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NO REST FOR THE WEARY: Apparent Zeek Rewards Reload Scam Exposed, WFMY Reports
WFMY (CBS/Greensboro, N.C.) is reporting that it exposed an apparent Zeek Rewards reload scam operating on Google’s Blogspot platform — and that Google has removed the offending Blog. The scam was operating at a URL of ZeekRewardsIsComingBack.blogspot.com, the station reported. WFMY contacted Zeek Rewards’ receiver Kenneth D. Bell as part of its report. Bell told…
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BULLETIN: Authorities In Canada Say Terror Plot Linked To Al-Qaeda Was Thwarted And That 2 Arrests Have Been Made
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 4:08 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says a terrorist plot against a VIA passenger train in the Toronto area was thwarted and that two suspects were arrested today after a probe that began last year. Arrested were Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35. RCMP said they lived in the…
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UPDATE: North Carolina Says Profitable Sunrise Investors Have Been Targeted In ‘Reload Scams’ Like Zeek Rewards Investors Before Them
UPDATED 11:28 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The Securities Division of North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall has issued a warning that Profitable Sunrise investors are being targeted in “reload scams.” North Carolina issued a similar warning in August 2012, saying then that members of the Zeek Rewards “program” — an alleged $600 million Ponzi-…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Bombing Suspect In Custody, Boston Police Say
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A suspect (Dzhokar Tsarnaev) is “in custody” in the Boston Marathon bombing, the Boston Police Department announced on Twitter minutes ago . . . Boston PD on Twitter. UPDATE 9:07 P.M. EDT: As shown on U.S. television networks, residents of Watertown are applauding and cheering for police as they pass…
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Suspect 2 Still At Large; Suspect 1 Reported Dead; Extraordinary Drama Plays Out In Greater Boston; 1 Police Officer Killed, Another Wounded
UPDATED 1:15 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Suspect 1 in the Boston Marathon bombings is reported dead after an overnight battle with police; Suspect 2 is reportedly still on the loose. There are concerns he may be armed with explosives. The FBI this morning identified Suspect 2 as Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19. (See newly released photo at left.)…
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BULLETIN: FBI Releases Photos, Video Of 2 Men Deemed Suspects In Boston Marathon Bombing; Asks Public’s Help In Identifying Them; Men Considered Armed And Extremely Dangerous
EDITOR’S NOTE: These photos and the video link were released by the FBI late this afternoon. Suspect 1 is in the black cap; Suspect 2 is in the white cap. FBI contact information is at the bottom of this post . . . Link to FBI YouTube video: The suspects are considered armed and extremely dangerous,…
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Paul Kevin Curtis Of Corinth, Miss., Under Arrest In Ricin Letters Probe, FBI Says
UPDATED 1:43 P.M. EDT U.S.A. (APRIL 25) The charges against Paul Kevin Curtis have been dropped and he has been released from custody. See this April 25 story by the AP via Yahoo News. Here, below, our earlier story . . . The FBI has arrested Paul Kevin Curtis in the ricin letters probe, the…
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BULLETIN: Arrest Made In Shooting Deaths Of Texas Prosecutor And Wife — And Assistant District Attorney
BULLETIN: Kim Williams, the wife of a former local Justice of the Peace, is listed as an inmate at the Kaufman County Jail in Texas on charges of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife Cynthia McLelland — and Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse. Hasse, 57, was shot…
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