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...shot named Volponi blew away the field in the final race, he left behind thousands of Ultra Pick 6 losers and only one winner: Davis, who held all six winning tickets. What were the odds of that happening legit? Next to zero, say track officials, who withheld payment and started investigating. U.S. Attorney James Comey says the three frat brothers exploited a gap in horse racing's data network that allowed them to change their wagers after races had already been run. Harn allegedly used his job as a senior programmer at Autotote, which processes wagering for many U.S. tracks...
...coasts and in hot cities like Denver--sitting on piles of loot. Lately, prices have been cooling in some cities. But that's after doubling over five years in the hottest markets. The median home price nationally is up just 30% over five years. Still, with a typical down payment and purchase price, that amounts to a doubling of home equity...
...That search is not complete; only a portion of the checks have been scrutinized so far. But sources said that starting in January 1999, payments of $2000 a month were made from Princess Haifa's checking account to a woman named Majida Ibrahim Ahmad Dwaikat, a Jordanian national with a green card, who is the wife of Osama Bassnan. Bassnan first came to the attention of the Saudi Embassy in Washington in April 1998, when he wrote a pleading letter to Princess Haifa introducing himself as a Saudi living in Washington with four children and a pregnant wife, who also...
...investigators are planning background checks on top executives at companies in which the Authority has a stake to be sure they are not associated with any of the Palestinian militias connected to attacks on Israelis. A source close to the investigation tells TIME that a mysterious payment of $10 million has been tracked from a holding company controlled by Arafat's secretive adviser for economic affairs, Mohammed Rashid, to the Finance Ministry and then out again to an unspecified payee--on the orders of Arafat...
...checked into three rooms at the marble-clad Conrad Hotel, where the average room costs $210 per night. According to the indictment, the deal then firmed up: the three men offered 5 metric tons of hashish and 600 kilos of heroin. They later agreed, says the indictment, to take payment in the form of four Stinger missiles. After a couple of days of haggling, they allegedly told the undercover FBI men they intended to sell the Stingers to the Taliban, "an organization which the defendants indicated was the same as al-Qaeda," reads the indictment...