News from January 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2009
News Release: On Jan. 29, 2009, an Angels Camp man and his son were contacted by park rangers at a trailhead adjacent to highway 299 at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. The ranger noticed the two trying to hide a box in their car as he approached. The investigation revealed that a drug deal had just taken...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has voted to delay by one year new regulations on lead and chemical content of children's toys and products. This policy could prove overly burdensome to small businesses and non-profit retail stores, such as second-hand stores and church stores, which could be required to adhere to these CPSC regulations.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2009
News Release: Last Update Jan. 31, 2009. Some damage still remains. - Woodsens and Jewel Camp 2 still closed. - The boardwalk nature trail at Rio Grande Village was washed away. - The launch sites for float trips upstream and downstream of Mariscal canyon have been destroyed. Highway 170 from Lajitas to Presidio...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former high-level shipping executive was sentenced today to serve 48 months in jail and to pay a $20,000 criminal fine for his role in an antitrust conspiracy involving the transportation of goods to and from the continental United States and Puerto Rico by ocean vessel, the Department of Justice announced today. This is the longest jail sentence ever imposed for a single antitrust charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a consent decree with the Policía de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Police Department or PRPD) that will, if approved by the federal district court, resolve a complaint the Department filed in March 2008 alleging that the PRPD engaged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former lobbyist pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to commit honest services fraud, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON— Five commercial fishermen in St. Mary’s County, Md., a fish wholesaler, its owner and an employee have been charged in Maryland and Washington, D.C., for their role in the illegal harvest, sale, and purchase of hundreds of thousands of pounds of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jimmy "Jimbo" Sullivan, the former chief of police in Mendenhall, Miss., pleaded guilty today to a felony civil rights violation, admitting that he used excessive force when he repeatedly stomped on the head of an arrestee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton for the Southern District of Mississippi announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Florida homeland security vendor employees were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud by depriving their employers of money and the right of honest services, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday published a policy that was adopted to help avoid preventable foreclosures on certain residential mortgage assets held, owned, or controlled by a Federal Reserve Bank. The Federal Reserve Board has decided to apply the policy to the residential mortgage assets held ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between New Frontier Bancorp, Greeley, Colorado, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced two final rules pertaining to the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF), which extends loans to banking organizations to finance their purchases of high-quality asset-backed commercial paper from money market mutual funds.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 30, 2009
The US Justice Department published a four page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
