Yuma News
Attorney General Warns About Falsely Advertised Women’s Conference
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- Published: 22 August 2018 22 August 2018
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich is warning consumers that they should beware of false and misleading advertising relating to the “2018 Women EmpoweredUp Conference,” which supposedly will take place in late September at an unspecified location in Phoenix.
Former Bookkeeper Sentenced to 11.5 Years in Prison for Embezzlement
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- Published: 22 August 2018 22 August 2018
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Kevin Frasier, who embezzled from his employer, Research for Life, will spend more than 11 years in prison.
Student project adds flare via flamethrower to Burning Man event
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- Written by Stacy Clardie Stacy Clardie
- Published: 22 August 2018 22 August 2018
West Lafayette, Indiana - What other place would a 100-foot flamethrower created by students from Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics fit in better than the annual Burning Man event in the Nevada desert?
Helping the Microchip Industry Go (Very Low) with the Flow
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- Written by Ben P. Stein Ben P. Stein
- Published: 22 August 2018 22 August 2018
Washington, DC - A new study by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has uncovered a source of error in an industry-standard calibration method that could lead microchip manufacturers to lose a million dollars or more in a single fabrication run. The problem is expected to become progressively more acute as chipmakers pack ever more features into ever smaller space.
When You’re Known by Your Middle Name
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- Written by AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor
- Published: 22 August 2018 22 August 2018
Yuma, Arizona - Dear Rusty: For those of us who use our middle name as the name we are known by (and there are many famous persons who are), why does the Social Security Administration mandate the use of the first name when applying for benefits? Is there any way to change this now that I am receiving benefits? Can younger persons make the change before they become eligible? ~ Middle is Main
19th Member of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges
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- Published: 21 August 2018 21 August 2018
Las Cruces, New Mexico - One of the 22 defendants charged with federal drug trafficking and international money laundering charges in a superseding indictment filed in Aug. 2017, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces. One of his co-defendants entered a guilty plea, becoming the 19th defendant to plead guilty in the case.
Christopher Blattner Sentenced to 30 Years for Using Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crimes
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- Published: 21 August 2018 21 August 2018
Albuquerque, New Mexico - U.S. District Judge James O. Browning sentenced Christopher Blattner, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 years of imprisonment this morning for possessing firearms during and in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. The Judge ordered Blattner’s federal sentence to run consecutive to the 28-year sentence Blattner already is serving for convictions on second-degree murder (firearms enhancement) and aggravated assault on a peace office with a deadly weapon (firearms enhancement), and voluntary manslaughter in the 2nd Judicial District Court (Bernalillo County) for the State of New Mexico.