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Drug Enforcement Administration agents have raided an Oklahoma car dealership that the government suspects may be one of about 30 such businesses in the U.S. involved in funding the terrorist group Hezbollah. DEA agents say the car lot of Ace Auto Leasing in Tulsa is part of a huge network that is selling cars and drugs -- and then using the money to support terrorism against the U.S., myfoxphoenix.com reports. During Friday's raid, agents could be seen carryout out filing cabinets and other items. They also questioned employees and took inventory. "They're making big time money and it's going right...

PROVIDENCE,RI(AP)-A car-leasing company has been ordered by a jury to pay a Pawtucket woman nearly $28 million for injuries suffered in a crash four years ago. The Superior Court jury last week found Chase Manhattan Automotive Finance Corp., of Florida, liable because the operator of the car that left Judith Oliveira a paraplegic was driving a leased vehicle. The award may be the largest personal-injury judgment in state history. Court records indicate Oliveira, formerly of Patterson Avenue, Pawtucket, was awarded $18,904,190 with interest of $9,074,011 for the injuries she suffered. ``We're fairly certain that this is the largest single award...