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UD students warned about magazine subscription scams (The Newark Post)

4 hours 43 min ago
On March 16, two young salesmen, who claimed they were selling magazine subscriptions to raise money for tuition and trips abroad, approached two University of Delaware students on the front porch of their off-campus residence.

Port Charlotte teen duped in on line puppy sale (WINK TV Southwest Florida)

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 18:40
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - The search for a new dog ended in a nightmare for 19 year old Candice Betts. The teen answered an on line posting on Oodles and agreed to purchase a French Bulldog from an Arkansas couple for $200.

DOUBTS LINGER OVER AQUEDUCT (Times Newsweekly)

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 17:14
by Ralph Mancini Questions swirling around the group tapped to operate 4,500 video lottery terminals (VLTs) at Aqueduct Racetrack were a hot topic at last Tuesday, Mar. read more

Video: Financial Notebook: Jobs Bill (CBS News)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 19:17
Katie Couric reports on the latest financial news, as Congresses has passed a $20 billion bi-partisan bill designed to create employment for millions of Americans still out of work.

Video: Financial Notebook: Jobs Bill (CBS News)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 19:17
Katie Couric reports on the latest financial news, as Congresses has passed a $20 billion bi-partisan bill designed to create employment for millions of Americans still out of work.

United Way Exceeds Its Goal (WJHG Panama City)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 17:02
The United Way of Northwest Florida wrapped up its Campaign fun raising drive Thursday morning and had good news.

Money scam targets senior citizens (KPLC Lake Charles)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 16:02
According to the Better Business Bureau, several local senior citizens have received scam phone calls from a person claiming to work in the national Medicare office.

PFT: Henne says Tebow ‘isn’t a quarterback’ (MSNBC)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 13:11
As Florida quarterback Tim Tebow continues to prepare for the NFL, one of the men who already holds a starting quarterback job at the highest level of the sport has a strong opinion on the subject.

PFT: Five teams will take look at retooled Tebow (MSNBC)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 13:11
But in this season of poker faces and bullpoop, the most interested teams could be among the ones who aren't bringing him in. With 32 NFL franchises, at least one surely covets Tebow, flaws and all. And those teams aren't likely to do anything to reveal their interest.

PFT: T.O. still wants at least $5 million annually (MSNBC)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 12:41
We've consistently heard that, when it comes to free-agent receiver Terrell Owens, he needs a sizable contract in order to feel that he's being treated fairly -- even if only one team is interested in his services.

Mortgage feud boiled over (Denver Post)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:27
The sudden disappearance from duty of Erin Toll, the woman charged with enforcing Colorado's real estate regulations, marks the latest development in long-standing tensions between her office and a mortgage-broker-turned-state senator.

IRS Announces 2010 "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams (KPLC Lake Charles)

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:03
The Internal Revenue Service issued its 2010 "dirty dozen" list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing.

New blog on block as N.Y.U., Times team to get hyper (The Villager)

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 15:18
The East Village blogosphere recently went ballistic after The New York Times and New York University announced they would be collaborating on a new “hyperlocal” Web site focusing on the East Village.

NYC doctor credited with exposing taxi meter scam (Courier-Post)

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 13:51
NEW YORK (AP) -- A doctor who questioned an unusually high

Pa. man bilked friends, family in $12M fraud scam (6abc Philadelphia)

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 08:29
A suburban Philadelphia man could face more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty swindling his friends and family out of $12 million.

Prison term upheld for man in scam case (Courier-Post)

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 04:43
A federal appeals court has upheld a 30-year sentence handed down to a former Haddon Heights con artist.

Kevin Houser sued by New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton over alleged scam (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 17:32
Players Jeremy Shockey, Charles Grant filed similar complaint 10 days earlier

Video: SXSW On The Scene (CBS News)

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 16:22
Shira Lazar chats with Robert Rodriguez about his latest film Predators, at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Beach house essay contest actually scam for drug money (KTVB Boise)

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 15:03
SEASIDE, Ore. -- A Seaside man has confessed to creating a $99 Essay Beach House Contest to pay bills and buy drugs and he also told contestants that money generated by the contest would be donated to breast cancer research. Theodore Zennie was arrested on Thursday, for allegedly dealing heroin. Clatsop County Interagency Narcotics undercover agents acting on a tip said they bought drugs from ...

Nick Robinson (BBC News)

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:27
MPs scared of public; public scared of reality