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Man Trying To Buy Car Finds Out 9/11 Terrorist Took ID Terrorist Apparently Used Allen's Social Security NumberUPDATED: 10:07 a.m. EDT April 21, 2004 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A young man went in to buy a car and realized he had been mistakenly identified as a terrorist. Ryan Allen (pictured, left), 19, turned up on a government list that includes Osama bin Laden and members of al-Qaida. Allen wanted to buy a new Chevrolet Cavalier. He filled out the paperwork at a Kansas City dealership and then the results of the credit bureau check came back. "I filled out the...

Former Michigan Militia Leader's Home Raided U.S. Marshals Find Guns, Ammunition Inside Posted: 8:27 a.m. EST November 7, 2002 Updated: 8:48 a.m. EST November 7, 2002 U.S. Marshals raided the home of a former leader of the Michigan Militia Wednesday night. Federal authorities went to the Dexter home of Mark Koernke (pictured, left) to serve a warrant for illegal use of radio equipment. Inside they found a stash of guns and ammunition, Local 4 reported. Koernke is currently in custody on other weapons charges. Federal authorities believe that weapons they seized Wednesday night belong to Koernke and not his family....

9 Illegal Aliens Caught Coming Through Canada Reported by John Klekamp Police have the nine men and women in custody. The search continues for a semi-truck driver who brought r nine men and women from India through Canada. Nine men and women were picked up by police late Saturday night after they were spotted getting off the back of a truck. They were spotted by a couple of EMT workers who were in their usual spot waiting for runs. The workers were behind a Kmart store at 23 Mile Road and Gratiot. They spotted something suspicious, people climbing out the...

<p>MINEOLA, New York (CNN) --A 38-year-old film investor and employee of a moving and storage company was charged Saturday with second-degree murder in the killing and dismemberment of an Afghan filmmaker, whose movie opened Wednesday in New York.</p> <p>Police said they found the body parts of Jawed Wassel, 42, in two cardboard boxes in the back of a van driven by Nathan Chandler Powell, who had invested in Wassel's film. Wassel's head was found later in the refrigerator in Powell's apartment, police said.</p>

WHY CELEBRATE 'BUY NOTHING DAY' AFTER SEPTEMBER 11? President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, Prime Minister Chretien and other world leaders are a one-note choir these days. "Shop!" they cry. "Shop like you've never shopped, shop like you're not already sinking in personal debt. Shop because at this time of crisis your country needs you to. Shop because the economy – and hence the whole world's economic well-being – is at stake. In this climate, Adbusters' call for a 24-hour consumer fast seems to some folks to be coming out of deep left field. Our annual campaign has, from what ...

All Forums Journalistic Ethics letter to editor FIRST POST (DWYER is conservative elected official): DWYER 29 Posts Posted - October 20 2001 : 09:06:03 AM ------------------------------------------------------------Received a call yesterday asking why I wrote a letter to the editor in this week's Crier Newspaper. Found it quite interesting as I did NOT write a letter to the editor. When I read the letter with my name on it, I realized that it was part of a posting I made on this website that had been altered significantly. The actual posting is under the Dennis Schrewsburry file on this website. Compare ...

Stolen Rental Truck Found Police Have Driver In Custody Posted: 11:59 a.m. EDT October 12, 2001 Updated: 12:40 p.m. EDT October 12, 2001 DETROIT-- A stolen rental truck that police had been on the lookout for has been found and the driver has been arrested. Toledo police received a call about the Penske rental truck heading north on Interstate 75 Thursday night, which allegedly contained the makings of a bomb and an Arabic driver inside, Local 4 reported. The truck had reportedly been rented in Ohio in August, but was never returned. Officers from the 5th Precinct spotted the truck ...

Hazmat Investigations Keep Crews Busy Four Incidents Raise Suspicions Posted: 11:25 p.m. EDT October 9, 2001 Updated: 6:36 a.m. EDT October 10, 2001 DETROIT-- Several suspicious incidents kept hazmat crews around metro Detroit busy Tuesday, as fears of possible retialition for America's response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack continues to grow. Sterling Heights police investigated a suspicious discovery Tuesday night. A homeowner discovered a powdery substance in an envelope that he had received from a neighbor vacationing in Europe. Two other homeowners on the man's street had also received letters from the neighbor in Europe. They did not open ...