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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man was arrested for trafficking a lethal amount of fentanyl in a cookie jar after deputies stopped him during a traffic stop around 10:15 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. Larry Chapman, 23, had 9.8 grams of fentanyl hidden in a container labeled “Cookies.” Authorities discovered the container tucked in the driver’s seat back pocket. In addition to the fentanyl, deputies found around 10 grams of cocaine in Chapman’s car. “The DEA says 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly; our deputies recovered nearly 10 grams of this lethal drug during...

Taxpayers to Cover Obama Bus Tour of Battleground States -- ‘He’s the President,’ Says White House Wednesday, August 03, 2011 By Fred Lucas Washington (CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama’s jobs bus tour will be funded by taxpayers, as he travels through the Midwest states typically viewed as swing states during presidential years. Obama will begin the bus tour through several Midwestern states beginning Aug. 15, the White House announced on Tuesday, to talk about strengthening jobs and the economy. “He is very happily getting out into the country again after a very sustained period here in Washington and he looks...

July 2, 2004, 12:46AM Pastor arrested in fraud scheme Among four accused of misappropriating charter school funds By HARVEY RICE Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle A pastor who ran a Houston charter school once said to exemplify charter school problems was arrested Thursday along with three family members on charges of misappropriating $3 million in state and federal education funds. The Rev. Harold W. Wilcox, former head of the now-defunct Prepared Table charter school and pastor of the Greater Progressive Baptist Church, and three relatives were arrested at their homes. FBI agenst transport Louvicy Wilcox 51, to the federal courthouse The...

Microsoft Backs Web Service to Clean Up Corporate America The company recently scrutinized for alleged cookie-jar accounting is promoting web services to prevent a future WorldCom or Enron. Microsoft Corp has joined Nasdaq and PriceWaterhouseCoopers in promoting eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for storage and presentation of publicly traded companies' quarterly and annual financial reports. Under the project, reports and financial footnotes will be stored online and accessed through an XBRL-ready version of Microsoft's Office. Nasdaq, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Microsoft believe XBRL will help to tidy-up reporting and accounting practices, brought into disrepute by recent corporate scandals. As a widely traded...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Some members of the California congressional delegation who have received political contributions from WorldCom Inc. officers and the firm's political action committee said Wednesday that they will return the money because of revelations that the company hid $3.8 billion in expenses over five quarters in order to look profitable.</p>