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10 hrs ago | The Honolulu Advertiser

NTSB says downdrafts were likely cause of Steve Fossett crash

WASHINGTON - Federal safety officials say downdrafts probably caused the plane crash that killed entrepreneur Steve Fossett nearly two years ago.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Air Accidents, Mammoth Lakes, CA

Wed Jul 08, 2009

WHEC-TV Rochester

Stalking charges dropped against Marion Barry

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against former Washington Mayor Marion Barry, who was accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend. U.S. Park Police arrested the current D.C. councilman on Saturday on a stalking charge after they said a woman complained she was being stalked.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

The Honolulu Advertiser

Bomb-making materials easily slipped past security at federal buildings

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators had no trouble smuggling bomb-making materials past ill-trained and poorly supervised guards at federal buildings, senators were told at a hearing today.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, US Politics, Joseph Lieberman, US News, US Senate, Susan Collins, Republican

Tue Jul 07, 2009

KOB-TV

CFTC may impose limits on energy futures

WASHINGTON - Federal regulators will examine whether the government should impose limits on the number of futures contracts in oil and other energy commodities held by speculative traders, the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, US News, Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, Byron Dorgan

Wed Jul 01, 2009

MarketNewsVideo

Daily Dividend Report: GIS, CNW, IEX, WFSL, SGK

After the bell yesterday, General Mills announced its quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share.

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Related Topix: General Mills, Food, Agriculture, Banking, Financial Services, Business News, Video

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Ruidoso News

Bank atones for error

County Manager Tom Stewart told commissioners last week that the chairman and chief operating officer of Washington Federal savings offered the donation from the company's foundation to smooth over its mistake in asking the county treasurer to remove all public dollars from their bank.

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Related Topix: Lincoln County, NM, Banking, Financial Services, Capitan, NM

Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Advocate

Biden: $19B in highway stimulus set aside

WASHINGTON -- Federal money to spur economic recovery is being shoveled out of Washington at a fast clip, the White House said Thursday, but states aren't steering the cash to counties that need jobs the most.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, US News, US Politics, Joe Biden, Ohio, Republican, John Mica

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Spencer New Leader

NTSB probes 2 incidents involving Airbus A330s

WASHINGTON Federal safety officials said Thursday they are investigating two incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in the cockpits of Airbus A330 planes may have malfunctioned, including one that took place ten days before the same type of plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 228 aboard.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Air Accidents, South America, World News, Brazil, Transportation, Airlines, Northwest Airlines

Lansing State Journal

Feds indict 53 for Medicare fraud, including suspects in Detroit

WASHINGTON - Federal authorities indicted 53 people on Wednesday for schemes to cheat Medicare out of $50 million.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Detroit Metro, Banking, Financial Services, Family, Elderly, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

KAAL-TV Austin

Election panel weighs Kerrya s bid to produce movie

WASHINGTON - Federal election officials will have a hand in writing the script on Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Banking, Financial Services, John Kerry, US Senate, Democrat, Life, Veteran Affairs

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Charlotte.com

SEC pitches tightened rules for money-market funds

WASHINGTON Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed tightened rules for money-market mutual funds that will require them to hold a reserve of assets that could be easily sold and to invest only in the highest quality securities.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Banking, Financial Services, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Financial Markets

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Dispatch.com

Firms accused of feeding Madoff fraud

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators charged a New York brokerage firm said to be secretly controlled by Bernard Madoff and a California investment adviser with securities fraud, accusing them yesterday of funneling billions of dollars from investors into Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

Poughkeepsie Journal

NTSB eyeing subway standards in wake of DC train accident

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators are looking for recorders or other devices that could tell them how fast a Washington subway train was going when it plowed into another train, killing nine and injuring scores of others during the height of Monday's afternoon rush hour.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Banking, Financial Services

Mon Jun 22, 2009

KAAL-TV Austin

US wants to drop drug charges against millionaire

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors cited problems with evidence Monday when they asked a judge to drop charges against a Chinese-Mexican businessman accused of importing large amounts of methamphetamines to the United States.

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Related Topix: Prison, Drugs, Banking, Financial Services, Drug Enforcement Administration, World News, Mexico

KAAL-TV Austin

SEC charges Madoff-linked firm, adviser with fraud

WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Monday charged a New York brokerage firm and a California investment adviser with securities fraud, accusing them of funneling billions of dollars from investors into Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Banking, Financial Services, New York, Marketing

Sun Jun 21, 2009

WKRG-TV Mobile

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WASHINGTON Federal investigators say the government's next generation radiation detectors are only marginally better at detecting hidden nuclear material than monitors already at U.S. ports, but would cost more than twice as much.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, US Politics, Joseph Lieberman

Wed Jun 17, 2009

The Indianapolis Star

WellPoint rebuked for canceling policies

WASHINGTON -- Federal lawmakers chastised Indianapolis-based WellPoint and other insurance companies Tuesday for what they called the 'vicious' and 'inexcusable' practice of retroactively canceling coverage after customers start submitting claims.

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Related Topix: Wellpoint Health Networks, Insurance, Banking, Financial Services, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, John Dingell

Tue Jun 16, 2009

ABC 33/40

SEC accord bars Madoff from securities industry

Washington - Federal regulators on Tuesday reached a settlement with disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff that prohibits him from working in the securities industry.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Financial Services, Banking

WisInfo

FAA to press regional airline safety

WASHINGTON - Federal aviation regulators and airlines Monday agreed to take emergency actions to improve safety at regional carriers in response to concerns over poor piloting and fatigue in recent accidents.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Banking, Financial Services

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Charlotte.com

FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs

WASHINGTON Federal health regulators are urging parents to keep their children on attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, despite new evidence from a government-backed study that the stimulants can increase the risk of sudden death.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Banking, Financial Services, Ritalin, Methylphenidate (generic), Medicine, Medication

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