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Peru (MNN) ― Nine years after the Peruvian air force mistook a missionary flight for a drug run, the Central Intelligence Agency took responsibility for its part in the shoot-down of a plane which killed a missionary, Veronica Bowers, and her infant daughter, Charity.(Photo by Joe Sherman)

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/usao/mow/news2010/harrison.ind.htm JULY 9, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLACK MARKET TRAVEL AGENTS 38 DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD LOCAL INVESTIGATION EXPOSES NATIONWIDE NETWORK THAT USED STOLEN IDENTITIES, CREDIT CARDS TO PURCHASE AIRLINE TICKETS KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 38 defendants from across the United States have been charged in a series of indictments that allege an extensive network of black market travel agents who used the stolen identities of thousands of victims as part of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme...

A scandal-scarred former narcotics cop who had agreed to testify against another indicted officer fatally shot his girlfriend in Brooklyn yesterday, police sources said. Jerry Bowens, 43, shot 28-year-old Catherine Donofrio in the head in a Greenpoint apartment belonging to one of her friends at 4:30 p.m., police said.

Former state senator Kathryn Bowers was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison on Thursday for accepting $11,500 in bribes. Bowers will also be subject to two years of supervised release, although no fine was assessed. She will report to prison at an undetermined date. Bowers, 64, read a brief statement before U.S. Dist. Judge J. Daniel Breen in which she called her crime a "very, very, very bad decision." "I ask for forgiveness of my bad decisions of receiving money in an inappropriate manner," her statement read. "I am indeed sorry. If I had it to do over again,...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. State Senator Kathryn Bowers is charged with driving under the influence after a traffic accident yesterday afternoon. W-M-C-T-V reports that the Memphis Democrat was treated for non-critical injuries at Regional Medical Center and released. Bowers is one of five current or former lawmakers charged in Tennessee Waltz. She said this week she was stepping down from office because of health problems. Police said a car driven by Bowers sideswiped a UPS truck. She was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and failure to maintain control. Her attorney says he was looking into whether recent changes to...

The son of two lifelong members of the Communist Party USA, David Horowitz graduated from Columbia in 1959 and the University of California at Berkeley in 1961 and then made a name for himself as editor of the far-left journal Ramparts. Reality knocked in 1974. Horowitz created an entity called Educational Opportunities Corp. to run a school for the children of Black Panther Party members in Oakland. In the summer, Horowitz had hired a woman named Betty Van Patter to help him keep the books. She spotted accounting irregularities by the Black Panthers. In December, Betty disappeared from a tavern...

Often after a couple of light-hearted columns, I'll get a message from a reader. "Are you going soft? Are you being muzzled?" The answer is no, honest. My bosses give me plenty of latitude. Sometimes even more than I deserve. There are lots of reasons not all my columns are red meat. For example, before my deadline arrives, others who write more frequently already may have made my point. This happened after Hurricane Katrina. Many recognized the outcry for what it was: the opportunistic looting of George Bush. Despite the hollering and screaming by the Angry Left, the truth was...

The main light source of the future will almost surely not be a bulb. It might be a table, a wall, or even a fork. An accidental discovery announced this week has taken LED lighting to a new level, suggesting it could soon offer a cheaper, longer-lasting alternative to the traditional light bulb. The miniature breakthrough adds to a growing trend that is likely to eventually make Thomas Edison's bright invention obsolete. LEDs are already used in traffic lights, flashlights, and architectural lighting. They are flexible and operate less expensively than traditional lighting. Happy accident Michael Bowers, a graduate student...

former captain of the Black Panther Party, who was convicted of killing a park ranger near San Francisco 31 years ago, has been granted parole, though law enforcement officials made a last-ditch attempt Wednesday to block his release. Veronza Leon Curtis Bowers Jr., 59, is expected to walk free from a federal prison in Coleman, Fla., on June 21, according to officials at the U.S. Parole Commission. "If he gets into trouble, he could be kept in," said Tom Hutchison, a spokesman for the Maryland-based Parole Commission. But most inmates close to their release date, he said, "just bide their...

A former Black Panther convicted of murdering a Point Reyes National Seashore ranger 31 years ago is set to be released from prison in two weeks, raising the ire of law enforcement officers. Ranger Kenneth Patrick was the first U.S. park ranger murdered in the line of duty when he was shot by deer poachers in the Point Reyes National Seashore in August 1973. Veronza Bowers was convicted of the murder in April 1974. Bowers and two other men went to Point Reyes to hunt deer with a crossbow and when Patrick, 40, shined his flashlight into their car, he...

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Sodomy Ruling Part II: A Liberal Gold Mine by David Limbaugh Posted Jul 7, 2003 Our Rulers, The Supreme Court The Supreme Court's ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (the sodomy case) is a veritable gold mine for liberals and the shifting values they hold dear. Not many conservatives I know have any desire to see the sodomy laws of any state enforced against homosexual behavior within the confines of one's private residence. But the Supreme Court's opinion had little to do with protecting that kind of privacy and much more to do with legitimizing homosexuality, moral relativism and the concept...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government cannot retroactively erase statutes of limitations, a defeat for prosecutors trying to pursue priests accused of long-ago sex abuse. On a 5-4 vote, the justices struck down a California law that allowed prosecutions for old sex crimes. It was challenged by a 72-year-old man accused of molesting his daughters when they were children. The case was closely watched because of sex abuse problems in the Roman Catholic church, but it also has implications for terrorism and other crimes. Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the court, said the Constitution bars...