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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...

BROOKLINE -- Residents, some of whom have been coming here for 20 years, turned out in droves this morning at the Mobil station on Harvard Street to voice their support for a local merchant whose life was turned upside-down this week. Dozens filled their tanks to help Elias Audy make up for the past two days, during which business at his two gas stations has been disrupted after federal agents appeared Thursday, seeking evidence that might link one of his newly hired employees to the failed car bomb attack this month in New York’s Times Square. "We all love him,"...

A Brookline resident is targeting next week’s Town Meeting as the launching pad for the impeachment of President Bush. Of course, it’s nonbinding. “I can no longer stay silent with the current administration,” said Jonathan Margolis, who vows to place the resolution before fellow voters. Town Meeting, a unique Yankee institution, is usually saved for tax hikes, water projects and new schools. Margolis said he’s dipping into national politics at the grassroots of democracy. It worked for our forefathers, he argues. “Town Meeting is a place where citizens can speak up,” he said. “The Revolution started this way - one...

Hating Christopher Columbus at Pierce School Columbus Day: to celebrate or not to celebrate? That was the question posed to seventh graders at Pierce School in Brookline as a project for their special unit on Christopher Columbus, taught during the weeks preceding Columbus Day. The answers were to be published in the opinion section of the Brookline TAB, the town's newspaper, which I stumbled across while browsing the noteworthy updates of TABs across the state of Massachusetts (I do this weekly and I recommend this activity highly as it has proved to yield plenty of entertainment for the whole...

Group admits giving out 'gay' sex book High schoolers received 'hard-core porn' homosexual 'how-to' Posted: May 20, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com After strong denials, a homosexual activist group admitted it made available to middle school and high school students an AIDS handbook described by critics as a "hard-core pornographic homosexual 'how-to.'" The Boston Chapter of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, GLSEN Boston, said the distribution at an April 30 event at Brookline High School violated its policy that no sexually explicit materials be made available. A Massachusetts-based group involved in opposition to same-sex marriage, the Article...

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com A Massachusetts activist organization today will mark the one-year anniversary of same-sex marriage in the state by discussing the "dark underbelly" of the institution in front of Boston's City Hall. The Article 8 Alliance" claims the state's schools have become more active in pushing homosexuality with students, pointing to an April 30 event at Brookline High School. Sponsored by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, the event, said the Article 8 Alliance, featured a "hard-core pornographic homosexual 'how-to' booklet given to hundreds of kids." "The book was prominently distributed at the first table, right after registration, where...

A German shepherd named Fero did something that he’s never done before and because he did, a 10-year-old boy is safe with his family. On Tuesday afternoon Fero went into the woods with his handler, Nashua police officer Jeff Connors, and found Ross Kolesar, who had wandered away from a party and was lost for well over an hour.Fero is not a search and rescue dog, or at least he isn’t under normal circumstances. He’s a patrol dog, a drug-sniffing dog, one who is used to apprehending suspects, not rescuing lost children from swamps. But on Aug. 27, that’s exactly...