FBI: 69 children, 99 pimps found in national bust

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Published: 11:39 AM 11/08/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says it has found 69 child prostitutes across the country during a crackdown on the sexual exploitation of children over the last three days.

Federal, state and local authorities in 40 cities also arrested 884 people, including 99 suspected pimps, on a variety of charges.

The children were found during Operation Cross Country V, a three-day roundup targeting child traffickers and pimps.

The FBI is working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to identify the children. The child victims are removed from prostitution; the adults face a variety of state and local charges.

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Eggs recalled after salmonella found at Ohio farm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence of salmonella has been found at an Ohio egg farm that is linked to two Iowa egg farms responsible for a massive recall earlier this year.

Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the nation’s biggest egg seller and distributor, said it is recalling 288,000 eggs the company had purchased from supplier Ohio Fresh Eggs after a test showed salmonella at the Ohio farm.

No illnesses have been reported. According to Cal-Maine Foods, the Ohio Fresh eggs were distributed in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.

Austin “Jack” DeCoster, owner of one of the two Iowa egg farms that was linked to 1,600 salmonella illnesses earlier this year, has been a financial backer of Ohio Fresh Egg. The company did not immediately return a call for comment.

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