Attorney General Eric Holder signaled Thursday that the Justice Department will work more closely with state and federal prosecutors to crack down on financial fraud, in response to the recent increase in white-collar crime convictions. To prevent future Madoff-like crimes, Holder said that the Justice Department must work with local and federal officials and consider instituting a task force to investigate fraud and other white-collar crime. (Wall Street Journal) Activists protest outside AIGWorkers' rights, anti-war groups demand jobs in Wall Street march.
Ex-Blackwater Mercenaries May Return to Iraq Jobs Late last month Blackwater Worldwide lost its billion-dollar contract to protect American diplomats here, but by next month many if not most of its private security guards will be back on the job in Iraq. The same individuals will just be wearing new uniforms, working for Triple Canopy, the firm that won the State Department’s contract after Iraqi officials refused to renew Blackwater’s operating license, according to American diplomats, private security industry officials and Iraqi officials.
Chavez offers to shelter Gitmo inmates President Hugo Chavez has expressed Venezuela's readiness to accept prisoners held at the Guantanamo bay detention center in Cuba. The Venezuelan leader said on Wednesday that Caracas "would have no problems in receiving" the detainees -- whom the US calls terror suspects -- from the notorious US prison.
Admiral says war veterans will suffer for years Homelessness, family strains and psychological problems among returning veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will persist in the U.S. for generations to come, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday. "This is not a 10-year problem. It is a 50- or 60- or 70-year problem," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a lunchtime audience at the Hudson Union Society, a group that promotes nonpartisan debate.
Binghamton Bloodbath: 14 Dead in Citizenship Massacre A shooter armed with two handguns trapped dozens of people then opened fire in a civic center in Binghamton, New York, Friday morning, killing 13 victims who had gathered for a class to become American citizens, authorities said... Sources said Jiverly Voong is an alias that the suspect has used in the past. Cops searched his home Friday evening and carried out evidence that included three computer hard drives, a brown canvas rifle case, a briefcase, a small suitcase and several paper bags. "Among the dead is a male victim who has a satchel around his neck that has ammunition," said Binghamton Police Chief Joe Zikuski.
Fannie, Freddie worker bonuses total $210M --Fannie plans to pay four top executives at least $1 million each in bonus payments that run through February. Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to pay more than $210 million in bonuses through next year. The bonuses for more than 7,600 employees were disclosed in a letter from the companies' regulator released Friday by Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. The companies paid out nearly $51 million last year, are scheduled to make $146 million in payments this year and $13 million in 2010.
Levi Johnston not only says he practiced safe sex "most of the time" when they were together, he also reveals to Tyra Banks that he believes Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin knew he and Bristol were having sex when they lived under her roof. "I'm pretty sure she probably knew. Moms are pretty smart," Johnston, 18, says in an interview set to air April 6.
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