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Portland businessman pleads guilty in IRS sting
2013-11-06 21:39:58| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A Portland businessman accused of laundering gang drug money through car dealerships in Vancouver pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.
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Sting exposes 'wild west' of open-access publishing
2013-10-03 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: An investigation by the journal Science reports today the first global snapshot of the poor quality of peer review in open access journals, many of them based in developing countries, most notably India, calling it an "emerging Wild West in academic publishing". Science reporter John Bohannon submitted versions of the same flawed paper by made up scientists to 304 journals around the world between January and August. He found that "more than half of the journals accepted the paper, failing to notice...
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Fake reviewers snared in NY Attorney General yogurt sting
2013-09-24 06:47:19| Apparel - Topix.net
Nineteen companies caught writing fake reviews on websites such as Yelp, Google Local and CitySearch have been snared in a year-long sting operation by the New York Attorney General, and will pay $350,000 in penalties.
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Rising onion prices sting India
2013-08-23 01:02:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Why the humble onion has India in tears
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Criminal Practice a " No Due Process Claim from Contraband Cigarette Sting
2013-06-14 15:10:21| Railroads - Topix.net
U.S. v. Hasan The sale of untaxed cigarettes by government agents during a two-year investigation of trafficking in contraband cigarettes was not so "outrageous" and "shocking" as to violate defendant's right to due process, and the 4th Circuit affirms his convictions under 18 U.S.C. A 371 and A 2342 .
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