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Salt River Project’s name and logo are being used in a mail-fraud scheme that could cost the victims thousands of dollars if they are caught by the trap, the company said Wednesday.
Someone is sending fake checks of $3,000 or more to people across the United States and even Canada, and in some cases the unknowing [...]

By Paul Alongi • STAFF WRITER• November 19, 2008
Greenville police are warning businesses to watch out for a Simpsonville woman who has been charged with exchanging bad checks for more than $8,800 in jewelry in less than a month.
Tina Bridwell Brannan, 36, faces 11 counts of obtaining a signature or property under false pretenses, according [...]

Mayor Adrian Fenty’s crackdown on used car dealerships continued Monday, with the mayor announcing that he had ordered 23 more lots shuttered in Northeast Washington.
Fenty says he wants to close 100 dealerships for a variety of offenses, ranging from environmental violations to building code problems.
The Fenty regime zeroed in last year on the dealers, most [...]

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Map of China locating Gansu province
BEIJING (AFP) — Security forces in northwest China used tear gas to quell two days of violent protests by thousands of people who used axes, chains and iron bars to attack police, witnesses and officials said on Wednesday.
At least 60 people, including police and officials, were injured during the riots, [...]

The District is closing 23 used-car dealerships and plans to terminate the licenses of 303 salespeople, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said yesterday. The dealerships, he said, were nothing more than glorified storage facilities that had nothing to do with selling cars.
Two weeks ago, the city closed three other lots.
Fenty (D), accompanied by Acting Attorney General [...]

” in which the Civilization 4 designer and Spore programmer expresses the feeling that “a few words should be said in defense of used games.”
At the outset, Johnson concedes that he agrees with the main argument against the used game trade: “the less money developers get from sales of their games, the harder it is [...]

Long before we dissected new Apple MacBooks or worried about whether or not a PC had that “Intel Inside” sticker on the case, there was this little ditty called the Busicom 141-PF printing calculator. The iconic piece of tech (the first thing to actually have “Intel inside”) turned 37 this week, and to commemorate the [...]

BOULDER ?There were plenty of fans at Folsom Field on Saturday who were just happy to see Zac Robinson play.
The Colorado native said he had 30-plus ticket requests, and he couldn抰 put a number on exactly how many friends and family members were in the stands for his Oklahoma State Cowboys?30-17 win over Colorado, but [...]

There is a question that needs to be asked for California Golden Bear fans: Is Kevin Riley being used correctly?
The answer is no! Here’s another question that has to be asked: Why is he starting over Nate Longshore?
The answer was because he had better mobility than Longshore, who is more of a pocket passer. So, [...]