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Officials: Cigarette smuggling ring busted
NewsdayA $10,000 investment nearly 20 years ago by convicted terrorist Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman in a Brooklyn baby food business led to the takedown of a $55 million cigarette smuggling operation while raising suspicions of links to international terrorists,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Brooklyn (New York City), Raymond W. Kelly, Organized Crime, Food Industry
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EDITORIAL: Tobacco companies win again in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.Tobacco companies won a big victory against smoker plaintiffs in Kanawha Circuit Wednesday -- essentially by arguing, as the defense lawyer did, that cigarettes "are a naturally dangerous product and can't be made safe, and that everyone has known they...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Key Witness Talks Of $5,000 In Refrigerator And Texts About Killing Smoke-Shop Bill
The Hartford CourantHarry Raymond Soucy, the key witness in the federal trial of Robert Braddock, gave explosive testimony Wednesday, claiming that he put $5,000 in a Republican legislative leader's refrigerator last year — and was featured in audiotapes and text...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Witnesses, Police Investigations, Bribery, Dannel P. Malloy
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FDA's tobacco head plans to move quickly on industry issues
Richmond Times-DispatchThe new head of the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco agency pledged "efficient, effective and fair" regulation of tobacco products Thursday. "You all make a lawful product," Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center For Tobacco Products, told...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Electronics, Philip Morris USA, Reynolds American Incorporated, Altria Group, Inc.
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Altria CEO says company delivered strong results in 2012
Richmond Times-DispatchAltria Group Inc.'s top executive told shareholders Thursday that the company expects to post better results this year after a good year in 2012. "Altria delivered strong results and returns for our shareholders in 2012," despite a "continuing...Tags: Corporate Officers, Trials, Philip Morris USA, Job Layoffs, Altria Group, Inc.
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FDA's top tobacco regulator pledges 'fair' enforcement of products
Richmond Times-DispatchThe new chief of the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco regulation agency pledged "efficient, effective and fair" regulation of tobacco products this morning. "You all make a lawful product," Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco...Tags: Food and Drug Administration
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Authorities probe money trail in alleged Va.-NY cigarette smuggling ring; 2 are held in Md.
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups, authorities said Thursday. The traffickers lived modestly...Tags: Immigration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Festivals, Brooklyn (New York City), Raymond W. Kelly
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LePage: I don't support higher tobacco taxes
Portland Press Herald, MaineGov. Paul LePage wants everyone to know that he is not in favor of raising taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products. LePage issued a statement Wednesday night after his office said he was swamped with phone calls from people angry about an "outdated...Tags: Government, Regional Authority, John E. Baldacci, Politics, Paul LePage
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Tobacco liability trial goes to jury
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An attorney representing hundreds of West Virginia smokers told jurors Tuesday that tobacco companies could have made cigarettes safer but didn't. However, Jeff Furr, the lead defense attorney representing tobacco companies, said...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice
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Unsealed case reveals more tobacco charges
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloA July 8 trial date is set for a contraband tobacco case sealed in federal court more than a year. Under indictment are David Brian Cooper, 47, George Bertram, 53, both of Jamestown, Ky., and Tantus Tobacco Co of Russell Springs, Ky. They are...Tags: Prisons, Justice System, Trials, Punishment, Fines
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Va. car salesman-turned-entrepreneur caught in political drama with governor, state AG
AP Business WriterRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Jonnie R. Williams believed he had discovered a way to make tobacco less harmful, the Virginia car salesman-turned-entrepreneur tried to sell his method to anyone who would listen. Persistent phone calls to the nation's...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Abbott Laboratories, Reynolds American Incorporated, Star Scientific Incorporated, Biotechnology
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EDITORIAL: Boos for booze
Philadelphia Daily NewsWHEN it comes to Philadelphia's public schools, Mayor Nutter has been loud and clear about the need for additional local money for the cash-starved district. When it comes to how that can be accomplished, the mayor has less to say. Last week, he let...Tags: Rental Service
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