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                <title>Australian Federal Police Assist FBI in David Parker Ray Missing Person Case </title>
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                <description>The FBI is seeking the Australian public’s help in identifying a potential victim in a United States unsolved missing person case.</description>
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                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                
                
                    <category>Wanted by the FBI</category>
                

                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>Scam Asks Victims to Evaluate Wire Transfer Services</title>
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                <description>In its monthly scam alert, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is warning the public to be aware of a scam targeting job-seekers. Victims are hired to perform a transaction at a wire transfer company and then complete a survey about the service they received.</description>
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                    <category>White-Collar Crime</category>
                

                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>‘Underwear Bomber’ Sentenced to Life for Attempted Christmas Day Attack</title>
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                <description>Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber,” was sentenced to life in prison as a result of his guilty plea to all eight counts of a federal indictment charging him for his role in the attempted Christmas Day 2009 bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253.</description>
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                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                
                
                    <category>Counterterrorism</category>
                
                
                    <category>Terrorism</category>
                

                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:30:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>FBI Seeking Thieves in Jewelry Store Heist</title>
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                <description>The FBI is looking for four suspects who allegedly stole the largest mined ruby in the world, which is sculpted into an image of the Liberty Bell.</description>
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                    <category>Major Thefts/Violent Crime</category>
                
                
                    <category>Wanted by the FBI</category>
                

                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>Director Mueller Strengthens Partnerships in Latvia and Estonia</title>
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                <description>Earlier this week, Director Robert Mueller visited Latvia and Estonia in Northern Europe to strengthen the FBI’s partnerships with those countries, both of which host one of our many legal attaché offices overseas. </description>
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                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                
                
                    <category>Director/FBI Leadership</category>
                
                
                    <category>International</category>
                
                
                    <category>Partnerships</category>
                

                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>Record $4.1 Billion Recovered Through Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement</title>
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                <description>A new report was released today showing the government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered a record-breaking nearly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars from individual and companies during fiscal year 2011.</description>
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                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                
                
                    <category>Fraud</category>
                
                
                    <category>Health Care Fraud</category>
                

                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:45:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>FBI Seeking North Carolina Girl Who Disappeared 12 Years Ago</title>
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                <description>Asha Jaquilla Degree has been missing from her home in Shelby, North Carolina, since February 14, 2000. More than a year after her disappearance, Asha’s book bag was discovered buried along North Carolina 18 in Burke County.</description>
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                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                
                
                    <category>Wanted by the FBI</category>
                

                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>Reward Offered in North Carolina Armed Robbery Shooting</title>
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                <description>The first in a series of video podcasts on wanted fugitives features an unknown male suspect sought for his alleged involvement in the robbery of an armored car and the shooting of a Loomis employee outside an ATM in Charlotte on January 23. </description>
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                    <category>Bank Robbery</category>
                
                
                    <category>Charlotte Top Stories</category>
                
                
                    <category>Field Cases</category>
                
                
                    <category>Field Office</category>
                
                
                    <category>Wanted by the FBI</category>
                

                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>Background Investigation of Steve Jobs Released</title>
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                <description>The 191-page document, released under the Freedom of Information Act, consists of the FBI’s 1991 background investigation of Steve Jobs for an appointed position on the U.S. President’s Export Council.</description>
                <author>fbi</author>

                
                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                

                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>76-Year-Old Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Possession of Child Pornography  </title>
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                <description>Donald Tosti was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution for possessing child pornography.

Tosti was convicted on Sept. 14, 2011, on two charges of possessing child pornography. During the trial, evidence showed that Tosti was found to possess child pornography after taking his computer to CompUSA for repair. </description>
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                    <category>Child Pornography</category>
                
                
                    <category>Crimes Against Children</category>
                

                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>FBI Launches Billboard Campaign for Fugitive Couple</title>
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                <description>The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Rick Devan Hendrix, age 56, and Sarah Candace Deswert-Hendrix, age 30, who are wanted in connection with an alleged Internet fraud scheme. </description>
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                    <category>Field Cases</category>
                
                
                    <category>Public/Community Outreach</category>
                

                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>Two Japanese Companies, Four Execs Guilty in Automobile Parts Bid-Rigging and Price-Fixing Conspiracies</title>
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                <description>Two Japanese suppliers of automotive electrical components have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $548 million in criminal fines for their role in multiple price-fixing and bid-rigging conspiracies in the sale of parts to car makers in the United States. Four executives, all Japanese nationals, also agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time in this country.</description>
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                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                

                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>California Fugitive Returned to U.S. After Capture in Belize</title>
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                <description>A fugitive wanted for a June 2010 homicide in the city of Palmdale was returned to the U.S. yesterday following her capture in Belize. Larene Eleanor Austin, 29, allegedly murdered Lanell Barsock in 2010 and attempted to frame the victim’s boyfriend for the murder.</description>
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                    <category>Major Thefts/Violent Crime</category>
                

                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>FBI Offers Reward in North Carolina Armored Car Robbery</title>
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                <description>The FBI Charlotte Division is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the identification and successful prosecution of the person responsible for robbing an armored car and shooting a Loomis employee outside an ATM in Charlotte, N.C., on January 23.</description>
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                    <category>Bank Crime</category>
                
                
                    <category>Bank Robbery</category>
                
                
                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                
                
                    <category>Major Thefts/Violent Crime Stories</category>
                
                
                    <category>Wanted by the FBI</category>
                

                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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                <title>Four Police Officers Charged with Civil Rights Offenses </title>
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                <description>A federal grand jury in Bridgeport indicted four East Haven Police officers on charges of conspiring to violate, and violating, the civil rights of members of the East Haven community. </description>
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                    <category>Breaking News</category>
                
                
                    <category>Civil Rights</category>
                

                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

                
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