Probe Past

• Police Probe Gunman's Past ; People Who Know Herbert Jones Are Surprised by His Statements That He Planned to Kill People.

The man arrested Monday as he loaded a high-powered rifle in an alley between First Parish Church and Portland High School is scheduled to make his initial appearance in Cumberland County Superior Court today. Prosecutors are likely to drop one of the charges against Herbert Jones, 46, who it turns out is not a convicted felon, as police initially believed. However, police are working with federal authorities to determine whether Jones was honest about his mental health history on the forms he submitted when he purchased two rifles and a shotgun from L.L. Bean a week ago.

• Portland Press Herald
• May 20, 2009

• Canada to Probe Schools' Past Abuse of Natives

TORONTO - A truth and reconciliation commission is examining a decadeslong government policy that required Canadian Indians to attend schools where students were forced to lose their cultural identity and routinely were subjected to abuse. The commission's five-year mandate began Sunday and its work starts today. Members will eventually travel across Canada to hear stories from former students, teachers and others. The goal is to give survivors a forum to tell their stories and educate Canadians about a grim period in the country's history.

• Charleston Gazette
• June 03, 2008

• Federal Security Found Lacking: ; in Probe, Investigators Took Bomb-Making Materials Past Guards at Government Buildings

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators had no trouble smuggling bomb- making materials past ill-trained and poorly supervised guards at federal buildings, senators were told at a hearing Wednesday. This is the broadest indictment of a federal agency I have ever heard," Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said at a Homeland Security Committee hearing on the performance of the Federal Protective Service, the office responsible for the safety of some 9,000 federal facilities. "This is really serious stuff.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• July 09, 2009

• Nasa and Gemini Probe Mysterious Explosion in the Distant Past

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Robert Naeye or Rob Gutro of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; AAS Press Room, +1-512-404-4604, or +1-301- 286-4044

• U.S. Newswire
• January 08, 2008

• Past Execs Charged in Foodservice Probe

NEW YORK -- Federal authorities announced criminal fraud charges Tuesday against four former executives accused of cooking the books at a U.S. subsidiary of supermarket giant Royal Ahold NV. The former executives of U.S. Foodservice Inc., including its former chief financial officer, conspired to inflate earnings by reporting $800 million in fake rebates from suppliers, prosecutors said.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• July 28, 2004

• It's Going to Make a Difference That 'Downeast Is Red' ; a Conservative Weekly Takes a Fond Look at What Happened Last Nov. 2 This Side of the Piscataqua.

When national magazines write major articles about Maine, they most often depict those parts of our state and its culture that appeal to tourists. Very few publications have bothered to probe deeply into our politics - probably for the excellent reason, at least for the past few decades, there wasn't much depth to probe.

• Portland Press Herald
• February 04, 2011

• Hearing to Probe Pace of Project ; Firehouse Long Past Deadline

A D.C. Council member has scheduled a hearing to determine why the city's renovation of a historic firehouse in Northwest remains incomplete more than four years after the project began. I'm fed up with how many delays there have been," said council member Phil Mendelson, an at-large Democrat and chairman of the council's Committee on the Judiciary, which has oversight of the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.

• The Washington Times
• August 14, 2006

• Drug Fraud Probe Nets 5 in Teaneck ; Cops Say $1m Scam Sold Samples, Past-Date Pills

A cramped, nondescript drugstore in Teaneck served as a front for a large-scale pharmaceutical scam that made the owner and a group of alleged associates nearly $1 million in the past several years, authorities said Monday. Investigators have arrested five people, including the owner of Alvin's Pharmacy on Cedar Lane and a Teaneck firefighter, for their alleged roles in a lucrative operation that repackaged and peddled expired prescription drugs and "not for resale" samples.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• April 24, 2007

• In the Murk, Relics of the Past ; Divers Probe River Bottom for Evidence of Shipwrecks

Beneath the dark, murky waters of the Pasquotank River, Julep Gillman-Bryan's gloved hand emerged. After several minutes blindly feeling her way along what is thought to be the submerged wreckage of the "Steamer Annie," she raised her hand above her head to search for the underside of one of the two boats waiting for her return.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• August 27, 2004

• Robo-Dialer Harassment: ; Feds to Probe Warranty Scam; Better Business Bureau has Received 4,000 Complaints Over the Past Two Years

File a complaint Go to www.ftc.gov Look for Hot Topics on the right side of the Web page Click on Auto Warranty Calls? File a Do Not Call Complaint WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are close to filing lawsuits against companies behind a national wave of spam "robo-calls" that warn people their auto warranties are about to expire and offer new service plans, two senators said.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• May 13, 2009