FBI arrests illegal immigrants in NM driver’s license case The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A criminal complaint was filed against a Brazilian man and a Kazakhstan woman after federal agents arrested 10 illegal immigrants in an investigation into an alleged smuggling operation involving fake documents to obtain New Mexico driver’s licenses. For the entire [...]

Manhattan Beach News Accountant steals $200,000 from her own place of worship By Julie Sharp Over about three years, Traci Anderson embezzled around $200,000 from a Manhattan Beach church that was her place of worship and employer. Anderson, 37, of Manhattan Beach, pleaded no contest in Torrance Superior Court June 9 to one embezzlement charge [...]

Protest of Air Force tanker contract award to Northrop upheld A federal audit agrees with Boeing’s challenge to the $35-billion contract for aerial refueling planes and says the Pentagon should reopen bidding. By Peter Pae and Aamer Madhani Special to The Times June 19, 2008 Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday that it was [...]

270 Illegal Immigrants Sent to Prison in Federal Push By JULIA PRESTON WATERLOO, Iowa — In temporary courtrooms at a fairgrounds here, 270 illegal immigrants were sentenced this week to five months in prison for working at a meatpacking plant with false documents. The prosecutions, which ended Friday, signal a sharp escalation in the Bush [...]