News from August 2008
By Fed News Journal | Aug 1, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: In support of the National Park Service’s attempts to apprehend violators of park resource closures, Jim Keene, President of North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) announced today that his organization is offering a $1000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person/s...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: (GRAND MARAIS, Mich.) This summer for the first time, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has opened and staffed the Au Sable Light Station Museum and Information Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: AUG 01 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) - A federal jury today convicted Steven Abiodun Sodipo, age 51, of Forest Hill, Maryland and Callixtus Onigbo Nwaehiri, age 49, of Jarrettsville, Maryland of illegally selling 9,936,075 pills or dosage units of hydrocodone over the Internet, conspiracy to launder money, ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: Superintendent Cherry Payne today announces a lifting of the temporary closure to overnight camping from 1 mile north of Nunatak Cove to 1 mile south of Goose Cove in the East Arm of Glacier Bay. However, an advisory remains in effect for the shoreline between Goose and Nunatak Coves.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has formally initiated the process of joining the State of California's lawsuit to overturn the Bush Administration's denial of California's waiver to address global warming pollution from motor vehicles.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: The Plymouth Fife & Drum Corps will be performing at two National Park Service sites on Saturday, August 9, 2008. At 11:00 AM the Corps will perform at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island, then at 4:30 PM at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant. The events are free.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N. D.) introduced last night legislation to improve the quality of health care that Americans receive, by creating national priorities for, and conducting and distributing research findings...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s inaction on gas prices:
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: New germplasm to broaden the genetic diversity of avocados is being collected by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators to help protect this popular fruit from a fungus that damages avocado tree roots.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: The Precipice and North Flying Mountain Trails and adjacent cliffs will be opened on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 at Acadia National Park, Superintendent Sheridan Steele announced today. The peregrine falcons that have occupied these nesting territories since March have successfully raised six fledglings.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrated the economic challenges facing millions of working Americans, as the economy posted the seventh consecutive month of job losses. The data also showed that the current unemployment rate of 5.7 percent is the highest the United States has witnessed in four years.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore life guarded beach in Buxton will close beginning Monday, Aug. 04, 2008, due to the unexpected loss of seasonal staff. Efforts are currently being made to hire additional staff in anticipation of re-opening the guarded beach in the near future. The Seashore’s guarded beaches on Ocracoke Island and Coquina Beach, near south Nags Head, will remain open seven days a week, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, through Labor Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Michael R. McNulty (D-NY), and Ranking Member Sam Johnson (R-TX), applauded the inclusion of language to protect Social Security beneficiaries in H.R. 6633, a bill to extend the basic pilot employment eligibility confirmation system (known as "E-Verify"), which allows employers to check newly-hired employees` authorization to work under immigration law.
