Con artists fleece faith followers in major investment scams
A joint study by state securities regulators and the BBB finds con artists who cite religious backing swindled more than 450 million dollars from Americans in five years. The report details schemes across 15 states with tens of thousands of victims, including a former preacher jailed for defrauding 600 investors and a church treasurer who siphoned about 18 million dollars.
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John C. Baldwin
North American Securities Administrators Association
The
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Council of Better Business Bureaus
Repor
Alabama
Utah
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Missouri
Israel
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
New York
Oklahoma
North Carolina
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Texas
Fish meal a boon to dairy farmers
Washington report says fish meal boosts milk production by dairy cows. Studies at USDA Dairy Forage Center show cows given one pound daily of fish meal protein supplement produced about 1.4 extra quarts of milk and 4 percent more milk protein. Costs add about 11 cents daily, with gains offsetting the price. Marketing executives defend taste and consumption concerns as myths. Future studies will compare fish meal with other high protein feeds.
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Washington
America
Kelsey Short
Agriculture Department
Madison
Wis
Glen A. Broderick
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Broderick
Wisconsin
Upper Midwest
Short
Democrats Frustrated as Capital Gains Plan Moves
House Democrats narrow 80 vote majority face dissidents signaling a Bush backed capital gains tax cut fight. A plan led by Rep Ed Jenkins would cut top gains rate to 19.6 percent for two years then raise it, with indexing to curb inflation. Democrats split, Republicans unite to back the Bush proposal.
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House
Bush
Reagan
Congress
Thomas S. Foley
Dan Rostenkowski
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Ways and Means Committee
Michael S. Dukakis
Dukakis
Rostenkowski
Chicago
Ways and Means
Ed Jenkins
D-Ga
Readers react to man's dream interpretation column
Readers respond to a Dear Readers piece about a man walking naked on Wilshire Boulevard and dining in a restaurant. Responses, from across the country, offer varied psychoanalytic takes, moral judgments, and spiritual readings, ranging from caution to humor.
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Jesus
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Liprtm
Atlanta
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Chicago
A.T
Colorado Springs
S.L.P
Inherited Aneurysm Clarified and Family Risk
Dear reader notes that rare inherited conditions can raise aneurysm risk but most abdominal aneurysms arise from arteriosclerosis. Fusiform describes bulge shape. Marian’s syndrome mentioned as a possible hereditary factor. Advise informing your doctor and evaluating family history for reassurance.
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Marian
Donohue
R.M.M
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