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"This msg is for you! I know my face is etched into your brain! I was able to look you straight in the eyes yesterday and have words with you. After I lay my son to rest you will be seeing me again! Remember I am the one who stood 5 inches from your face and was letting you know I would never get to hug my son again, hear his laugh and then you tried to interrupt me and give me your own sob story and I had to tell you “that this isn’t about you so don’t make...

WASHINGTON – Staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission failed many times over a decade to fully investigate credible allegations of wrongdoing by money manager Bernard Madoff, the head of the SEC says, calling it a serious agency breakdown. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said he is "gravely concerned by the apparent multiple failures" by staff to look into claims about Madoff's business and to seek formal authority to investigate.

Iraqi insurgents may be scouting the Mexican border to enter America. According to media reports, Mexican authorities arrested two undocumented Iraqi brothers on June 28 near Tijuana in Baja California Norte state, the Attorney General's office said June 29. The brothers, identified as Samir and Munir Yousif Shana, were arrested during security operations related to Operation Safe Mexico, launched June 13 by President Vicente Fox in an effort to contain spiraling drug-related violence in Tijuana, Nuevo Laredo and other cities near Mexico's border with the United States. --------------------- The Salem Voice Ministries plan and pray to establish a Bible College...