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...Minnesota case, the CFTC complaint charges Hays with misappropriating investor funds to purchase a $4 million yacht, among other things. Hays could not be located for comment. "Hays ran his Ponzi scheme from his yacht but was grounded when the tide turned as federal authorities exposed this egregious fraud," said Obie in a prepared statement. When asked why the Ponzi surge is so great now, Obie said, "What you're seeing is the collapse of Ponzi funds in hard economic times - but I'm afraid as times get tougher, we're going to see new fraud develop, especially foreign-currency...
...when she starts strong, is really tough to defend,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “If [she] is feeling good, she’s going to score in several different ways.” “I think to start off, we ran the floor pretty well,” Markley added. Sophomore forward Claire Wheeler, who started in place of the injured Katie Rollins, made a large contribution with her inside presence, which amounted to nine rebounds and four hard-earned points from under the basket. Cornell was strong from beyond...
...first he wanted to see if voters would embrace Obama's campaign focus on youth and generational change. "I think we've had an answer to that, back in November," Newsom said. "Youthfulness and hope - it's also who I am naturally. I was 35 when I ran for mayor of San Francisco [in 2003]. Youthfulness is not a chronological date; it's about a state of mind - it's the quality of your imagination...
...simple restatement of existing practice. But it was heralded by some liberals as a change in policy. The Huffington Post ran an article headlined: "Democrats, Minority Groups Relieved That Gregg Won't Oversee Census." Those reports, in turn, disturbed conservative activists who immediately condemned the White House "power grab." By Thursday, when Gregg bowed out, the GOP had launched a coordinated assault on the "politicization of the census." The White House was forced to issue a written clarification, noting that "this administration has not proposed removing the Census from the Department of Commerce...
...After being drafted into the Army in 1970 and being stationed in Washington, D.C. for two years - part of his job was to salute President Nixon as he boarded the presidential helicopter - Kerlikowske became a police officer in St. Petersburg, Fla. He ran two small police departments in Florida before being hired as chief of police in Buffalo...