News from May 2008
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2008
News Release: Public Notice. Friendship Hill National Historic Site will be closed Tuesday May 27, 2008. Site Manager Dan Watson said the closure is temporary and will last for two days or less. The park entrance road will be closed May 27 as an overlay of asphalt is placed on the road. “We anticipate the work will...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today led the Senate in unanimous final passage of H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act (HEART), which will provide more than $1.2 billion dollars in tax relief to...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2008
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Memorial Day Weekend marks the traditional beginning of the summer vacation season, and many activities, including some concession operations, are scheduled to be available this weekend in Glacier National Park. Park officials caution visitors that the National Weather Service is...
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2008
Release: On June 18, Congress overrode the President's veto on H.R. 6124, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, ensuring that all parts of the Farm Bill are enacted into law. Previously, Congress had passed H.R. 2419 over the President's veto, containing 14 of 15 Farm Bill titles.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2008
News Release: The green peach aphid, despite its name, is a pest of potatoes. Besides siphoning off juices from potato plants, the aphid can infect the plants with viruses that cause an estimated $100 million annually in yield losses.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2008
News Release: The Mount Rushmore History Association at Mount Rushmore National Memorial will host author Bruce A. Raisch for a book signing on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Lincoln Borglum Museum & Visitor Center. He will be signing Ghost Towns and Other Historical Sites of the Black Hills. Raisch is also the author of Ghost Towns of Idaho: The Search for El Dorado and Ghost Towns of Wyoming.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Fire Management staff at Pinnacles National Monument plan to burn 160 acres along the newly acquired bottomlands, and previously burned Entrance Meadow, the second or third week of June if weather conditions allow. Appropriate wind, temperature, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure will ensure safe and effective prescribed fire operations with good smoke dispersion. The area to be burned is along Highway 146 inside of the park’s east boundary.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Petrified Forest National Park Summer Cultural Demonstrator Program 2008.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: A genetic quirk discovered in some sweet corn hybrids by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Illinois (UI) scientists is helping plant breeders make critical "repairs" to the crop's herbicide-degrading machinery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 21, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey commemorated National Missing Children’s Day in a ceremony today that honored law enforcement officers and citizens from across the country for their commitment to recovering missing children and combating child exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 21, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against Doña Ana County, alleging the county discriminated against ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 21, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Woman Claimed Bogus Fuel Tax Credits for Customers WASHINGTON -- A federal court has permanently barred Grace Machoko of Dallas from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 21, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Canadian citizen was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 41 months in prison for his role in an international scheme to steal checks valued at more than $2 million from U.S. corporations and launder the funds derived from the stolen checks, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher.
By Fed Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on April 29-30, 2008. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the April 29-30, 2008 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Commerce News Now | May 21, 2008
News Release: Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of worship are among the liberties that Americans cherish. Our Nation fully supports the brave people who work to secure these liberties in the countries where they are denied. And on this Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, we focus our attention on the men and women working to secure freedom, democracy, and human rights for the citizens of Cuba.
By Commerce News Now | May 21, 2008
News Release: PRESIDENT: Bienvenidos. Thanks for coming to mark this Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. This is a day of pride, as we honor the culture and history of a noble nation. It is a day of sorrow, as we reflect on the continued oppression of the Cuban people. Most of all, this is a day of hope. We have ...
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a nine page notice on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
