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FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 4, 2012
Info Headquarters: Historic Medicare Fraud Strike Force Takedown A nationwide takedown resulted in charges against 107 individuals, including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their participation in fraud schemes involving approximately $452 million in false billing. Full Story Cleveland: Five Men Arrested in Plot to Bomb Ohio Bridge Douglas L.
Food Trucks Have Staying Power, Says Technomic
CHICAGO , July 18, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — A new study by Technomic reveals good news for mobile food vehicles, as 91 percent of consumers polled who are familiar with food trucks say they view the trend as having staying power and not a passing fad. Only 7 percent of consumers who use mobile food vehicles (MFV) say they expect their frequency of visits to food trucks to decrease over the next year.
Governor Signs Legislation to Boost Electric Vehicle Usage in Illinois – Laws Will Help Car-Sharing Organizations to Purchase Electric Vehicles; Explore Ways to Increase Electric Vehicles Usage
CHICAGO – July 9, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today signed two bills into law that will encourage greater use of electric vehicles in Illinois.
Governor Quinn, Mitsubishi Motors Announce Innovative Partnership to Promote Sustainability – State to Test Mitsubishi “i” Electric Vehicles in Its State Fleet
NORMAL, IL – February 4, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn and Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support the advancement of electric vehicle and renewable energy technologies in Illinois.
BMV extend hours for voters to get IDs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles says most license branches will extend their hours Monday and Tuesday to handle requests for photo ID cards needed to cast ballots. Full service license branches will be open from 8:30 a.m.
Tesla upbeat on Japan business, opens showroom (AP)
TOKYO – Tesla, the U.S. maker of electric sportscars, opened its first Asian showroom Monday in a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood, hoping to woo rich buyers before eventually widening its appeal with cheaper models.
Bowersox finds out her files were checked in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – “American Idol” runner-up Crystal Bowersox has learned that personal information on her was improperly checked in her home state of Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reported Thursday that the State Highway Patrol discovered in May that more than a half-dozen people with access to confidential records looked to see what the state had on Bowersox.
Underwriters Laboratories Creates Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Installation Training Programs
By partnering with equipment and infrastructure designers, manufacturers, installers and inspectors to promote consistent safety standards, UL is enabling faster market adoption of Electronic Vehicles NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 27 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in safety testing and certification, announces a new initiative to develop and launch electric vehicle installation training programs aimed at furthering the development and installation of electric vehicle charging equipment. With President Obama’s call for at least 1 million electric vehicles in the United States by 2015, several major automakers are poised to offer various models of fully electric (as opposed to gas-electric hybrid) vehicles to American consumers.
Troubled Toyota recalls some 92,000 cars in Japan (AP)
TOKYO – Toyota started recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles Monday in Japan over defective engines — the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems. Toyota Motor Corp.
Beleaguered Toyota to recall 270,000 cars globally (AP)
TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp. will recall 270,000 Lexus and other vehicles worldwide to fix faulty engines, the company said Friday, in the latest quality lapse by the world’s No.