News from July 2009
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2009
News Release: Adding a moderate, but not high, amount of walnuts to an otherwise healthy diet may help older individuals improve performance on tasks that require motor and behavioral skills. That's among the new nutrition and health findings noted in the most recent issue of the Agricultural Research Service's Food and Nutrition Research Briefs and its Spanish-language edition, Informe de investigaciones de alimentos y nutrición.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2009
News Release: (Keystone, SD) Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) was the site of a demonstration by Greenpeace this morning. Early on 8 July, park staff and security quickly detected the unauthorized trespassing on the sculpture. Mount Rushmore’s law enforcement rangers responded...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2009
News Release: Activity on the Grouse and Harden fires in Yosemite National Park has slowed significantly with the fires reaching the established boundaries that managers planned for the incidents. The Grouse Fire is three miles southwest of Yosemite Valley and north of Glacier Point Road. The Grouse Fire is 3,029 acres and 93 percent contained. The Harden Fire on the north side of the park, west of Harden Lake and northwest of White Wolf is currently 1,661 acres and 95 percent contained.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2009
News Release: NOTE: This is the last Panther Creek Fire update pending further fire activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce today released a preliminary estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on a portion of the House Tri-Committee health reform discussion draft. The draft proposals included in the estimate would slow spending,...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2009
News Release: A wildland fire is currently burning in the northern portion of Zion National Park. The Horse Fire is located approximately 1 ½ miles southeast of Lava Point, along the West Rim Trail. This fire was detected yesterday afternoon, July 7, and is a holdover from a lightning storm that passed through the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -. Click to enlarge. Background: 1. President Barack Obama arrived in L’Aquila, Italy today to participate in the Annual G8 Summit to meet with leaders from Canada, the Russian Federation, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Climate change is expected to be one...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said the following today regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) review of speculation trading limits...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano applauds President Obama’s intent to nominate Kelvin Cochran— who brings decades of experience in preventing and responding to fires and emergencies—as U.S. Fire Administrator.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Today, we remember the 52 men and women who perished in the London bombings of July 7, 2005. In the four years since this heinous act of terrorism - which took the lives of individuals from more than a dozen countries - additional ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: An individual pleaded guilty today in federal court in Detroit for his role in creating and marketing software designed and used to send bulk commercial e-mails, known as "spam," in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today filed a complaint seeking injunctive relief against Peregrina Cheese Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., and two of its officers: Javier Peregrina and Isabel Peregrina.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Bankers' Bancorp, Inc., a registered bank holding company, Independent Bankers' Bank, a state chartered member bank, both of Springfield, Illinois, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Frontier Financial Corporation, Everett, Washington, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: I want to congratulate the host organizations for bringing together such a distinguished group of business leaders from Russia and the United States.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: Pair Will Focus on Clean Energy Jobs and Technology Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu will travel to China from July 14 to 17. The two secretaries will highlight the tremendous potential for mutually beneficial relationships in the clean energy sector.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the appointment of former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) official and long-time patent professional Nicholas Godici to look at ways to strengthen the management structure of the USPTO and provide an up-to-date assessment of the challenges the ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced significant efforts by the department to support access for minority-owned businesses to Recovery Act opportunities. Locke, along with Commerce senior advisor Rick Wade, held a conference call with reporters today to discuss the department’s commitment to improving outreach and education.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: Washington – The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (also known as the ERISA Advisory Council) will meet July 21-23, 2009 in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, Room N-3437A-B.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 7, 2009
News Release: Cincinnati – A free health law compliance assistance seminar for employers, plan fiduciaries and plan services providers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Ohio Department of Insurance, will take place July 15 and 16 at the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Hotel at the University of Cincinnati, 151 Goodman Drive.
