New Yorker: In 1991, the Colombo crime family in Brooklyn went to war with itself: a rebel faction tried to seize control of the family from its boss, Carmine Persico, who was serving life in jail...

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CNN: Christine Levinson`s husband, ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, vanished while on a business trip to Iran. Five months later, she`s going there to try to bring him back.

CBS: See the bureau`s highs and lows in this interactive portrait of the crime-fighting agency.

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Albert Lawrence Vaughan, of Loveland, Colorado, was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for the armed robbery of a bank in Salina, Kansas.

Patrick Woods, a former member of the Board of Directors for the National Center for the Employment of the Disabled, pled guilty to embezzlement in connection with a large-scale corruption investigation in El Paso, Texas.

Pawn shop owner Louis Leitch, Sr., of Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and attempting to evade taxes in connection with his participation in a scheme to launder $20 million in proceeds of stolen merchandise.

Dwayne Wells, of Potomac, Maryland, was charged with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1.6 million from a mechanical engineering firm in which he was a part owner. Wells allegedly used some of the stolen funds to buy an interest in a restaurant and the Baltimore Mariners indoor football team.

Rickey Phillips, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his role in crimes that targeted members of the Asian community in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

A financial fraud tale of phony death certificates, staged funerals, and coffins buried with no bodies.

The three-year probe of a pharmaceutical company included millions of documents and dozens of hours of electronic evidence.

From street-level players to major traffickers, we're attacking the problem from every angle to gain intelligence and disrupt the flow of drugs.

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Neurosurgeon Frank H. Boehm, Jr., of Utica, New York, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute prescription drugs.

Sissaye Gezachew, of Springfield, Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a massive bank fraud conspiracy. Gezachew, who worked as an assistant vice president-senior credit analyst at United Bank during the time frame of the scheme, assisted Osama El-Atari, of Ashburn, Virginia, in defrauding the bank of more than $17 million from 2007 to 2009.

Pawn shop owner Louis Leitch, Sr., of Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and attempting to evade taxes in connection with his participation in a scheme to launder $20 million in proceeds of stolen merchandise.

Read about our Top Ten news stories of the week, including charges against the leader of the Pakistani Taliban for his role in the murders of seven American citizens in Afghanistan; the indictment of a Chinese national for his alleged economic espionage against the agricultural company where he was employed; and the charging of six people in a human trafficking scheme that exploited 400 Thai farm workers.

A dismissal of an indictment involving the Gambino crime family was sought because a witness had been allowed to participate in an operation involving a 15-year-old.

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Shahed Hussain, who worked with the F.B.I. to build a case against four men accused of a terrorist plot, testified on Friday at their trial.

Lawyers for four Newburgh, N.Y., men on trial on terrorism charges seized on the information in F.B.I. e-mails to assert that their clients were duped.

An F.B.I. handler who worked with an undercover operative took the witness stand against four men from Newburgh, N.Y., charged with a terrorist conspiracy.

THE REPORT is chilling. Optimistically titled "U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Securing Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain," it paints a disturbing picture of a national security disaster waiting to happen. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or CERT, established in 2003 to coordinate national cyber-defense efforts, is an arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tasked with "analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating cyber incident response activities." But this vast responsibility has come with little and confusing authority.


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CONGRESS LONG ago demonstrated its disdain for the residents of the District of Columbia. So there's little hope that appeals about the rights or even the safety of its 600,000 residents will factor into consideration of the specious effort to rewrite the city's gun laws. What lawmakers might want to think twice about, however, are the homeland security implications of making the nation's capital wide open to guns. Surely currying favor with the gun lobby is not worth that risk, even if this is an election year.


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A major Department of Homeland Security information technology program is drawing interest from hundreds of companies as they ready for a draft solicitation later this month.


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BARCELONA -- Janet Napolitano stood near the water's edge, arms crossed, gazing up at a giant X-ray contraption.

All of my prior jobs have helped prepare me for this one. They are the kinds of jobs where you have to earn your calluses, and you have to keep moving forward. And I have earned my fair share of calluses.

The sergeant who supervised Bradley E. Manning, the Army private accused of leaking classified material to the online site WikiLeaks, was so concerned about the soldier's mental health that he disabled Manning's weapon late last year, the private's attorney said Wednesday.


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The U.S. government designated the Pakistani Taliban a terrorist group Wednesday and accused its leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, of involvement in a December suicide bombing that killed seven Americans at a forward CIA post in eastern Afghanistan.


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The Justice Department filed another lawsuit against immigration practices by Arizona authorities, saying Monday that a network of community colleges acted illegally in requiring noncitizens to provide their green cards before they could be hired for jobs.


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FBI Special Agent Stephen Gaudin "reached into his pocket and handed out butterscotch candy to everyone in the truck, including the detainee."



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In the federal government, there are inside people and outside people, those who work in the bowels of the bureaucracy and others who seek out the media glare.

A State Department contractor was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in the District, becoming the latest target of a series of investigations into unauthorized government leaks to news organizations under the Obama administration.

A long-standing battle between the FBI and the ATF over who controls investigations of bombings is a serious problem that has caused law enforcement delays and duplication of effort, according to a top Justice Department official who is trying to resolve the dispute.

Now it is official: The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash drive inserted into a U.S. military laptop on a post in the Middle East in 2008.

