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Feds in NY: Costa Rica money biz a hub for crooks

Feds in NY: Costa Rica money biz a hub for crooks
By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - When an undercover agent posing as a new client sought to register at the currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve as "Joe Bogus" from "123 Fake Main Street" in "Completely Made Up City," no one at the company based in Costa Rica objected. The same client

Feds in NY: Costa Rica money biz a hub for crooks

Feds in NY: Costa Rica money biz a hub for crooks
By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - When an undercover agent posing as a new client sought to register at the currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve as "Joe Bogus" from "123 Fake Main Street" in "Completely Made Up City," no one at the company based in Costa Rica objected. The same client

7 charged in $6B online money laundering case

7 charged in $6B online money laundering case
By TOM HAYS and RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Calling it perhaps the biggest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child

7 charged in $6B online money laundering case

7 charged in $6B online money laundering case
By TOM HAYS and RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Calling it perhaps the biggest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child

7 charged in $6B online money laundering case

7 charged in $6B online money laundering case
By TOM HAYS and RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Calling it perhaps the biggest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child

Power outages add to Egypt's woes

Power outages add to Egypt's woes
By TONY G. GABRIELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - When his neighborhood is plunged into darkness, high school student Maximos Youssef is forced to study for his year-end exams - critical in determining his future job prospects - by the light of a candle. Youssef says he is in no mood to learn, and

FBI: Passenger Made 'Unusual' Statements Before Trying to Open Emergency Exit Door On Alaska Airlines Flight

FBI: Passenger Made 'Unusual' Statements Before Trying to Open Emergency Exit Door On Alaska Airlines Flight
YAHOO.COM - A man who made "unusual" statements and tried to open an airplane door in-flight today was subdued by passengers and crew members until the plane landed in Portland, Ore., and he was taken into custody, federal officials said. Alexander Michael Herrera, 23, was arrested by FBI

FBI: Man tried to open exit door on Oregon flight

FBI: Man tried to open exit door on Oregon flight
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A passenger on a commercial flight from Alaska to Oregon was arrested Monday after witnesses say he tried to open an emergency exit during the plane's descent and other passengers had to help restrain him using shoelaces and seat-belt extensions. Passengers and crew aboard

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
By MIKE BAKER and JOAN LOWYAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute strength or

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
By MIKE BAKER and JOAN LOWYAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute strength or