
Reporting from Los Angeles and New York – Former President Clinton, who underwent major surgery to clear blocked arteries six years ago, suffered chest discomfort Thursday and was taken to a New York hospital, where doctors gave him an excellent prognosis after inserting stents in one of his coronary arteries. Clinton’s cardiologist, Dr

Reporting from Denver – Western Union will pay $94 million to settle a long-running legal battle with the state of Arizona over whether the company allowed its money transfers to be used to send proceeds from human trafficking and drug smuggling to Mexico, officials announced Thursday. The settlement includes $50 million that will help law enforcement operations in border states fight money laundering.
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The troubled American private security company Blackwater faced fresh controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category
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The troubled American private security company Blackwater faced fresh controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category
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Reporting from Silver Spring, Md. – A fierce winter storm walloped Washington and the mid-Atlantic region for the second time in less than a week Wednesday, closing the federal government, airports and schools while inspiring a mix of awe and dread to millions of snowbound families. The daylong blizzard raged from Virginia to New York as heavy snow and gale-force winds toppled trees, brought down power lines and created white-out conditions that turned many roads treacherous to impassable
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