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SEC files fraud charges against 3 ex-IndyMac execs
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators filed civil fraud charges Friday against three former executives of the parent of IndyMac Bank, accusing them of misleading investors about the mortgage lender’s finances before it collapsed in July 2008. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the charges against Michael Perry, former chief executive of Pasadena, Calif.-based IndyMac Bancorp, and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Collision in Texas kills 5, including 3 children
Authorities say the accident Sunday afternoon happened when a Volkswagen Beetle slammed head-on into a dump truck. All four people in the subcompact car were killed on impact in the crash about five miles north of Midland. The Texas Department of Public Safety identified them as driver Deborah Beck of Andrews and her three grandchildren [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ACLU Calls for Independent Probe After Gitmo Prisoner Collapses, Dies
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for an independent investigation into all prisoner deaths at Guantanamo Bay after a 48-year-old Afghan detainee collapsed and died. The U.S. military said the prisoner, Awal Gul, died of “apparent natural causes” on Tuesday, collapsing in the shower after working out on an elliptical machine. Military spokesman Army [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD
DENVER – A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress. The goal is to build trust so a chaplain can encourage service members to draw on their individual concepts of God and spirituality, said Carrie Doehring, an [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Santorum to headline Catholic group event in Mass.
OSTON – Possible Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is headlining a benefit for a Massachusetts Catholic group. The former two-term senator from Pennsylvania will address members of Catholic Citizenship on Tuesday in Newton. Santorum is a favorite of conservatives for his staunch opposition to abortion rights, which the Roman Catholic church also opposes. He now [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Army desperately seeking health care providers
Washington (CNN) — The Army’s vice chief of staff, Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, who has been at the forefront of the effort to reduce soldier suicides, said Wednesday that he is most concerned about the Army not having enough doctors, nurses and other caregivers. “It’s just not enough,” Chiarelli testified during a House Armed Services [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Missing Texas Teen’s Body Found
LUBBOCK, Texas – Lubbock police say the body found along a remote road north of the city is that of a teenager missing since January. Police Capt. Greg Stevens says a Tuesday autopsy positively identified the body found a day earlier as that of 15-year-old Elizabeth Ennen. Humberto Maldonado Salinas Jr. is jailed on an [...]
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