News from August 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of AT&T Inc.’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. on grounds that the arrangement would violate U.S. antitrust law and adversely affect American consumers. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement in response to the Department’s action...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: ROCHESTER, NY. - John P. Gilbride, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA) and Joel R. Ordway, Steuben County Sheriff"s Office announced the arrest of an Hammondsport man after a year-long investigation into drug trafficking in the central Steuben County area.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The feasibility of using carbon dioxide (CO2) injection for recovering between 250 million and 500 million additional barrels of oil from Kansas oilfields has been established in a study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - The National Park Service will reopen the Cape Lookout Lighthouse and points south including the jetty and the spit area at dawn on Sept. 1, 2011. These areas will be open for day use and foot traffic only.No vehicles or overnight stays will be allowed. South Core Banks north of the lighthouse remains closed.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), Owen and Company LLC, operating in Carmel, Calif., has posted a $150,000 surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to employ Martin Zaninovich, previously named in a PACA action.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Wednesday released the following statement on the Commission on Wartime Contracting ’s final report. The Commission found as much as $60 billion worth of waste, fraud and abuse in contracts to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: One of BOAF's missions is to engage the community through citizen participation, school programs and civic service. Through education and community outreach, BOAF aims to share the rich history of the free African American community on Beacon Hill in the 19th century and the black and white abolitionist movement that thrived there.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: On August 30 rangers began looking for a 23 year old young man, Jacob Olivier, who is believed to have entered the park on August 24th. Though he has not been officially declared a missing person. Mr.Olivier's vehicle has been parked at Pine Glades Lake since August 24th and has not moved.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Three days after Hurricane Irene struck the northeast, damage assessment and clean up operations continue at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The work consists of hazardous tree and debris removal, culvert clearing, temporary repair of road damage, maintaining road closures, and ensuring...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan Boudreau announced today that the 13 knot vessel speed limit and mid-channel vessel course restriction in lower Whidbey Passage and waters south and east of the southern tip of Willoughby Island will be removed due to a decrease in the number...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Lowell, MA - A week for foodies approaches. The emphasis is on immigrant foodways traditions. On Thursday September 8th at 7:00 p.m., the Lowell Folklife Series invites you to a pre-film talk by Metropolitan Waterworks Museum director Beryl Rosenthal, who will share her memories of New York Jewish pickle...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Wilson Lee Garrett, age 37, of Waldorf, Maryland, who was a legal assistant at the Department of Justice when he was arrested in 2009, to serve 248 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee (RGPPC) unveiled A New Medicaid: A Flexible, Innovative, and Accountable Future, a new report outlining policy options to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the beleaguered Medicaid program. The report responds to requests...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. In honor of that day, the National Park Service, the Friends of Andersonville, and Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) are hosting the 2011 National POW/MIA Convocation at 11:00 a.m. September 14 in Jackson Hall Auditorium on the campus of Georgia Southwestern. The public is invited.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today responded to the news that Solyndra LLC, is immediately suspending its operations and filing for bankruptcy. The Energy and Commerce Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: (Thousand Oaks, CA) On early Tuesday morning, P-18, one of the mountain lion kittens born in the Santa Monica Mountains in May, 2010 was hit and killed while attempting to cross I-405 just south of the Getty Center southbound onramp.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, in partnership with the Business Council, Business Roundtable, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers and the American Chemistry Council, announced that 45 industry leaders have committed to double the...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - At approximately 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center began receiving reports of a vehicle hitting a rock wall on the canyon rim between Thunderbird and Kachina Lodges in Grand Canyon National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today responded to the news that Solyndra LLC, is immediately suspending its operations and filing for bankruptcy. The Energy and Commerce Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, NC- The Duck Blind permit lottery traditionally held at Cape Lookout National Seashore the day after Labor Day has been postponed. Instead of being held on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. It will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 9:00 a.m. at the Harkers Island Visitor Center.
