Topic: Columbia

Secret Service Sex Scandal Is Not Unprecedented

Reuters

It turns out the Colombian sex scandal rocking the Secret Service isn't as novel as we all thought.

By John Hudson

Apr 19, 2012

The Secret Service Scandal Is Here to Stay

The Secret Service is moving fast to extinguish its prostitution scandal but an onslaught of lies, lawsuits, and investigations guarantee that the media frenzy isn't going anywhere.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 19, 2011

Bloomberg Chooses Cornell to Make New York a Silicon Valley 2.0

According to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce today that Cornell  University has won the city's competition to open a new technology-based campus on Roosevelt Island.

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By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica

Dec 13, 2011

How Hezbollah Profits from U.S. Cocaine Sales

U.S. authorities are building a politically explosive case that Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, finances itself through a vast drug-smuggling network that links a Lebanese bank, a violent Mexican cartel, and U.S. cocaine users.

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By Ujala Sehgal

Aug 21, 2011

Colombia Spent U.S. Anti-Drug Aid Hiding Political Ties to Drug Trade

The CIA and embassy officials deny any knowledge or involvement

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