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June 17, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tuesday issued a public warning that all Zicam nasal products that include zinc as an ingredient may result in the loss of the user’s sense of smell. These include Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel, Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs (Kids Size)...

June 17, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

On Monday, a racist email that had been sent to GOP staff members by a Republican legislative aide was posted on the Internet.  The email contained an image that depicts the 43 presidents of the United States, with President Barack Obama represented by...

June 17, 2009 by Matt Placek

In March 2008, the body of a 75-year-old woman was found stuffed into the trunk of...

June 17, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

For the past five years, Donald Trump has had no involvement in running the three Atlantic City casinos that operate under his name, which are owned by the Trump Entertainment Resorts company.  In 2004, Trump lost control of the casinos during a bankruptcy filing by Trump Entertainment...

June 17, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Newly released transcripts from a 2007 hearing at Guantanamo Bay reveal that al Qaeda leader and alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claimed that CIA interrogators tortured him until he made up lies to get them to stop.  One of the lies that he identified was a possible location of Osama bin Laden...

June 17, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Last weekend, several residents of Toledo, Ohio found $25 parking tickets on their cars, even though they were parked in what they consider their own driveways.  Susan Frederick, Toledo’s Acting Commissioner of Streets, Bridges and Harbor, was responsible for the fines.  She responded to a complaint of vehicles...

June 16, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Six Flags Inc.’s bankruptcy reorganization may take 4 to 6 months to complete.  The New York-based owner of 20 theme parks filed a petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 13, listing assets of $3 billion and debt of $2.4 billion...

June 16, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

The Montana Supreme Court says an Anaconda police officer must repay more than $45,000 in temporary disability benefits. John Roche suffered an on-the-job knee injury in 2001. He was paid $45,273...

June 16, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Bloomsbury Publishing denied allegations that author J.K. Rowling copied "substantial parts" of a book by another children's author when she wrote "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."

June 16, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

The former top executive of American International Group Inc. plundered an AIG retirement program of billions of dollars because he was angry at being forced out of the company...

June 16, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Roger Friedman may be suing his former employer, FoxNews.com , for wrongful termination.  The claim the entertainment columnist is expected to make is that Fox fired him because of disparaging remarks he made about the Church of Scientology...

June 15, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Congress moved quickly Friday to send a tobacco bill to the White House which would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products.  Under the law, the FDA will be able to set product standards and ban some chemicals in tobacco products, but not totally ban addictive nicotine...

June 15, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Thousands of Americans who have generally kept up with their mortgages are still in danger of losing their homes because they let their homeowner association dues slide.  Many are finding that homeowners associations that oversee security patrols, mow lawns, plant flowers and clean the community swimming pool may foreclose when dues aren't paid.

June 15, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Not long after Patrick told his wife Tammie he wanted a divorce, she posted an angry, hurt note on "the wall," or public-comments section, of his Facebook page. Embarrassed that his colleagues, clients, church friends and family could see evidence of his marital woes, he deleted...

June 15, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

On Friday, the U. S. Department of Justice put a hold on nearly $30 million in bank accounts related to internet poker. According to the Associated Press and the Poker Players Alliance, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York instructed three banks to freeze the accounts...

June 15, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

A German man who claimed for years to be a member of the Rockefeller family was sentenced Friday to four to five years in prison for kidnapping his daughter.  A jury found Christian Carl Gerhartsreiter, 48, guilty of the kidnapping and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

A retired State Department analyst and his wife were arrested last week and charged with...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

Four weeks ago, the French National Assembly defied the Parliament of the European Union...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

In Washington, DC, at 12:50pm on Wednesday, a man now known to be a white supremacist...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

Last month, Chrysler sought a $4 billion federal bailout loan amid fears that the company...