ATF promotes "Fast and Furious" supervisors
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Feds crack down on police brutality nationwide
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Chasse's 42-year-old son James was out for a walk in downtown Portland, Oregon, in September 2006 when three police officers spotted what they later described as a "peculiar...dirty" young man.
Read the full report...Report: As kids keep dying in car trunks, GM fix is elusive
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Five children have died across the country since June 2009 after getting trapped in the scorching hot trunks of older-model cars built by General Motors, according to a new report by consumer safety website Fairwarning.org.
Continue »2 NY pharmacies busted for Medicare fraud
Two New York State pharmacists were arrested Tuesday for allegedly defrauding Medicare of more than $3 million after billing the federal government for prescriptions they never filled.
"When you are seeing a small mom and pop pharmacy, or two of them in this case, billing for a lot more than they dispense there's an issue usually with that," said Tom O'Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG) Office of Inspector General/Office of Investigations' New York Regional Office which conducted the investigation and carried out the arrests.
Continue »ATF shared gunwalking info with White House
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Gunwalker scandal a "perfect storm of idiocy"
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Update, 2:40 p.m.: The special agent in charge of the Phoenix ATF office during gunwalking scandal, Bill Newell, testified early this afternoon that he discussed the program with a White House staffer.
Newell said he talked to his friend, Kevin O'Reilly, who is listed the White House's Director for North America at the National Security Council.
In advance of a hearing later today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report containing new testimony and allegations in the ATF gunwalker case. According to the report, Carlos Canino, Acting ATF Attache in Mexico, calls the strategy his agency employed: "The perfect storm of idiocy."
"We armed the [Sinaloa] cartel," Canino told investigators. "It is disgusting." Canino will be a key witness at the hearing.
Continue »Ohio studying botched Sowell investigation
Defense attorney John Parker, left, talks with Anthony Sowell during court proceedings July 19, 2011, in Cleveland.
Anthony Sowell was convicted Friday of killing 11 women and leaving their bodies to rot in his house. He awaits sentencing.
Continue »"Global Jihad" group says it's behind Oslo blast, then retracts claim
People give phone calls as they stand near a burning government building in Olso on July 22, 2011.
(Credit: THOMAS WINJE)Updated July 25: This story was updated to reflect the subsequent retraction of the bombing claim by Helpers of Global Jihad and the arrest of the 32-year-old Norwegian man, identified as Andres Behring Breivik, a right-wing zealot who took credit for the atrocities, calling for a war against Muslims.
A group called "Helpers of Global Jihad" claimed responsibility for the bomb which ripped open buildings, including the prime minister's office, in Norway's capital, CBS News learned, and then retracted the claim.
Continue »Local investigation round-up
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Memphis (WREG)---When seconds can mean survival, you want paramedics and ambulances there to rush you to life-saving care. But the WREG "On Your Side Investigators" uncovered disturbing figures showing city ambulances stuck in park, off the streets, and out of service for hours.
Continue »"Anonymous" hacker: We can shut your website
Commander X asked to have his identity concealed before talking with CBS. He says as a member of the Anonymous hacking site, he can shut down web sites with a snap of his fingers.
(Credit: CBS)Dozens of FBI agents targeted alleged members of the loose-knit hacking group in simultaneous raids driven by the U.S. attorney's office in San Jose, Calif.
Armed with search warrants, agents hit six homes in New York, along with locations in California, New Jersey and Florida, and seized hard drives and computer accessories.
