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Students Study How Cars and Booze Mixed in the Early 20th Century

Students Study How Cars and Booze Mixed in the Early 20th Century

July 29, 2022

Advances in technology open a variety of doors to innovation — some good, some bad. So it was with the advent of cars, said Ed Slavishak, professor of history.

Slavishak has spent several years exploring the larger story hidden beneath the seedy underbelly of motor vehicles and how they contributed to criminality.

“Cars and Prohibition created new crimes and new tools in criminals’ toolboxes,” Slavishak said. “The combination led to the development of this new kind of expertise, whi ... Read more

Martin Shkreli hasn't been paying his lawyers

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager convicted of securities fraud in 2017, is nearing the tail end of his seven-year sentence at the federal correctional institution in Allenwood, Pennsylvania but the defense team that aided in his trial ha ... Read more

Impressive Run

GERRY — It’s almost magic.

A few short hours ago announcer Greg Simas was wrapping up the final performance of Gerry Volunteer Fire Department’s 76th annual PRCA Rodeo by bidding farewell and safe travels to the capacity crowd who ... Read more

Susan Rivers Named Little League® Retail Customer Service R

Little League® International is pleased to welcome Susan Rivers as its new Retail Customer Service Representative at its headquarters in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, effective August 25, 2022.

“As a volunteer-led organization, a ... Read more

In Anne Arundel, a second chance at good government | COMMENTARY

Most Anne Arundel County residents likely aren’t old enough to recall the late Joseph W. Alton Jr. who served as county executive, the subdivision’s first, beginning in 1965. In the early 1970s, he was caught up in the federal investigation of public corruption that also targeted Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and Baltimore County Executive Dale Anderson, all of whom made it a habit to take money from those who did business with government. Before he was sent off to the federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, Alton admitted his guilt but ... Read more

Asbury Makes Pharmacy, PACE Inroads With Albright Affiliatio

Asbury Communities has welcomed a new partner into the fold — and, in the process, it’s made strides toward diversifying the services it offers.

The Frederick, Maryland-based senior housing and care nonprofit on Monday ... Read more

‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli freed from prison for halfway house

Shkreli was moved to a halfway house overseen by the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ New York Residential Reentry Management Office, the bureau said in a statement.

The Bureau of Prisons said Shkreli’s projected release date from federal ... Read more

Detroit men, Warren woman help prison inmate submit 240 fake

DETROIT – Two Detroit men and a Warren woman helped a former Michigan resident who is currently in prison operate a $2.2 million scheme that involved submitting 240 fraudulent COVID unemployment insurance claims, officials said.

Court ... Read more