News published on Federal Newswire in April 2009

News from April 2009


News Release: Seven new iceberg lettuce breeding lines with resistance to bacterial leaf spot (BLS) have been released by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.


2009 Campgrounds Dates Announced for Glacier National Park

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The 2009 operating dates and nightly fee schedule for Glacier National Park’s 13 frontcountry campgrounds are now available. Dates listed represent the first day and the last night of camping for each category.


News Release: Ten students from Grand and San Juan Counties will have the opportunity to work in local national parks this summer as part of the Canyon Country Conservation Corps. Sponsored by the Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service, the Conservation Corps is entering its ninth summer of operations.


News Release: The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will open to the public for climbing from April 17 through Columbus Day, Oct. 12, 2009. Climbing fees for the Lighthouse will be $7 per adult, and $3.50 for children under 12 and senior citizens.


1960s Return to the LBJ Ranch

News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park invites the public to experience a decade like no other when the park hosts its second annual "Reflections of the 60s at the LBJ Ranch" special event on Saturday, April 18. Vietnam veterans, Johnson administration and National Park Service staff, and a former...



News Release: WASHINGTON – Following three and a half days of trial and 19 minutes of deliberations, a Gulfport, Miss., federal jury yesterday convicted Paul Richard Arceneaux, a resident of Church Point, La., of tax crimes, the Justice Department announced. Arceneaux, who owned and operated Speedy Cash Inc. in Gulfport, ...


News Release: WASHINGTON—Two commercial fisherman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., to violations of the Lacey Act, the federal law that prohibits individuals from transporting, selling or buying illegally harvested fish, in this case striped bass or rockfish, the Justice Department announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A woman from the Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to making false claims and mail fraud, the Justice Department announced. The indictment alleged that between approximately May 1, 2003, and Feb. 28, 2005, Sharon Smith and others participated in a scheme to file false and fraudulent individual income tax returns in the names of individuals who were not entitled to the refunds that were claimed.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A former Jackson County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy was indicted on April 7, 2009, by a federal grand jury for violating the civil rights of a teenage girl whom he forced to perform sexual acts in his patrol car, the Justice Department announced.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a seven page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.