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...regard the potions as ineffective at best and dangerous at worst--especially if they keep patients from seeking established treatments for serious ailments. "Anybody who understands science would regard them as worthless," declares retired psychiatrist Stephen Barrett of Allentown, Pennsylvania, a board member of the National Council Against Health Fraud...
...software next week. "This is an interesting academic exercise, but online transactions are still a relatively minor part of the Internet," Quittner says. "Just knowing someone's credit card number won't get someone very far -- credit card companies have become much more sophisticated about protecting against fraud. Mainly, it's just a good thing they are exposing these flaws now, before commerce becomes a big part...
...seller in his future, and also a possible prison sentence. Like his protagonist, in the '80s he was an art dealer with a fondness for heroin. By the '90s he had overcome his drug problems, but questionable business dealings left him with a $4 million debt and allegations of fraud...
...federal judge threw out a fraud indictment against Governor Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas, the most prominent figure snared in the Whitewater investigation of special prosecutor Kenneth Starr. "This is a major blow to Starr," says Washington correspondent Suneel Ratan. "It means that he can no longer go after whomever he wants. His authority is being cut back." Tucker, a Democrat, had been accused of obtaining a federally backed loan under false pretenses and trying to avoid taxes. U.S. District Judge Henry Woods said the charges bore no resemblance to the matters Starr has been assigned to investigate. Ratan cautions...
...Clinton associates in the Whitewater deal were indicted by a federal grand jury in Little Rock. James McDougal and his former wife Susan were named in a 21-count indictment that included charges of fraud, conspiracy and making false statements to obtain federally backed loans. And there were 11 new charges against Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, who did legal work for the failed savings and loan owned by the McDougals. (Tucker was indicted in June on separate charges.) President Clinton and his wife were not charged-as an accompanying press release from independent counsel Kenneth Starr pointed...