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"Meltdown"
After the Eureka Ice and Cold Storage company suddenly closed its doors in 2008, businesses were left scrambling to find a new way to get their ice. The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services that ordered the company shut its doors, would not discuss the case. HSU journalism students eventually found that before the company closed it had several citations and violations of "public health and safety laws" going back for years.
Tags: Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services; Eureka Ice and Cold Storage; Dennis Hunter; Humboldt Maritime Museum; Cutten Realty
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The Secret Life Of Karl Ryll
Smart Money reports on an Indiana teacher who was suckered by a con-artist treasure hunter. Time after time Karl Ryll sunk his savings into promises of sunken treasure that never materialized. But when Dennis Standefer faxed an anonymous tip to police that Ryll was seducing his students with date-rape drugs, he vowed revenge. This revenge took him across the globe, turning him into the adventurer he'd envied in Standefer.
Tags: treasure hunting; fraud; scams