News from June 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: Park guests will have the unique opportunity to ‘get up close and personal’ with lichens. Ken De Camp, nature photographer and retired Forest Service employee will have on display a collection of images he has spent decades in the North State photographing. The exhibit will be on display at the Whiskeytown Visitor Center beginning June 12th through July 16th.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - On May 8, 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that beginning this July 4, the American public will once again be able to visit the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which was closed after the 9/11 attacks for safety and security reasons. Beginning at 10 a.m. (ET) on June...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: Using a neutron beam to study nanocrystals, researchers have provided new information about hydrogen bonds that connect the building blocks of cellulose, the main molecule in cotton fibers and most other plant cell walls. The study was coauthored by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists with lead collaborators from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials report that a jogger wasinjured Sunday morning in an encounter with a grizzly bear while running on a backcountry trail on the park’s west side.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Laboratory results received by the Arizona Game and Fish Department report that the Koi Herpes Virus (KHV) is the probable cause of the Lake Mohave carp die-off. The virus, which can impact carp as water temperatures warm, affects gill function and can lead to suffocation and secondary infections. While there were bacterial issues, lab tests show KHV as the primary cause of the die-off. The virus doesn't pose a human health hazard.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C.--Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement in response Lebanon's successful parliamentary elections:
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2009
News Release: NEWS RELEASE u.s. department of the interior.
By State Newswire | Jun 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement commemorating the 65th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy (D-Day):
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The Game Reserve, Quincy and Trick Fires continue to burn in Grand Canyon National Park. The Game Reserve Fire (90 acres) is about 9 miles southeast of Grand Canyon Village, the Quincy Fire (50 acres) is on the North Rim, ¼ mile south of the forest boundary northwest of Point Imperial and the Trick Fire (1/10 acre and inactive) 6 miles southeast of Grand Canyon Village.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: Christine Kourtides (ONDCP) 202-340-3054 Sara Kuban (DHS) 202-282-8010 Laura Sweeney (DOJ) 202-514-2007 Today, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Director of National Drug Control ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Albuquerque, N.M.—U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in 16 members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) today during her first meeting with HSAC in Albuquerque, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — At the eighth annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Zurich, Switzerland, the ICN adopted new Recommended Practices for substantive merger analysis and presented two new reports on the analysis of tying and bundled discounting and loyalty discounts and rebates under unilateral conduct laws, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: Today, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske released President Obama’s strategy to stem the flow of illegal drugs and their illicit proceeds across the Southwest border and reduce associated crime and violence in the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: The Department's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas have launched a federal investigation into federal crimes in connection with the murder of Dr. George Tiller. The federal probe will consist of a thorough review of the evidence and an assessment of any potential ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: A former State Department official and his wife have been arrested on charges of serving as illegal agents of the Cuban government for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified U.S. information to the Cuban government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—U. S. District Court Judge Richard Lazzara (Middle District of Florida) today sentenced the Korean corporation STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd., which operates the commercial cargo ship M/V Ocean Jade, to pay $2.2 million in penalties and serve four years of probation for conspiring to falsify and falsifying environmental compliance records, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Four Miami-area residents were sentenced today in connection with a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today rejected a challenge to the conviction of James Ford Seale, a former member of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: Only One Week Left to Prepare for the June 12 National Switch to Digital Television U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today urged Americans who rely on over-the-air broadcasting – typically those who use older televisions with “rabbit ears” or a rooftop antenna – to take immediate action so that ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 5, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has certified for release $25,645,804 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of Nevada. Nevada qualified for the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by allowing workers to use their more recent earnings to qualify for benefits.