Three $100 million air base expansions in southern and northern Afghanistan illustrate Pentagon plans to continue building multimillion-dollar facilities in that country to support increased U.S. military operations well into the future.

From the early stages of Wednesday's hostage standoff in Silver Spring, tactical officers had positioned themselves to shoot James J. Lee. The big fear: Doing so would set off explosives attached to his body and kill his three hostages.


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A new District law aimed at curtailing violent crime among local gangs will be tested in D.C. Superior Court in the coming days, as a jury hears evidence in the 2008 shooting death of a man who prosecutors say was killed in Northeast Washington in retaliation by a rival gang.


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Police say James J. Lee had four makeshift explosive devices strapped to his body, and was wielding a gun when he entered Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring.


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The gunman who took hostages at Discovery Communications' headquarters in Silver Spring was apparently inspired by the author of a popular series about a telepathic ape who tries to save humankind from problems such as overpopulation, but the writer said Wednesday that he is baffled by James J. L...



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Longtime Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, one of the most powerful and popular figures in the General Assembly, was indicted Wednesday on charges that he took more than $245,000 in bribes to use his position and influence to do favors for a grocery chain.


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The best photos from the grand slam tennis tournament in New York.

Earthquake causes chaos in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes the New Zealand city of Christchurch, destroying hundreds of buildings.

Light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashes and bursts into flames shortly after take-off.

Former Uruguayan rugby players who survived more than two months of isolation in the Andes after their plane crashed about 40 years ago are to visit the trapped Chilean miners.

More than 100 demonstrations are planned across France to protest against the government's policy of deporting Roma people.

Police declare an overnight curfew in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a powerful earthquake causes considerable damage but no fatalities.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office has said.

Scientists from the US space agency Nasa advise the trapped Chilean miners to exercise and regulate their day and night sleep patterns.

Eggs and shoes are thrown at the former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he attends a book signing in Dublin.

The Taliban yesterday threatened to launch terror attacks in the US and Europe &#8220;very soon&#8221; according to news reports. The warning by Qari Hussain Mehsud, a senior leader and mentor of suicide bombers, came after a renewal of militant violence in the region this week. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/03/taliban-threatens-to-launch-terror-attack-in-us-and-europe/">Taliban Threatens to Launch Terror Attacks in US and Europe</a> </p>

Six U.S. soldiers and a Turk were quarantined in a Turkish hospital after a suspicious powder was found in a parcel at Istanbul&#8217;s main airport according to Fox news in new York. Laboratory experts are underway analyze the substance on suspicion that it might be anthrax. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/03/us-soldiers-quarantined-in-turkey-after-anthrax-scare/">US Soldiers Quarantined In Turkey After Anthrax Scare</a> </p>

American officers are manning a new post of duty at Paris&#8217; Charles de Gaulle Airport in an effort to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States. Officers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection&#8217;s Immigration Advisory Program began Thursday. In addition to the Paris airport,  U.S. officers are working [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/02/us-officers-posted-at-paris-airport-in-counter-terrorism-role/">US Officers Posted At Paris Airport In Counter Terrorism Role</a> </p>

Local law enforcement officials in Texas were put on alert after a Mexican military helicopter was spotted near Hidalgo County. Federal officials confirmed two Mexican military helicopter incursions took place but are asking the public not to be alarmed. Rio Grande Valley residents have reported at least four Mexican helicopter incursions since March in communities [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/02/report-of-2-mexican-helicopter-incursions-in-texas/">Report of 2 Mexican Helicopter Incursions In Texas</a> </p>

Miami International Airport has evacuated and closed four of its six concourses as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item in a US Customs area near international arrivals. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/02/four-miami-international-airport-concourses-evacuated/">Four Miami International Airport Concourses Evacuated</a> </p>

Border and immigration enhancements help drive Homeland Security's varied purchases.

Former National Science Foundation executive says technical issues and the enormity of the task make securing the Internet and networks 'the most difficult challenge' for researchers.

Officials aim to develop flexible, lethal model that taps best features of current fleet.

In Oval Office address marking end of the Iraq war, president says he will focus on jumpstarting the economy and reducing unemployment.

IG raps Army for lack of competition, weak oversight for war zone work.

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Interesting: Who are these certificate authorities? At the beginning of Web history, there were only a handful of companies, like Verisign, Equifax, and Thawte, that made near-monopoly profits from being the only providers trusted by Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. But over time, browsers have trusted more and more organizations to verify Web sites. Safari and Firefox now trust more...

Clever: Quantum cryptography is often touted as being perfectly secure. It is based on the principle that you cannot make measurements of a quantum system without disturbing it. So, in theory, it is impossible for an eavesdropper to intercept a quantum encryption key without disrupting it in a noticeable way, triggering alarm bells. Vadim Makarov at the Norwegian University of...

This is beyond stupid: The Pentagon is contemplating an aggressive approach to defending its computer systems that includes preemptive actions such as knocking out parts of an adversary's computer network overseas—but it is still wrestling with how to pursue the strategy legally. The department is developing a range of weapons capabilities, including tools that would allow "attack and exploitation of...

As part of NIST's SHA-3 selection process, people have been implementing the candidate hash functions on a variety of hardware and software platforms. Our team has implemented Skein in Intel's 32 nm ASIC process, and got some impressive performance results (presentation and paper). Several other groups have implemented Skein in FPGA and ASIC, and have seen significantly poorer performance. We...

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