Subpoenas will be issued soon Subpoenas may be
Subpoenas will be issued soon
Subpoenas may be issued this week in connection to a nowdiscredited federal gunrunning operation. The operation involved allowing illegal sales of guns to Mexican drug cartels from within the U. S. The idea was to track the sellers and purchasers of guns. But the program became a problem after weapons found at murder scenes were traced back to the program.
In Other News n n n After being in the water for about 20 hours, a 4 -year-old girl and three others were rescued Sunday by Coast Guard crews off the Florida Keys and three other members of the group were picked up by a passer-by. An 80 -year-old woman drowned before she could be reached. They were among a group of eight that had been on a boat that sank not long after noon Saturday. After meeting for more than five hours Sunday night in a Manhattan hotel, top officials for the NBA and players' association offered few details about how much -if any -- progress was made on reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. The two sides will meet again Monday afternoon, the day that commissioner David Stern set as a deadline to reach a deal before the league cancels the first two weeks of the regular season. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Sunday a bill that prohibits most teenagers from using tanning beds, making the Golden State the first to do so. Previously, those between 14 and 18 could use tanning beds if they had a parent or legal guardian's permission. That is no longer allowed. The law was made after reviews of more than 20 epidemiological studies found that one's skin cancer risk increases 75% when a person starts using a tanning device before they turn 30
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