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Steve Grunwald (R) cow shopping for Brad Paisley in Africa

Rascal Flatts Joining Brad Paisley In Buying Cows For Kenya’s Masai Tribe

Brad Paisley isn’t the only country star who’s dealing in cows these days. Now the boys in Rascal Flatts are stepping up and getting into the action as well. As previously reported, Brad is purchasing a cow for the […]

2012/10/11

Steve Grunwald, ‘Brad Paisley’ and the Masai Tribe

Brad Paisley Is Buying A Cow For Africa’s Masai Tribe

Morning show stunt gone haywire? Nope, it’s for real. Brad is “totally game” to buy the Kenya tribe a cow, which will be delivered in person by Detroit personality Steve Grunwald. The cow’s name? “Paisley,” of course.

2012/10/08

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Seen At 11: Customs Officials Launch Crackdown On Khat

Customs officials at New York area airports are cracking down on a drug called khat. Authorities at JFK’s International Postal Facility told CBS 2′s Tony Aiello that they are seizing the drug by the ton.

2012/05/21

FedEx Aircraft (file / credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Amadou Fall Charged With Scamming FedEx To Send Packages To Africa

He’s accused of stealing the identities and account numbers of over twenty major companies and then using his contacts in Manhattan’s West African community to attract customers.

2011/06/22

World Vision Experience: AIDS exhibit - Greenwich, CT - Photo: World Vision

Greenwich Exhibit Displays African AIDS Experience

22 million people in Africa have AIDS, but that’s only the official count. The actual number is likely much much higher, since many shun testing out of fear.

2011/03/29

An undated photo of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani - AP Photo

Gitmo Detainee Acquitted Of All But 1 Charge In NY

The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial has been acquitted in New York City of all but one charge accusing him of a deadly 1998 plot to bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa.

2010/11/17

Courtroom sketch of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani (credit: CBS 2)

FBI Agent: Guantanamo Defendant Had Detonator

A detonator was found hidden in the bedroom cabinet of a purported accomplice in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies, a former FBI agent testified Monday in Manhattan.

2010/11/01

Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (credit: CBS)

Ex-Bin Laden Aide Gets Life For NY Prison Stabbing

Federal Judge Deborah Batts sentenced Mamdouh Mahmud Salim in the 2000 stabbing of guard Louis Pepe. The stabbing left Pepe brain-damaged and blind in one eye.

2010/09/01

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