducted in Bangladesh finds that folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood arsenic levels in individuals chronically exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Arsenic is a toxic element that is naturally present in some soils and water. Arsenic-contaminated…

Researchers in the United States and Sweden have identified a genetic region associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic and debilitating inflammatory disease of the joints that affects an estimated 2.1 million Americans. The U.S. arm of…

Paradigm Disclosed Improper Payments Discovered Through Pre-Public Offering Due Diligence WASHINGTON The Department of Justice has entered into an agreement with Paradigm B.V. related to the making of improper payments to government officials in China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Nigeria…

San Juan, PR - Lesvia Maldonado, the Acting United States Marshal for the District of Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico Police Department announce the arrests of Martina Encarnacion-Steemer and Jose Marcial-Lopez. They were arrested today in the city of…

Scientists have discovered a link between a mutated gene and a protein found in dead brain cells of people who suffer from a form of dementia and other neurological disorders. The finding, reported in the Sep. 26, 2007, issue of…

WASHINGTON --The president and owner of Jacobi Industries Inc., a Medford, N.Y. company, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids on U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts for military tiedown equipment and cargo securing systems, the U.S. Department of…