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HHS Grants To Expand Healthcare Access

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Sixty-seven community centers will share $28.8 million to help build health service delivery sites, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said Tuesday. The health service delivery sites are expected to serve an additional 286,000 patients, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a release. The funds were made available through […]

Four Fla. Men Charged In Home Loan Scam

BOSTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Four Florida residents were arrested Tuesday on charges they defrauded homeowners nationwide in a home loan modification scam, the U.S. Justice Department said. An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Boston, where some of the alleged victims lived, charged Christopher S. Godfrey of Delray Beach, Dennis Fischer of Highland […]

Police Retrieve Ring From Stomach

CICERO, Ill., Aug. 9 (UPI) — A home repairman working in Cicero, Ill., stole a diamond ring, then swallowed it to keep its owner from getting it back, law enforcement officials said. Wilfredo Gonzalez, 30, of Chicago has been charged with felony theft. The Chicago Tribune reported Gonzalez was doing remodeling work in the alleged […]

632,000 Pot Plants Seized In California

UKIAH, Calif., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Law enforcement officers who spent three weeks combing California’s Mendocino National Forest collected a pile of 632,000 marijuana plants, officials say. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and state Department of Justice said officers also seized about 2,000 pounds of processed marijuana, $38,000 in cash and 20 vehicles. A total […]

Witness At Alleged Gangster's Trial Killed

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Florida police are investigating the shooting death of a man scheduled to testify in a case against an alleged gang leader, The Palm Beach Post reported. The Post, citing unidentified sources, reported the body of Eguel Geffrard, 25, was discovered about 7 a.m. the parking lot of […]

Witness At Alleged Gangster’s Trial Killed

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Florida police are investigating the shooting death of a man scheduled to testify in a case against an alleged gang leader, The Palm Beach Post reported. The Post, citing unidentified sources, reported the body of Eguel Geffrard, 25, was discovered about 7 a.m. the parking lot of […]

Salgado Says Spain Is On Target

MADRID, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado said Spain would hit its financial goals this year without an international bailout. “Spain’s fundamentals show we are very far from requiring a bailout,” Salgado said during a radio interview, The New York Times reported Tuesday. With help from the European Central Bank, yields on […]

Crowd Turns Rowdy At Boehner's Ohio Office

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Staff members at the Ohio office of Speaker of the House John Boehner say they locked the office doors when a protest by union groups and others got rowdy. About 125 protesters showed up at the Republican congressman’s West Chester office Tuesday and wanted to send two protesters […]

Crowd Turns Rowdy At Boehner’s Ohio Office

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Staff members at the Ohio office of Speaker of the House John Boehner say they locked the office doors when a protest by union groups and others got rowdy. About 125 protesters showed up at the Republican congressman’s West Chester office Tuesday and wanted to send two protesters […]

Pew Report Details Religious Restrictions

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — More than two-thirds of the world’s population lives in countries where restrictions on religious beliefs and practices have increased, a U.S. report says. The report. released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, found more than 2.2 billion people live in countries where government restrictions […]