Last April, when tornadoes were threatening Jackson, Mississippi, many residents were not alerted to the severe weather because five tornado warning sirens didnt work. The reason: the sirens copper wiring had been stolen. A month earlier in Polk County, Florida,…

by Staff Sgt. Matthew Bates COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- Thousands of U.S. military men and women are deployed across the globe promoting democracy, guarding freedom and fighting terrorism. They are the fingers of the nations military, extending its reach…

San Diego, CA - Stephen Parker Gardner, former Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Systems, Inc. (Peregrine), was sentenced December 11 in federal court in San Diego by United States District Court Judge Thomas J. Whelan to serve 97 months in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - IKEA North America Services LLC, of Conshohocken, Pa., has agreed to pay the government a $500,000 civil penalty. The penalty, which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, settles allegations that the company failed to immediately report…

WASHINGTON Miami physicians Carlos Contreras, 61, and Ramon Pichardo, 58, were sentenced to 37 months and 48 months in prison, respectively, for defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $6.8 million HIV infusion fraud scheme. Judge Federico A. Moreno…

The Army has scheduled the execution of Pvt. Ronald A. Gray for Dec. 10, 2008, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1988, a court-martial panel sitting at Fort Bragg, N.C., convicted Pvt. Gray by unanimous vote…

Fails to Report Thousands of Dollars in Illegal Gifts From Lobbyists WASHINGTON Trevor L. Blackann, 34, a former legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate, has plead guilty to making a false statement on his 2003 tax returns by failing to…

Boston, MA... A male juvenile, who has been widely known in the hacker underground by his online moniker, Dshocker, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to computer intrusion, interstate threats, and wire fraud, stemming from hacking, botnet and swatting activities.…

Court Orders Defendants to Pay Total of $8.8 Million Washington, D.C. In a trial against unregistered principal Michael W. Crow, who made millions of dollars in unlawful commissions while violating the broker-dealer registration and reporting provisions of the securities laws,…

Alexandria, VA - Vijay K. Taneja, age 47, of Fairfax, Virginia, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving his company, Financial Mortgage, Inc., (FMI), which originated and sold…

RALEIGH, N.C. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched millimeter wave technology at the new Terminal 2 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). Millimeter wave detects weapons, explosives and other threat items concealed under layers of clothing without any physical contact.…

A B-1B Lancer takes off from an air base in Southwest Asia. The B-1B has the capability to carry guided and unguided weapons and deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against specific targets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt.…