News published on Federal Newswire in February 2006

Baucus Says USDA Report Should Push Japan to Resume US Beef Imports

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2006

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, again today urged Japan to resume imports of U.S. beef following the release of a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA reported today on its investigation into a veal shipment...

Progress Made in Reducing Campylobacter in Poultry

By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2006

News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have identified and investigated two "hot spots" in poultry production where contamination with Campylobacter bacteria may occur.

Shoreline Protection Work Planned for Lighthouse

By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2006

News Release: Acting superintendent Cherry Payne announced that Cape Lookout National Seashore will begin a project to rebuild the sound-side shore near the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.

Silver Spring Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for Distribution of Cocaine

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2006

News Release: Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced today that U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Tat Kim Huynh, age 33, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 188 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack) and 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride. He was also ordered to forfeit $78,181 and a handgun that were found in his apartment.

Open House on February 28, 2006 Regarding Proposed Construction of New Employee Housing

By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2006

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park remind the public that they are invited to an open house regarding the park’s proposed construction of new employee housing near St. Mary. The open house will be held on Feb. 28, 2006 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. at the Student Commons building at the Blackfeet Community College in Browning.

Vehicle Parking Lot Moves to Cape Lookout Lighthouse Area

By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2006

News Release: Harkers Island, NC. Acting Superintendent Cherry Payne announced today that the long-term vehicle parking lot previously located in the Cape Village Historic District by Barden Inlet has been relocated to an area immediately north of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.

Domenici: In Today’s Global Economy, Our Failure To Act Is Setting Us Up To Get Left Behind

By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2006

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today issued the following statement at the full committee hearing on S. 2253, a bill requiring the Secretary of the Interior to offer certain areas of the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing:

Boettinger Elected to Engineering Academy

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2006

News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) metallurgist William J. Boettinger has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), an honor recognizing research accomplishments that have improved the design and processing of materials, from aerospace alloys to lead-free solders for microelectronics.

McKesson Corporation to Pay United States $3 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2006

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- McKesson Corporation, a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, has agreed to pay the United States $3 million to settle claims that it defrauded the Department of Defense from October 1997 to December 2001, the Justice Department announced today.

Michigan Man Sentenced for Preparing Tax Returns in Violation of Court Order

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2006

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Tax Preparer Pleaded Guilty to Contempt of Court WASHINGTON, D.C. Robert L. Mosher, of Cedar Springs, Michigan, was sentenced to 105 days in prison for contempt of court after violating injunctions ...

Justice Department Announces Guilty Plea by Former Pensacola, FL Deputy Sheriff for Excessive Force Against a Private Citizen

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2006

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON D.C.The Justice Department today announced that Charles Dix, a former deputy sheriff with the Escambia County Sheriffs Office, pleaded guilty to willfully using excessive force. While employed as a deputy sheriff, Dix used his stun gun on a citizen while she was in a store parking lot in Pensacola, Florida.