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Friday, April 28th, 2006
5:00 pm	Muscatine man 1 of 4 convicted in $10 million fraud case Muscatine man 1 of 4 convicted in $10 million fraud case Muscatine Journal - Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:09:01 GMT KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The co-owner and three office managers for a telemarketing firm were convicted Wednesday of defrauding about 50,000 people out of $10.2 million in a credit card scam. Getting creative for the holiday Miami Herald - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:25:19 GMT Amid the fake grass and colored eggs nestled in the pastel-tinted plastic of this year's Easter basket, you can pretty much expect to see a box of Marshmallow Peeps, a chocolate bunny and a handful of jelly beans. Four convicted in $10 million credit card scam KPHO Phoenix - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:01:57 GMT KANSAS CITY, Mo. The co-owner and three office managers of a telemarketing firm have been found guilty in Missouri of defrauding thousands of people out of more than ten (m) million dollars. Jury convicts area men of telemarketing fraud The Business Journal of Kansas City - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:14:40 GMT A federal jury convicted a co-owner and three office managers of telemarketing firm Gecko Communications Inc. for their roles in a $10.2 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded an estimated 50,000 victims across the country, U.S. Attorney Bradley Schlozman said. The Newtown Bee Newtown Bee - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:32:27 GMT News, Events and Local Information for Newtown, Connecticut. Pam Davis is featured this week. Four convicted in $10 million credit card scam WOI-TV Des Moins - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:57:30 GMT KANSAS CITY, Mo. The co-owner and three office managers of a telemarketing firm are found guilty of defrauding thousands of people out of more than ten (m) million dollars. Four convicted in telemarketing fraud conspiracy Kansas City Star - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:26:24 GMT Managers of an Iowa telemarketing firm were convicted in federal court Wednesday of conspiring to swindle more than $10 million from almost 50,000 people with poor credit. 4 Convicted In Telemarketing Scam The Kansas City Channel - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:40:47 GMT The co-owner and three office managers of Gecko Communications, Inc., were convicted of defrauding 50,000 consumers nationwide. 4 Convicted In Telemarketing Scam KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:34:37 GMT A federal jury Wednesday convicted four people in a $10.2-million telemarketing scheme, KMBC's Jim Flink reported. Having Fun With I.T. Manila Bulletin - Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:47:50 GMT IF you can't afford to buy a notebook to take your work along with you, the next best thing is for you to bring your application and data with you. I've shown you how you can bring your word processor, spreadsheet and presentation software before by using a USB drive and downloading Portable Office. Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX 450 Lexus Lexus GS 450h Lexus LS 430 Lexus GX 470 Lexus SC 400 Lexus ES330 Lexus JX 540 Lexus IS Lexus LF Lexus GS 430 (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
4:15 pm	Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. Reports Record Earnings for the First Quarter 2006 Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. Reports Record Earnings for the First Quarter 2006 Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:56:00 GMT PIKEVILLE, Ky.----April 18, 2006--Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings Summary 1Q 4Q 1Q 2006 2005 2005 --------------------------- Net income $ 9,768 $ 8,890 $ 7,961 Earnings per share $ 0.65 $ 0.59 $ 0.54 Earnings per share $ 0.64 $ 0.58 $ 0.53 Return on average assets 1.36% 1.23% 1.18% Return on average equity 15.27% Bomb threats costly to girl phillyburbs.com - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:12:09 GMT The 15-year-old who wrote the threats at Central Bucks West will have to pay for the cost of searches. U.S. Bancorp Reports Record Net Income for the First Quarter of 2006 FinanzNachrichten - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:53:39 GMT EARNINGS SUMMARY Table 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ($ in millions, except per-share data) Percent Percent Change Change 1Q 4Q 1Q 1Q06 vs 1Q06 vs 2006 2005 2005 4Q05 1Q05 ------------------------------------- Net income $1,153 $1,143 $1,071 0.9 7.7 Earnings per share (diluted) 0.63 0.62 0.57 1.6 10.5 Return on average assets (%) 2.23 2.18 2.21 Return on U.S. Bancorp Reports Record Net Income for the First Quarter of 2006 Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:45:00 GMT MINNEAPOLIS----April 18, 2006--U.S. Bancorp : EARNINGS SUMMARY Table 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Percent Change Change 1Q 4Q 1Q 1Q06 vs 1Q06 vs 2006 2005 2005 4Q05 1Q05 ------------------------------------- Net income $1,153 $1,143 $1,071 0.9 7.7 Earnings per share 0.63 0.62 0.57 1.6 10.5 Return on average assets 2.23 2.18 2.21 Return on Procrastination catches up with tax filers Chillicothe Gazette - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:42:29 GMT Tax day didn't prove to be any less hectic than the rest of the season, even though filers had an extra two days to get returns done and filed. The city auditor's office used teamwork to get through the busy day, said Donna Taylor, deputy auditor. Rutland treasurer says city finances improving WRGB - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:33:09 GMT (Rutland, VT - AP) - Rutland city Treasurer Al Wilkinson says improvements are being made in the city's finances. Wilkinson says he's collected 55,000 dollars in delinquent taxes during the past two months. 