International Business News - Charge http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A township commissioner and former police officer who once ran for Congress was arrested after a standoff Monday and accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in Baltimore last month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/pa-township-official-accused-of-rape-kidnapping.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:25:45 EST Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped to a wheelchair, able to move little but his left hand, his voice a near-whisper. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/182573-patients-take-charge.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/patient-led-drug-trials-defy-medical-establishment.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/patient-led-drug-trials-defy-medical-establishment.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:02:33 EST Otter Tail Power Co. wants to increase a special charge to electric customers that helps pay for its wind energy projects. The charge now adds $1.45 to the electric bill of an Otter Tail residential customer who uses 750 kilowatt-hours of power each month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/nd-regulators-asked-to-hike-wind-project-charge.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:04:59 EST A man who committed murder at age 11 pleaded guilty to drug possession Monday, less than two years after he was released from juvenile detention for the killing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/young-killer-pleads-guilty-to-michigan-drug-charge.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:25:04 EST Mortgage giant Fannie Mae, which was taken over by the government in September, said Wednesday it will record a charge related to deferred tax assets against its third-quarter earnings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/fannie-mae-to-take-charge-on-deferred-tax-asset.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:33:46 EDT A judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against a man who had spent a decade in prison for murder until his conviction was overturned. Prosecutors told the judge they wouldn't retry the case against Mario Rocha because they couldn't locate crucial eyewitnesses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/la-man-cleared-of-murder-after-10-years-in-prison.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:26:56 EDT A prosecutor has dropped a charge of petty theft against an 89-year-old suburban Cincinnati woman accused of refusing to return a neighbor kid's football that landed in her yard. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/charge-dropped-against-woman-in-football-dispute.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:53:03 EDT Police in Ohio say an 89-year-old woman was facing a charge of petty theft because neighborhood children accused her of refusing to give back their football. Edna Jester was arrested last week in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/89-year-old-charged-with-keeping-kids-ball.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:42:00 EDT Reynolds American Inc. said Thursday it will record a $175 million charge in the third quarter to reflect the declining value of its Kool brand of cigarettes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/reynolds-america-sees-175m-3q-charge-for-kool.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:22:07 EDT Police in eastern Tennessee say they found a school bus driver passed out behind the wheel of a loaded bus that was stopped in the middle of a road. None of the 30 children aboard were hurt Tuesday morning and the driver was charged with driving under the influence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/tenn-bus-driver-accused-of-dui-with-kids-aboard.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:00:13 EDT A Virginia scientist charged with selling rocket technology to China has been released after posting $100,000 bond. Defense attorney James Broccoletti said Monday that Shu Quan-Sheng was put on GPS monitoring and ordered to stay in the Eastern District of Virginia until his case is resolved. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/va-scientist-accused-of-technology-sales-to-china.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:14:35 EDT A former suburban police sergeant who is married to a New York City anchorwoman admitted in court Friday that he used his authority to have sexual contact with a 17-year-old girl. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/ny-policeman-admits-sexual-contact-with-teen.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:15:28 EDT A West Virginia man accused of passing gas and fanning it toward a police officer no longer faces a battery charge. The Kanawha County prosecutor's office requested that the charge be dropped against 34-year-old Jose Cruz. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138788-odd-flatulence-charge.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/man-charged-after-allegedly-passing-gas-toward-cop.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/man-charged-after-allegedly-passing-gas-toward-cop.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:04:27 EDT A West Virginia man who police said passed gas and fanned it toward a patrolman has been charged with battery on a police officer. Jose A. Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg, was pulled over early Tuesday for driving without headlights, police said. According to the criminal complaint, Cruz smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and failed three field sobriety tests before he was handcuffed and taken to a police station for a breathalyzer test. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/man-charged-after-allegedly-passing-gas-toward-cop.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:52:25 EDT A scientist who heads a high-tech company in Newport News has been charged with illegally selling rocket technology to China and offering bribes to Chinese officials, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/va-scientist-charged-with-selling-rocket-data.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:15:19 EDT Banker Wells Fargo & Co. will record a charge to earnings in the third quarter due to the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Wells Fargo said late Monday it will record impairment costs due to its investments in senior unsecured notes and preferred securities issued by Lehman. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/wells-fargo-to-take-charge-on-lehman-bankruptcy.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:00:54 EDT Astoria Financial Corp. reported Tuesday that it expects to record a charge in the third quarter for its investments in preferred stock of Freddie Mac, following the government's takeover of the mortgage finance giant and its sibling Fannie Mae. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/astoria-financial-sees-charge-over-freddie-stock.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:38:26 EDT Wells Fargo & Co. said Monday it will take a charge against earnings in the third quarter for its investments in the preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, following the government's announcement of its takeover of the mortgage finance giants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/wells-fargo-sees-charge-over-fannie-and-freddie.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:20:59 EDT A retired Japanese diplomat and his Greek wife have been charged with killing their 36-year-old daughter in their Greek island home. Masami Tanida, 77, and his wife Maria, 67, appeared before an examining magistrate Monday. They were given 24 hours to prepare their defense, their lawyer Athanassios Tartis said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/greece-japanese-ex-diplomat-charged-with-murder.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:19:58 EDT A man acquitted last year of charges he raped two girls in an underground dungeon has been sentenced to 25 years on a federal gun charge. A U.S. District Court judge in South Carolina said Kenneth Glenn Hinson's criminal history led to the lengthy sentence on a charge of being a felon in possession of a weapon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/sc-sex-offender-gets-25-years-for-gun-charge.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:26:54 EDT