All of those 33 Chilean miners have been brought to safety on the surface in a rescue effort that took nearly a full day. The foreman of the group was the last to make the trip up through 2,000 feet of rock in a rescue capsule. The group whose ordeal captured the world’s attention becomes the longest survivors of a mine collapse, having spent 69 days underground. Source Link
When you think of gang activity, you probably think of illegal drugs, vice and gambling, but how about health care fraud? The government says it has broken up the largest criminal fraud in America’s history by arresting dozens of members of an Armenian gang working in five states who used phantom health clinics and other schemes to defraud Medicare of $163 million. Source Link
Times of economic distress usually bring a jump in crime, but the opposite has happened now. The FBI says it’s crime survey of U.S. residents for 2009 shows the lowest levels of violent and property crimes since such record keeping began 37 years ago. The numbers from the survey correspond to a drop in crimes as reported by police agencies nationwide. Source Link
When you think of gang activity, you probably think of illegal drugs, vice and gambling, but how about health care fraud? The government says it has broken up the largest criminal fraud in America’s history by arresting dozens of members of an Armenian gang working in five states who used phantom health clinics and other schemes to defraud Medicare of $163 million. Source Link
Times of economic distress usually bring a jump in crime, but the opposite has happened now. The FBI says it’s crime survey of U.S. residents for 2009 shows the lowest levels of violent and property crimes since such record keeping began 37 years ago. The numbers from the survey correspond to a drop in crimes as reported by police agencies nationwide. Source Link
