A medical marijuana law in the state of Montana is being used for large-scale drug trafficking, federal prosecutors said, days after the U.S. government raided facilities across the state. The raids on Monday capped an 18-month investigation of marijuana trafficking statewide, the U.S. Attorney for Montana, Michael Cotter, said in a statement.
Posts Tagged ‘U.S.’
Basic Afghan Mission Turns Deadly for U.S. Soldiers
Posted: 30th October 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: Afghan, Al-Qaida, attack, military, soldier, Taliban, U.S.
The mission was simple. Some 20 U.S. soldiers were to patrol a riverbed in the dead of night, camp until morning, and provide backup to Afghan troops and their Canadian mentors in a clearing operation in Chahar Bagh village, an insurgent hotbed on the outskirts of Kandahar City.
The U.S. Dollar’s Long Downfall Ahead
Posted: 13th October 2009 by Veritas in Economy | FinanceTags: dollar, Economy // Finance, markets, U.S.
Even putting aside the spectacular but hard-to-measure risks of a financing crisis or the loss of its special status, the dollar faces really serious headwinds from boring old fundamentals.
U.S. Image Abroad Surges Under Obama
Posted: 24th July 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: America, Bush, France, Germany, image, Israel, Muslims, Obama, poll, popularity, U.S., United States
North Korea ‘has no friends left’
Posted: 23rd July 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: denuclearisation, friends, Hillary Clinton, international efforts, North Korea, nuclear programme, peace, regime, Secretary of State, U.S.
North Korea has no friends to protect it from international efforts to end its nuclear programme, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. At an Asian regional forum in Thailand she said there was widespread agreement that North Korea could not be allowed to maintain nuclear weapons. North Korea’s envoy at the meeting said [...]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to “Bring Down Arrogant Global Powers”
Posted: 16th July 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: ahmadinejad, election, government, Iran, islam, nuclear, president, Tehran, U.S., weapon
TEHRAN – Newly re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his next government “would bring down the global arrogance,” signaling a tougher approach by Tehran toward the West after last month’s disputed election.
More States Consider Gambling for Revenue
Posted: 15th July 2009 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, LifestyleTags: Economy // Finance, gambling, las vegas, states, U.S.
NEW YORK – Staring at the video lottery terminal at New York’s Yonkers Raceway, Diane sighed as $300 was reduced to $20 in less than a minute. “I don’t want my son to know; that’s all the money I had,” she said.
Obama Picks Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General
Posted: 13th July 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: alabama, america's doctor, country doctor, healthcare, Obama, regina benjamin, surgeon general, U.S.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama nominated an Alabama country doctor who has three times resurrected her clinic in a fishing village after disasters to be U.S. surgeon general on Monday and help him advocate for healthcare reform. Dr. Regina Benjamin promised to advocate for Obama’s healthcare agenda as “America’s doctor” if she gets the job [...]
What In The World Are We Going To Do With All These Chicken Feet
Posted: 10th July 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: beijing, chicken, China, export, FDA, feet, food and drug adminisration, import, paws, U.S.
CHICAGO – China and the United States are kicking up a trade war over chicken in which Beijing effectively has given the boot to millions of dollars worth of U.S. chicken, about half of which is chicken feet. This action comes as Congress begins deliberating the 2010 federal budget for agriculture, which could extend a [...]
Obama Warns Iran to Comply or Get Delt With
Posted: 10th July 2009 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: ahmadinejad, Bush, election, g8, Iran, Italy, mousavi, Obama, protests, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran, U.S.
L’AQUILA, Italy – U.S. President Barack Obama warned Iran on Friday the world will not wait indefinitely for it to end its nuclear defiance, saying Tehran had until September to comply or else face consequences. Obama, speaking at the end of a G8 summit in Italy, said leaders had sent a message condemning the “appalling” [...]
Treasury Dept. & Banks Skim $10 Million from Taxpayers
Posted: 10th July 2009 by Veritas in Crime, Economy | FinanceTags: bailout, banks, billion, congressional oversight panel, government, market value, million, stock, taxpayer, treasury, U.S., warrents
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department allowed 11 smaller banks to repurchase stock warrants at only 66 percent of their market value, passing up about $10 million of taxpayer profits from government bailouts, a U.S. watchdog panel said on Friday. In a new monthly report, the Congressional Oversight Panel said the government could lose $2.7 [...]