News from May 2008
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives today responded to the housing crisis by passing a comprehensive package of measures aimed at stemming the tide of foreclosures, stabilizing local housing markets and providing incentives for first-time homebuyers. The tax provisions in the bill, authored...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2008
News Release: Access into the upper Queets Valley will reopen this afternoon, Friday May 9, via U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) roads.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2008
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - The public is invited to attend a talk and book signing by professor and author Kate Clifford Larson. This event will be held at the M’Clintock House, 14 East Williams Street in Waterloo. The M’Clintock House, a stop on the Underground Railroad, is part of Women’s Rights National Historical Park. The talk will start at 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 24th. It will be followed by a question & answer session. Seating is limited, so please come early.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2008
News Release: 08-07. Zion National Park will be implementing a series of small prescribed burns this spring in Zion Canyon. The first of these burns is planned in the vicinity of the Zion Lodge in Zion Canyon on or after May 12. The exact dates of the burns will depend on predicted weather conditions and current fuel...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: Two school busses headed toward Yosemite Valley from the Yellow Middle School in Newman, California collided today in a rear end collision. The collision occurred at about 10:55 am approximately 1 mile north of the Big Oak Flat/El Portal Road intersection along the Big Oak Flat Road. 40 children total were on board the two busses. Injuries are reported as being minor to moderate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – James W. Dotts Jr., 32, of Georgetown, Ind., has been indicted by a federal grand jury on receipt and possession of child pornography charges, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Executive Agrees to Serve 8 Months in Jail WASHINGTON — The former highest-ranking Qantas Airways Limited cargo executive employed in the United States has agreed to plead guilty, serve 8 months in jail, and pay a criminal fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix rates for international air cargo shipments, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Victor H. Kohring, a former elected member of the Alaska House of Representatives, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A former Pacific Consolidated Industries LP (PCI) executive pleaded guilty today to charges related to the bribery of a U.K. Ministry of Defence (UK-MOD) official in order to obtain lucrative ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Federal Civil Rights Charges Stem from 2005 Murder of William McCay WASHINGTON – Two Kansas City, Mo., men were convicted by a federal jury today for the racially-motivated murder of William McCay on March ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Pablo Bonifacio pleaded guilty today in federal court in Los Angeles, to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and transporting illegal aliens in the pending case of United States v. Vasquez-Valenzuela, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Bernard V. Ward, 57, a San Francisco resident who previously worked as a radio station talk show host, entered a guilty plea today in federal court in San Francisco to one count of distributing child pornography via the Internet, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A U.S. Department of Defense civilian employee working at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait, was arrested and charged with filing a false federal tax return for the 2005 tax year, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher and Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Thomas O. Barnett announced today.
By Fed Newswire | May 8, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission today announced proposed regulations that generally would require a creditor to provide a consumer with a risk-based pricing notice when, based in whole or in part on the consumer's credit report, the creditor offers or provides credit to the consumer on terms less favorable than the terms it offers or provides to other consumers.
By Commerce News Now | May 8, 2008
News Release: Beginning this month, 130 million Americans will receive economic stimulus checks, many postmarked from Austin. This capital city is just one of four nationwide locations distributing funds to the American people as part of President Bush's more than $150 billion bipartisan economic stimulus plan. Today, I am in Austin to highlight the economic stimulus and discuss long-term policies that will help strengthen our economy.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a public hearing on May 28 at 10:30 a.m. EDT to collect information on the use of child labor and forced labor worldwide in the production of goods. The hearing will take place at the department's headquarters at 200 Constitution Ave. N.W. in Washington. The department is accepting requests to attend from all interested parties.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2008
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
