Feds Probe Attempt to Buy Ammonium Nitrate
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Federal authorities searched Wednesday for a man using a Middle Eastern name and possibly bogus construction credentials to try to purchase large quantities of an explosive ingredient used by Timothy McVeigh to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building.
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS  Contact: Scott Jensen of American Chemistry Council, +1-703-741- 5834, scott_jensen@americanchemistry.com   ARLINGTON, Va., Feb.
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A congressional subcommittee wants to subpoena criminal investigators at the Food and Drug Administration about their own probe concerning the antibiotic Ketek, which has been linked to liver failure.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four or five flakes of toxic ammonia dripped from a cooling line cap Wednesday but apparently didn't touch two U.S.
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The World Trade Organization opened an investigation Monday into whether the United States was violating international commerce rules that limited subsidies to American farmers.
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U.S. prosecutors and the FBI in  Northern California have formed a task force to investigate  allegations of stock option grant manipulation by local  companies, authorities said on Thursday.
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As investigators continued their probe into the scandal-tainted U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, the Associated Press learned on Sunday that at least two Swiss trading companies paid kickbacks to secure contracts to buy oil from Saddam Hussein.
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Monsanto Co. MON.N on Wednesday said  the U.S. Justice Department has closed an inquiry into  potential antitrust issues regarding a key ingredient used in  its Roundup herbicide.
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Major League Baseball officials have taken steps to contact federal investigators involved in a crackdown on the import of Chinese steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs to determine whether baseball players are entangled in the probe, an MLB spokesman said yesterday.
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A UN agency is investigating claims a key consultation on sugar consumption was funded by the sugar industry.
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THE INVESTIGATION: The FBI is looking into whether a subsidiary of Halliburton Co. improperly received lucrative federal government contracts for work in Iraq without competitive bidding.
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Agents of the F.B.I. and the Office of Criminal Investigations in the F.D.A. carried out search warrants at Natural Selection Foods of San Juan Bautista and Growers Express of Salinas on Wednesday.
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U.S securities regulators have launched  an informal civil investigation into whether Chiron Corp.  failed to adequately disclose the extent of problems at its  flu-vaccine production plant in England, according to the  online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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A drug company executive who spoke out in support of Montgomery County's proposal to import drugs from Canada and similar legislation before Congress said that his company has launched an investigation into his political activities.
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U.S. prosecutors have asked Dutch insurance company Aegon NV to provide information in an investigation into insurance fraud, the company said Thursday.
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS  Contact: Mickey Morales of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, +1-410-436-2583, +1-410-322-8495 (Mobile), miguel.l.morales@us.army.mil   ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S.
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In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions.