A: There's a problem with my credit card. B: Tell me what the problem is. A: A charge came up on my bill that I didn't make. B: What was the charge for? A: The charge was for a $350 purse, but I did not buy it. B: Are you sure that you didn't make th...
The envelope had the words Internal Revenue Service printed on the outside. Oh no, Vaughn thought, this could be bad news. It was bad news. IRS had determined that Vaughn owed $963, plus $88 interest, from two years ago. They had disallowed a deducti...
The mayor of Sacrapinto, J.K. Choi, 35, was charged with hit-and-run driving last night by the town sheriff. A freshly killed calf was discovered lying in the middle of Arlington Drive at about 10:00 p.m. A witness, 20-year-old Emily Parker, said she...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged European nations to rebuild ties with Iraq during an unannounced visit to that country on Tuesday. Mr. Sarkozy's trip marks the first ever to Iraq by a French leader - and a turnaround in French-Iraqi ties sinc...
Lawyers for seven people charged with bombing state property are demanding charges be dropped against their clients. The seven are among 30 rights activists and opposition party members detained in recent weeks in what the opposition calls a crackdo...
The Last Charge Sergeant Davidson, the descendant of European immigrants, began to sweat as the roaring hot sun began to bear down on him. Sweat leaked out from the bumps of his spine and began to darken sections of his light gray Confederate Army u...
The U.S. Justice Department has charged five American security contractors with killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounding 20 others. The five men worked for the U.S. security company Blackwater Worldwide and are charged with manslaughter, atte...
U.S. prosecutors are charging eight foreigners and eight overseas businesses for helping to ship thousands of micro chips and other sensitive parts to Iran, in violation of U.S. trade bans. Officials say similar chips were found in improvised explos...
Georgia says dozens of Russian tanks rolled into a strategic city and seized a military base, violating an EU-mediated agreement to end a six-day conflict. Emma Stickgold reports for VOA from Moscow that Russia said some of its soldiers went into th...
By Brian Wagner Miami 20 June 2008 U.S. prosecutors have announced a massive crackdown on mortgage fraud that has resulted in losses of about $1 bilion around the country. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the schemes have worsened the problems f...
