Imperial Valley News Center
FTC Obtains Court Orders Banning Marketer from Negative-Option Sales
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Washington, DC - The ringleader of an operation that lured people into an expensive negative-option scam using a low-cost “trial” offer for tooth whiteners and other products is banned from negative-option sales under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
Three Wallaby Joeys Now Being Hand Raised at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
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Escondido, California - The Ione and Paul Harter Animal Care Center nursery at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park received a trio of new arrivals this week: three red-necked wallaby joeys. The female joeys, ranging in age from 5 to 6 months, are being hand raised until they are old enough to join the Safari Park’s mob of wallabies.
U.S. and International Security Officials Collaborate To Create a More Safe and Secure World
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New York - Over 80 international law enforcement, security, counternarcotic, and judicial officials arrive in the United States today on the Towards a More Safe and Secure World initiative. Participants will spend three weeks meeting with their counterparts across the United States. These partnerships between the United States and other countries enhance efforts to combat transnational crime.
Two Robots Are Better than One for NIST’s 5G Antenna Measurement Research
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- Written by Laura Ost
Washington, DC - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continue to pioneer new antenna measurement methods, this time for future 5G wireless communications systems.
Acting Secretary Sullivan's Meeting With Caribbean Leaders
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Lima, Peru - Acting Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met with the Caribbean Heads of Government and Foreign Ministers of The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Lucia on the margins of the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru.
Brewing up Earth’s earliest life
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Around 4 billion years ago, Earth was an inhospitable place, devoid of oxygen, bursting with volcanic eruptions, and bombarded by asteroids, with no signs of life in even the simplest forms. But somewhere amid this chaotic period, the chemistry of the Earth turned in life’s favor, giving rise, however improbably, to the planet’s very first organisms.
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