News from August 2010
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2010
News Release: Visitors that are blind or visually impaired can now experience the exhibits at Homestead National Monument of America in a better, deeper way. The indoor and outdoor exhibits at the Homestead Heritage Center plus the Palmer-Epard Cabin now include an audio description tour designed to deliver a verbal...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today the reopening of two popular off-road vehicle (ORV) areas as the shorebird nesting season comes to a close in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. On Bodie Island Spit, the shoreline access corridor south of Ramp 4 to Oregon Inlet reopened to ORV and pedestrian...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 23, 2010
News Release: STATEMENT OF SENATOR BARBARA BOXER Los Angeles Roundtable on Job Creation, Transportation Reform and the 30/10 Initiative Aug. 23, 2010 (Remarks as Prepared for Delivery) I want to start by thanking Mayor Villaraigosa for convening this meeting, and for welcoming us to his offices for today's roundtable ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Park Foundation, official charity of America’s national parks, announced today that First Lady Michelle Obama will join Mrs. Laura W. Bush as an additional keynote speaker at the Sept. 11, 2010, ceremony being held at the future site of the Flight 93 National Memorial...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2010
News Release: Search aircraft are continuing their efforts this afternoon to locate a missing aircraft in Katmai National Park and Preserve.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2010
News Release: Aeration-blowing ambient air through grain storage bins-has been used for decades to maintain the quality of grain by keeping it cool, as well as to manage stored insect pests. But few recent studies have examined whether it's better to direct air from above or below as a means of using temperatures of 60 degrees Fahrenheit or below to control insects.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2010
News Release: Like many towns in the Keweenaw, White Pine was developed by a copper mining company. While it has a few things in common with these other mine locations, it remains a unique place. Join Professor Larry Lankton as he describes the community's history and leads a tour of the town's highlights.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2010
News Release: Lassen Peak Trail Rehabilitation Prepares for Helicopter Operations.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2010
News Release: Search for Missing Aircraft Continues in Katmai National Park.
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2010
News Release: Van Nuys, CA -- Today, Congressman Howard L. Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following statement praising the announcement that direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will begin next month...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Great Falls, Sunburst and Havre, Mont. and then to Chicago, from Aug. 24-26. On Tuesday, Aug. 24, Secretary Napolitano will travel to Montana and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: "We are extremely pleased that the Appeals Court in Thailand has granted the extradition of Viktor Bout to the United States on charges of conspiring to sell weapons to a terrorist organization for use in killing Americans. We have always felt that the facts of the case, the relevant Thai law and the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production Inc. and Marathon Oil Company have agreed to pay the United States $2,219,974.98 and $4,697,476.57, respectively, to resolve claims that the two companies separately violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the agenda and panelists for the Aug. 27, 2010, joint public workshop in Fort Collins, Colo., on competition in the livestock industry. This is the fourth in a series of five public workshops. This workshop is focused on the state of competition and regulation in the livestock sectors, in particular the cattle industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Rodolfo Rodriguez Cabrera, 43, a Cuban national, and Henry Mantilla, 35, of Cape Coral, Fla., were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Philip M. Pro in Las Vegas to two years in prison each for conspiring to produce and sell counterfeit International Game Technology (IGT) video ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Natchez, Miss., Police Department Officers Elvis Prater, 35, and Dewayne Johnson, 32, with civil rights offenses and other offenses related to the beating of two men in custody, the theft of an arrestee’s credit and debit cards, and the officers’ false statements to federal investigators. Prater and Johnson were arrested Thursday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eric Jon Eisenhower, a resident of Fairfax Station, Va., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., for failing to collect, account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than $200,000 in withholdings from employees’ paychecks between 2004 and 2008, the Justice Department and IRS announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the Western District of Tennessee indicted Terrence Arnett Yarbrough, aka “T-Rex,” on four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion against minor and adult female victims. Yarbrough, Michelle Johnson and Norma Yarbrough Webb were additionally charged in the indictment with conspiracy to fraudulently obtain food stamps.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the death of Dr. Mario Guerra Obledo: "I offer my heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Mario Guerra Obledo, the 'godfather of the Latino movement,' who I had the pleasure of knowing from my work in ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2010
The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
