News from April 2008
By State Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC -- The Government Accountability Office today released a report showing that the Bush Administration does not have a coherent plan to destroy terrorist threats and safe havens in the border regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The House Foreign Affairs Committee commissioned the report and received copies ahead of its release.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Saturday, April 19, 7:00 p.m. Managing for Change. National Park ecosystems are facing unprecedented challenges from pollutants, invasive species, disruption of habitats, loss of predators, and from climate change. The onset and continuance of climate change over the next century requires NPS managers...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: President George W. Bush has proclaimed April 19-27, 2008 as National Park Week and encourages everyone to enjoy the natural wonders and inspirational history found in parks across the country.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist and breeder Thomas Devine and collaborators have released "Purple Bounty," the first winter-hardy, early-flowering vetch for the northern United States.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Two feet of snow on the ground, along with recent and predicted snowfall, has delayed opening of the Sol Duc campground again. The campground had previously been scheduled to open tomorrow, April 18 but is now estimated to open by May 23 for the Memorial Day weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: In combination with the public open houses that were held in March, Mount Rushmore National Memorial welcomes public comment on a proposed backcountry hiking trail using the National Park Service’s Park Planning website. The website,.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: On Saturday, April 26, children of all ages are invited to become Junior Rangers at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Special activities begin at 10:00 a.m. and are planned throughout the day, with a badge and swearing in ceremony at 3:00 p.m. To earn a Junior Ranger badge, young prospects will...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. -- Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announced the dates for the 2008 summer and autumn ranger-led horse watching field trips at Cape Lookout National Seashore.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Full and part-time paid park-related student/intern jobs are now available for summer 2008 with the National Park Service Outer Banks Group; Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. -- Park Staff have completed posting important nesting sites for the threatened piping plover and other nesting shorebirds. The nesting season for piping plovers and other beach nesting birds extends from April 1 to August 31. The nine sites on the Core Banks include Portsmouth Flats...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) unveiled legislation today to protect millions of Americans from being hit for the first time by the alternative minimum tax, and to extend tax incentives for renewable energy solutions...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2008
News Release: During the week of April 13, the Outer Banks have experienced yet another springtime northeaster with high winds, heavy surf and tide conditions. Certain portions of beaches may be impassible at high tide. Visitors should pay attention to tide changes and exercise caution while traveling the beaches of the park.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement regarding President Bush’s speech on global climate change, delivered today in the Rose Garden:
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — Tokyo-based Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd. (JAL) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $110 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix rates for international cargo shipments, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Department of Justice Promotes Antitrust Convergence at Kyoto Conference WASHINGTON — At the seventh annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Kyoto, Japan, the ICN adopted new Recommended ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 LAS VEGAS - Federal charges have been filed against the man who was discovered to have possessed ricin in his Las Vegas hotel room in February, announced Gregory A. Brower, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Many Workers Facing Criminal Charges DALLAS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice and an array of other local, state and federal law enforcement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has settled a Voting Rights Act lawsuit against the Osceola County, Fla., School Board. The Justice Department simultaneously filed a complaint and consent decree today settling the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Portage, Mich., resident John A. Campbell, a former partner in and resident director of the Kalamazoo, Mich., office of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C., pleaded guilty ...
