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18 people indicted on charges of selling prescription pain medication
Associate ProducerA federal grand jury has indicted eight people for being part of a conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs. Ten other people were charged back in January In a criminal complaint filed against one of the defendents, Ronnie Cupp, investigators say Cupp...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Shootings, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC
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Virginia has the most legal machine guns in the nation
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- Virginia leads the nation in the number of legally owned machine guns that are fully automatic. Federal figures show there were 30,220 registered fully automatic machine guns in Virginia as of March. The annual report from the...
Tags: Firearms, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Suspected bomb maker faces federal charge for Blacksburg incident
Assignment ManagerAn Army veteran suspected of setting off a pipe bomb in Blacksburg now faces a federal criminal complaint. The complaint filed last week alleges Derick Gregory Wilson illegally possessed an explosive device. Wilson was arrested August 1 after a pipe...Tags: Explosions, Crime, Law and Justice, Blacksburg, Emergency Incidents, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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AP Source: Suspect in Colo. shootings had 4 guns
The suspect in the deadly shootings in Colorado had an assault rifle, a shotgun and two pistols. A federal law enforcement official says the suspect, identified by other federal law enforcement officials as James Holmes, also used a gas canister in the...
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Stuarts Draft man sentenced for parkway shootings
A Stuarts Draft man who pleaded guilty to killing a man and wounding a woman at a scenic overlook will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Ralph Leon Jackson, 57, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 35 years.
Here is the full news...Tags: Augusta County, Prisons, Lawyers, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Tourism and Leisure
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Government dysfunction decried by Obama partly due to US founders and political polarization
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Thomas Edward Perez
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Prosecutor retaliated against Fast and Furious whistle-blower
WASHINGTON — The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle-blower in the Fast and Furious gun-smuggling scandal by leaking an internal report that suggested the whistle-blower once favored allowing illegal gun...Tags: Janet Napolitano, U.S. Department of Justice, Government, Fox News Channel (tv network), Firearms
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Chemical-safety watchdog criticizes probe of Texas blast
Reuters(Reuters) - Officials with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board say they may never know what caused last month's deadly fertilizer-plant explosion in Texas because of interference by federal and Texas agencies, according to a letter sent Tuesday by the head...Tags: Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Health and Safety at Work
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Reputed Montebello gang members linked to six murders, police say
Seven reputed Montebello-area gang members have been arrested for their alleged involvement in at least half a dozen murders stemming from ongoing rivalries over drugs and turf, authorities said Wednesday. The arrests by Montebello police and agents...
Tags: Shootings, Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Gang Activity, Drug Trafficking
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Waynesville couple indicted for meth conspiracy; officers say they seized $414,000 as drug proceeds
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Waynesville, Mo., couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in a nearly $414,000 conspiracy to distribute...Tags: Justice System, Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Trials
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Cause of Texas fertilizer plant fire may never be known
A malfunctioning golf cart, a faulty electrical system or even arson could have led to the fire that triggered the deadly explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, but federal and state officials said Thursday that their $1-million investigation had...Tags: Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Chemical Industry
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Tea party tax filings show low-budget activism, with some million-dollar exceptions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to...Tags: Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, The Associated Press, Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service
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