Identity theft ring nets 111 charged in New York
A multi state identity theft ring involving 111 arrests targeted residents and tourists in New York. Queens gangs ran five criminal enterprises with hundreds of charges, linked to banks and restaurants, stretching to China Europe and the Middle East. Authorities called it the largest fraud case seen by Queens DA Richard Brown.
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New York
China
Europe
Middle East
Queens
Richard Brown
Raymond Kelly
Three African women win Nobel Peace Prize in 2011
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen win the Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent struggle to advance women's rights and democracy. Sirleaf faces a re election vote while praised for ending Liberia's civil conflict.
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Africa
Middle East
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Leymah Gbowee
Tawakul Karman
Thorbjorn Jagland
Nobel Committee
Oslo
Norway
Gbowee
Karman
Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia
Elva Richardson
The
Economist
Newsweek
Charles Taylor
Samuel Doe
Evacuation in Tiskilwa After Ethanol Train Derailment
A freight train carrying ethanol derailed in Tiskilwa Illinois causing a precautionary evacuation of hundreds. Flames shot high into the predawn sky as seven to nine cars burned with no injuries reported. Local residents helped neighbors and evacuees were moved to a nearby high school while investigators examined the scene.
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Tiskilwa
Ill
Cynnandra Luttrell
Illinois
Steve Haywood
Ottawa Fire Department
Archer Daniels Midland Co
Dylan Carlson
Chicago
Les Grant
Bureau County Emergency Management
Grant
Mick Burkart
Iowa Interstate Railroad
Burkart
Archer Daniels Midland
Jessie McKinney
ADM
National Transportation Safety Board
California to crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries
U S prosecutors announce an aggressive enforcement drive targeting California dispensaries and licensed growers amid federal memo warnings. Officials, led by U S Attorney Melinda Haag and Benjamin Wagner, focus on shops near schools and other youth areas, plus large commercial operations, while denying intent to punish patients who grow for personal medical use.
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Calif
U.S
California
Obama
U.S. Department of Justice
Little League Fields
Benjamin Wager
Wagner
Haag
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Libya
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Renewable Fuels Association
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