2 officials pay off overdue taxes The Charlotte Observer - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:27:31 GMT Two public officials included on a list of delinquent Mecklenburg County taxpayers settled the accounts Monday, and a candidate for county commission said he would do so this week. Downey Announces First Quarter Earnings PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:00:00 GMT Downey Financial Corp. reported that net income for the first quarter of 2006 totaled $44.8 million or $1.61 per share on a diluted basis, down 13.5% from the $51.7 million or $1.86 per share in the year-ago first quarter. City may write off $900,000 owed by defunct eatery Denver Post - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:12:10 GMT The city of Denver will write off nearly $900,000 in loans and penalties it is owed by a defunct northeast Denver restaurant, under a plan the city's economic development department is advancing. Rutland leaning on those who owe Rutland Herald - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:09:24 GMT City Treasurer Al Wilkinson introduced a new assistant treasurer on Monday before describing a crackdown on delinquent taxpayers and scofflaws that has netted $55,000 in less than two months. ... - By BRENT CURTIS Herald Staff Links: Lexus RX330 Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus LF Lexus LS 600h Lexus GX Lexus SC 430 Lexus ES Lexus JX Lexus IS300 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS300 (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
5:45 am	America ... stop drugging your children America ... stop drugging your children The Pilot-Independent - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:08:03 GMT The medical establishment says that Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects 3 to 5 percent of school children, 90 percent of them boys. Most specialists say ADHD is a neurological disorder. Reefer Madness II Salt Lake City Weekly - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:58:33 GMT Though far from being an all-out pothead, I occasionally smoke a little smoke and, to the best of my knowledge, have never experienced any ill effects (aside from that way-natty brownie I ate on my 18th birthday). Forgetful mom who left infant in Sears store arrested Sun-Sentinel - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:43:55 GMT PORT ST. LUCIE -- A local woman accused of leaving her 1-month-old son alone for up to 90 minutes on Tuesday in a store in St. Lucie West was arrested on a child neglect charge, a police report states. Artists' Studio Association schedules spring classes Newport News-Times - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:29:13 GMT A watercolor workshop featuring renowned Northwest artist Kati Bendig will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Artists' Studio Association classroom in Lincoln City. Quiet Road With Quick Drivers Zapped KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:14:47 GMT A tranquil breeze along with other occasional country sounds may dot the landscape along North Rabb Road just outside La Feria, but it's what's on Rabb Road ultimately ruining a lifestyle for Raul Flores. City GOP chair offers ‘the offensive truth' This Ithaca Journal - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:34:03 GMT EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a special on-line only reprint of Tom Ludgate's April 3 guest column published by The Ithaca Journal. It is included today to offer readers unfamiliar with Mr. Ludgate's column some frame of reference for the letters reacting to the piece published today. Eh? Duluth News Tribune - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:15:06 GMT (a) interj. 1. A sound expressing surprise or inquiry. 2. A column of offbeat tidbits and news you can use. Financial Abuse of Elderly Grows The Herald-Sun - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:51:55 GMT As the U.S. population ages, the elderly are becoming a prime target for financial abuse. Sometimes the thief is a stranger who befriends a lonely senior. Other times it's a caregiver with sticky fingers. In still other cases, it's a telemarketer with "found money" to share, or even a member of the senior's own family who takes advantage of his or her declining mindfulness. From the Talk of the Town to Hardly Talking New York Times - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:12:43 GMT This is about the day that George Steinbrenner almost talked to me. Financial abuse of elderly grows The Arizona Republic - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:29:01 GMT NEW YORK - Sometimes the thief is a stranger who befriends a lonely senior. Other times it's a caregiver with sticky fingers. In still other cases, it's a telemarketer with ''found money'' to share, or even a member of the senior's own family who takes advantage of his or her declining mindfulness. Links: Lexus RX 400h Lexus LX470 Lexus Lexus RX 300 Lexus LS460 Lexus GX Lexus SC400 Lexus ES300 Lexus JX 470 Lexus IS250 Lexus LF-A Lexus GS 430 (Comment on this)
Monday, April 10th, 2006
