LOS ANGELES — An Iraqi immigrant with a suspicious device lodged in a body cavity was detained Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. A jetliner bound for Philadelphia, meanwhile, was diverted to Las Vegas because the man’s luggage was aboard. Officials said the device and the luggage were cleared by bomb squads in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. “There never was a threat,” said Larry Fetters, a security director for the federal Transportation Security Administration. Fadhel Al-Maliki, 35, was held for a mental evaluation and for a possible immigration violation, federal officials said. Al-Maliki, of Atlantic City, N.J., […]

Philadelphia Fry-O-Diesel converts the foul brown grease from restaurant sink traps into usable, clean-burning biodiesel fuel for heating and transportation. The project promises to make a modest contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, highlighted by President George W. Bush’s recent call for a 20 percent cut in gasoline consumption in the next 10 years. Fry-O-Diesel and North American Biofuels, based in Long Island, New York, are believed to be the only U.S. companies making biofuels from trap grease. In Philadelphia, the grease is trucked to the plant after being pumped out of traps that […]

March 7, 2007 – Authorities have arrested a New Jersey man on charges of evading tolls to the tune of $16,000. The arrest is the first to come as part of a combined effort by Delaware State Police and Delaware River and Bay Authority Police. The suspect, 39-year-old John Harper [NOT pictured] of Irvington, is accused of evading tolls on the Delaware Memorial Bridge and on I-95 in Newark. If found guilty, Harper would be forced to pay the $16,011 in unpaid tolls, civil costs and any unpaid penalties imposed by the court. 6ABC: Perp May Also Owe Untold Hundreds […]