Counterfeit Bills Seen in Local Scam
Police investigate a group of counterfeit twenty dollar bills all bearing the same serial number BG126811130. Halvorson urges the public not to accept suspicious cash even as change and to report the giver if encountered. No suspects named. FBI may take over the case, with police stressing citizen protection and alertness.
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Halvorson
FBI
New York Rings In 2002 With Solemn Times Square Celebration
New Year’s Eve in Times Square drew thousands as police fortified the area with 7000 officers, detectors, and restricted airspace. The ball honoring 9/11 victims lit up as Mayor Giuliani’s term ended and Michael Bloomberg prepared to take office. Cesar Alvarez kept warm in a flag-wrapped chair amid the crowd.
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Times Square
New York
World Trade Center
Ernesto Becerrio
Boston
Port Authority of New York
New Jersey
Nation
Rudolph Giuliani
Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Cesar Alvarez
FDA targets look alike drug names to prevent mix ups
The FDA expands labeling changes for Lamictal and Lamisil to reduce look alike errors. New packaging will use mixed case and color emphasis on names, and a premarket name-confusion test will screen potential risks with 120 health workers.
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FDA
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Michael Cohen
Institute For Safe Medication Practices
U.S
Sarafem
Unauthorized credit card charges tied to lost card
A Roswell woman reported $2,098 in charges on a lost or stolen credit card appearing on her January 2002 bill. She suspects the card was stolen during an argument with a known subject and police have addresses and a vehicle description for the suspect.
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Roswell
Bimbo Bakeries
S. Grand St
Fort Worth
Kentucky Avenue
Birth of seventh child celebrated as Road Warrior named by nurses
Perez described the birth of her seventh child, Esther, at 11:17 a.m. the baby measuring 8.5 inches long and weighing 6 pounds. Nurses nicknamed the newborn Road Warrior and Perez thanked the deputy who supported them as medical staff arrived and transported mother and baby to the hospital.
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Perez
Esther
Perham
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