7:50 am	Making It Ashore, but Still Chasing U.S. Dream Making It Ashore, but Still Chasing U.S. Dream New York Times - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:20:34 GMT They came to America on a rusty freighter from China in 1993, but many survivors still find citizenship elusive. 'Suite Française' New York Times - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:15:02 GMT "Still at some distance, great guns were firing; they drew nearer, and every window shuddered in reply." Don't build it, they will come Contra Costa Times - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:32:19 GMT Laos is an impoverished communist country with a healthy tolerance for Buddhism and an apparent disinterest in infrastructure that tourists have only recently discovered. iPod Critics May Have a Point E-Commerce Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:02:31 GMT We have a problem. In the institutions that are supposed to train future generations of Americans who will lead our nation, authorities are promoting -- and the liberal academic establishment is harboring -- the dangerous, insipid notion that Coldplay rocks. Also, they are promoting the use of iPods. Ashore in U.S. - but far from the dream International Herald Tribune - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:43:17 GMT Almost 13 years after the Golden Venture shuddered to a stop and set off a national argument in the United States about illegal immigration, the last of its smugglers has just been sent to prison as the debate rages again. Cancer patient lets photos tell story The News & Observer - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:38:31 GMT A photographer chronicles the healing process a woman recovering from a double mastectomy. Debbie Horwitz was determined to rebuild her body, to reclaim her curves. Breast cancer patient lets photos tell of loss, renewal The News & Observer - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:38:34 GMT She was gliding a bar of Dove soap under her right arm when her fingers skated over what felt like a marble near her armpit. 13 years later, American dream still eludes them Seattle Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:18:31 GMT They journeyed to the United States on the Golden Venture, a rusty freighter crammed with 286 Chinese immigrants when it ran aground off... Skies crash down on Skyland relays The Express-Times - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:29:13 GMT BERNARDS TWP., N.J. | The weather was unfit for mad dogs, Englishmen or anything else with a pulse. Nostalgic Notes Deccan Herald - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:19:25 GMT "During lunch, I sat with my head lowered. I was afraid somebody would ask me, a shudra, to get up." Ajji is finally beginning to feel her age. Sitting on a battered wooden bed, her body resting against two pillows, she strains every nerve to open her eyes. Links: Lexus RX400h Lexus LX 450 Lexus Lexus RX 300 Lexus LS400 Lexus GX Lexus SC400 Lexus ES 300 Lexus JX Lexus IS 250 Lexus LF-C Lexus GS 350 (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 8th, 2006
6:20 pm	Bulldogs have grunt and grace Bulldogs have grunt and grace The Age - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:40:33 GMT Mitch Hahn and Adam Morgan work hard for a Bulldogs possession at Telstra Dome yesterday. Photo: Pat Scala IT'S EASY to watch the Western Bulldogs at the moment and see a team surging towards its prime on the back of sheer pace and sublime foot skills. Minister caught breaking the law The Daily Telegraph - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:13:13 GMT THE NSW Roads Minister has been caught on camera trying to beat Sydney's worsening traffic jams by illegally travelling in a city bus lane. Cooler pursuits Slam! Sports - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:07:41 GMT He had cooler pursuits in mind growing up. And, as we all know, there's only one job cooler than race car driver. "I wanted to be a rock star,'' he grinned. "I knew a little bit about my dad's history, but I never really followed it too hugely when I was younger.'' Dad warns: Don't let keiki grow up to be drug mules The Garden Island - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:00:58 GMT David Denson wants to get the word out to parents that their teenagers, or their teenaged nieces, nephews or grandchildren could become drug mules. He's concerned that they could be recruited to smuggle drugs onto air-planes, or have drugs mailed to them. FBI worker, cops busted Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:33:32 GMT An internal FBI investigation of a secretary with security clearance was the key to unlocking illegal gambling and drug trafficking operations that led to indictments of the employee, five Honolulu police officers, and 17 other people, officials announced yesterday. Downed pilot is accused of trashing home The Arizona Republic - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:44:07 GMT One man's emergency shelter apparently is another's ransacked home. Jay Torok of Scottsdale said he found his new $400,000 house on a ranch southeast of Kingman a shambles Friday after a helicopter pilot busted a window to get in. Fugitive busted at Blue Water Bridge Times Herald - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:37:57 GMT A 45-year-old Missouri man wanted in Iowa for creating and using fraudulent checks was arraigned Friday in St. Clair County District Court for possession of fraudulent state identification. At least 35 cars damaged by BB vandals The Leaf Chronicle - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:44:00 GMT More than 35 people from north and central Clarksville woke up Friday morning to find their car windows shattered by BBs. RECAP OF CHRIS JERICHO'S XM SATELLITE RADIO SHOW PWinsider - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:32:42 GMT 1. Starts the show off with 2 Skid Row's songs "Monkey Business" & "Slave To The Grind". 2. Y2J says it don't get much heavier than that, right here on Da Boneyard: http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=41 with the 1, 2 punch. In Tomorrow's Paper EdmontonSun.com - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:15:27 GMT A beautiful wife. A four-year-old daughter that was the apple of his eye and a tight-knit family. That's what Anthony John Buckingham left behind. The 43-year-old Edmonton man was killed as he rode in a taxi near Grande Prairie Wednesday that crossed a median and slammed into a semi-truck. Links: Lexus RX Lexus Lexus (Comment on this)