Florida, Schoolteacher And Ex-Husband Sentenced for Human Trafficking And Smuggling Charges
May 21, 2008
A former Miami-area middle school teacher, Maude Paulin, and her ex-husband, Saintfort Paulin, have been sentenced in federal court for committing federal civil rights offenses when they forced a young Haitian teenager to work as a domestic servant in their home, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida R. Alexander Acosta. Read more
University Professor And Tennessee Company Charged with Arms Export Violations
May 21, 2008
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Tennessee has returned an 18-count indictment charging J. Reece Roth, a Professor Emeritus at The University of Tennessee, and Atmospheric Glow Technologies Inc. (AGT), a Knoxville-based technology company, with conspiring to defraud the U.S. Air Force and disclose restricted U.S. military data about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or “drones,” to foreign nationals without first obtaining the required U.S. government license or approval. Read more
Find Stacy Peterson.com Blog Taken Down
May 21, 2008
When Stacy Peterson disappeared, the FindStacyPeterson.com blog became a hub for information for concerned family, friends and members of the community. But in the months since, her husband Drew Peterson, a suspect in her disappearance, has complained that the site has done little to find his missing wife, and instead, had become a vehicle to spy on him, discuss plans to harass him, and to reveal his personal comings and goings. Read more
Venezuela Denounces Illegal Incursion of Colombian Troops
May 20, 2008
Venezuelan Information Minister Andrés Izarra, confirmed that the government has proof that sixty Colombian troops made an illegal military incursion into Venezuelan territory last Friday. “We have photos and other materials that demonstrate the military incursion into our territory,” Izarra assured on Sunday after Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, denied the claims. Read more
Obama’s Victory Lap
May 20, 2008
Last week the Twittersphere in Iowa was lit up with jabber from people I know who live near the former Obama campaign office in Des Moines. Read more
16 Year-Old Sailing Prodigy Zac Sunderland to Attempt Youngest Solo Circumnavigation
May 20, 2008
When 16 year-old Zac Sunderland of Ventura, California steps aboard his 36ft yacht, Intrepid on May 31, he will be the youngest American sailor since 1965 to attempt a solo global circumnavigation. That year, 16 year-old Robin Lee Graham departed Los Angeles, California but Graham did not complete his voyage until 1970, at the age of 20. Read more
