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Brent Beckley, co-founder of Absolute Poker, a Costa Rica-based online gambling website, pleaded guilty to charges pertaining to conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud and conspiracy to violate U.S. Internet gambling...

Mari Carmen Aponte will no longer be the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, reports Reuters (Dec. 13, 2011). Her nomination was blocked by the U.S. Senate--11 votes short of the 60 she needed....

Byline: Phaedra Haywood Santa Fe County jail officials cooperate with immigration and customs agents to the extent required by law, no more, no less, according to Santa Fe County Attorney Steve Ross. At...

I have followed the incident between the American Legislative Exchange Council and Occupy Santa Fe. I am astonished at the various responses out of the Legislature. The very presence of our legislators in...

2 hours ago NETHERLANDS - Two former directors at PREIM - the erstwhile property manager of the EUR14bn Dutch pension fund for Philips - have been found guilty of fraud....

Twenty-two years after the US invasion of Panama in 1989 removed him from power (NotiCen, Dec. 22, 1989), former dictator Manuel Noriega (1983-1989) arrived in his home country on Dec. 11. Since 2010,...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Azerbaijan officials said they uncovered an Iranian-linked Muslim gang that plotted to assassinate Chabad rabbis and others in Baku. The rabbis teach at the Chabad Jewish school in Baku. Azerbaijan's National...

A Stony Brook-based company believes it has the guts to tackle the SAT cheating scandal - and the genes too. James Hayward, president and CEO of Applied DNA Sciences, spoke before the New...

Hard-up diamond peddlers fake a robbery complete with gun-toting Hassidic Jews. A pastor plans the execution of a disabled parishioner. A mortician stages an imaginary death of an imaginary man, using cow parts...

Public outcry over two controversial Internet piracy bills in Congress seems to have reached Washington. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released a statement this morning saying he would be postponing a vote scheduled...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) today issued the following statement regarding two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy...

A federal court rejected a second attempt by President Felipe Calderon's administration to extradite high-profile drug trafficker Sandra Avila Beltran to the US. Avila Beltran, known as La Reina del Pacifico (Queen of...

From managing exotic dancers to catching online counterfeiters, TrackVia highlights most unique user-developed business applications DENVER -- The U.S. economy may be struggling, but America's ingenuity is thriving. TrackVia, makers of a highly...

FAIRFAX, Va. -- ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT) has promoted Daniel J. Keefe to executive vice president and general manager of the company's Technical Services Group (TSG). TSG provides technology solutions and services...

Leading company for MAP policy compliance secures monies to allow for immediate growth CHICAGO -- Channel IQ, the leading provider of online pricing intelligence and channel management solutions, announced today that the company...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a1bb52/dod_airborne_isr_m) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "DoD Airborne ISR Market" to their offering. This research forecasts the U.S. Airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)...

GFI Software Helps Large Enterprises More Effectively Defend against Cyber-Attacks CLEARWATER, Fla. -- GFI Software's Advanced Technology Group (ATG) today announced the latest in a series of enhancements to GFI SandBox([TM]) (formerly CWSandBox)...

WASHINGTON -- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP today announced that John B. Reynolds III, a leading international trade lawyer, is joining the firm as a partner in the Washington, DC office. The arrival...