News from June 2008
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2008
News Release: Elevated levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) could promote the growth of purple and yellow nutsedge-quick-growing invasive weeds that plague farmers and gardeners in many states.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2008
News Release: Yosemite National Park staff began the search today for Ssmyn (Ess-meen") Barrios. Barrios is described as 24 years old, a native Honduran, who is 5’7" tall. Mr. Barrios speaks Spanish and broken English. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt, and black shoes.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, made the following remarks after the President signed into law the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Bill. The Senate had passed the bill by a bipartisan vote of 88-2 on April 17, 2008...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2008
News Release: The Goodell Creek Campground will be closed June 16 through July 2 to accommodate paving projects to address cracking and slumping within the asphalt road and parking areas. During this time, deteriorated asphalt will be removed and contractors will lay new asphalt. Access to the Goodell Creek raft launch...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2008
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting its annual barn restoration workshop June 28-29 in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. The workshop will be held at the Lawr Farmstead on M-22 and Basch Road, approximately 5 miles north of Glen Arbor. The Lakeshore and the Michigan Barn Preservation Network are providing the instructors for this workshop.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2008
News Release: Explore the wonders of Biscayne National Park’s natural and cultural history through a 3-hour ranger-guided boat trip on Biscayne Bay. The guided tour departs at 10:00 a.m. daily from Homestead and travels through the shallow waters of south Biscayne Bay, past historic islands and, weather permitting, out to several sites on the world’s third-largest living coral reef.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2008
News Release: A sixty-six year old man from Fort Collins was killed in a fall above Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, on Saturday June 7. Witnesses watched the man take a tumble fall at least 500 feet on a steep snow slope above the western edge of Emerald Lake. A witness called the park at 3:00 p.m. from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 6, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Hartford, Conn., has issued a preliminary injunction order against Sunita Buddhu, the Justice Department announced today. The order precludes Ms. Buddhu from preparing federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 6, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON— Colorado Structures, Inc., (CSI) a construction management firm that specializes in building big-box commercial stores in the western United States, has agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty and implement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 6, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Kyle Milbourn of Muncie, Ind., was sentenced by a federal judge today for a hate crime stemming from a cross burning last year that was directed at a woman and her three biracial children, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Timothy Morrison.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: U.S.-Russian relations have defined global geopolitics for over 60 years with both nations testing the limits of the possible. Sometimes this had led to confrontation, while other times it has resulted in cooperation of historic importance. We are in an era when it is in our mutual interest for our great countries to be societies that are proud, open and free as we seek to find ways to grow our economic ties.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: США и Россия определяли глобальную геополитику более 60 лет, испытывая пределы возможного. Иногда это приводило к конфронтации, порой же давало примеры сотрудничества исторического масштаба. Сегодня мы живем в эпоху, когда интересам обеих наших великих стран отвечает гордое, открытое и свободное существование наших обществ, ищущих по пути содействия развитию экономических связей между нами.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the May Employment Report, which showed that the unemployment rate is 5.5 percent: “Today’s jobs report is disappointing. While growth was a bit better in the first quarter than originally estimated, ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: Administration Presses Forward in Combating Intellectual Property Theft WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today hailed President Bush’s appointment of the new U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement to continue the Administration’s efforts to enforce and protect IP rights around the world. The President has named Wayne B. Paugh, currently Senior Advisor and Acting Coordinator, as the next IP Enforcement Coordinator.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
News Release: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement regarding reports of repression directed at Cubans wearing “Cambio” bracelets: “Each day brings continued news of repression in Cuba. Wednesday, it was reported that recently a young female student was ...
By Fed News Journal | Jun 6, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jun 6, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a seven page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 6, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
