BENSON WEINTRAUB, the nationally renown federal sentencing expert and ANTHONY C. VITALE of the Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale, PA presented a novel issue in health care fraud during a 5-day sentencing proceeding against Rodolpho Ramirez, a DME

The U.S. government is looking into allegations that Chinese officials snagged a laptop left unattended by a top U.S. official there, copied the data and then used it to try to hack into U.S. government computers.The incident is alleged to

Police have linked the large-scale theft of diesel fuel from a western Pennsylvania convenience store to a specially equipped pickup truck trailer with a trap door and a vacuum hose.No one has been charged, but the truck and trailer were

The Bush administration is pressing U.N. inspectors to broaden their search for possible secret nuclear facilities in Syria, hinting that Damascus's nuclear program might be bigger than the single alleged reactor destroyed by Israeli warplanes last year.At least three sites

Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff warned Thursday that the radical Islamic group Hezbollah "makes Al Qaeda look like a minor league team," and poses the greatest threat to national security."Someone described Hezbollah like the A-team of terrorists in terms of

There has been no confirmation of this story from U.S. sources.Venezuela said on Thursday it arrested a man who identified himself as a U.S. anti-drugs agent, which if confirmed could inflame tensions between the United States and one of its

ABC News reports that senior U.S. officials are stating that in recent months there have been secret contacts between the Iranian government and the leadership of al Qaeda. It's a development that has caught the attention of top officials in

At least eight people including Chile's chief of police were killed Thursday when a helicopter crashed into a building in a busy neighborhood of Panama City, officials said.Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro said that visiting Chilean officials were aboard the helicopter

A radioactive waste shipment, rejected by Greece, has returned back to Macedonia.Greek Ethnos daily said the cargo entered Greece at Evzoni crossing point. The cargo was uncovered in Thessaloniki, shortly before melting.Greek Atomic Energy Commission has not yet confirmed the

A spokesman for Kansas City International Airport said operations were back to normal after a bomb threat Thursday night.Spokesman Joe McBride said all 134 passengers and crews members were safely removed from a plane after a bomb threat had been

He was found guilty in a civil case of ripping off millions of dollars from Medicaid and Medicare, and now the former owner and operator of Edgewater Hospital faces criminal charges for dodging the government's efforts to collect the money.