News from December 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: LAREDO, TX - Leandro Salas-Galaviz aka Daniel Obregon, 35, has been sentenced to life in prison for his role as a leader/organizer in a drug and money laundering conspiracy engaged in trafficking kilograms of cocaine and marijuana for the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: Boston, Massachusetts - The W3R-MA and the National Park Service will hold an event celebrating the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail in Massachusetts on Sunday December 4, 2011 at 1:00 pm in Boston National Historical Park at the Battle of Bunker Hill Museum, located at 31 Monument Square, Charlestown, MA 02129.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: PIKEVILLE, KY. - A former Paintsville, Ky. doctor admitted in federal court today that he unlawfully dispensed approximately 50,000 prescription pills to individuals in Eastern Kentucky.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore plans to open Great Island and Long Point cabins on Friday, March 16, 2012, and operate them until Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Visitors can start making reservations on January 5 at 10 a.m. (EST).
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement applauding the passage of H.R. 2845, The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act. The bill passed the House by voice vote and now awaits immediate action in the Senate.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined how Senate Democrats are pursuing a so-called “millionaires" surtax for purely political reasons and adjust it to fund their spending idea of the week.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement applauding the passage of H.R. 2845, The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act. The bill passed the House by voice vote and now awaits immediate action in the Senate.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement applauding the passage of H.R. 2845, The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act. The bill passed the House by voice vote and now awaits immediate action in the Senate.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to the CEOs of 13 for-profit schools seeking copies of compensation agreements for senior executives as part of an effort to determine whether salaries, bonuses, and other compensation are appropriately tied to the performance of students they educate, the vast majority of whom pay for their education with federal tax dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce that it will show the PBS documentary Forgotten Ellis Island this Friday and Saturday, December 16 and 17, at noon.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: GRAND MARAIS, Mich. The Harbor of Refuge building on Coast Guard Point in Grand Marais is getting a new front porch, thanks to the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Alejandro Castellanos, 21, of Oaxaca, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to possessing firearms furthering a marijuana cultivation conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park has just begun a research project to assess visitor impacts on Cascade foxes (Vulpes vulpes cascadensis). The Cascade fox is a rare species currently known to inhabit only Mount Rainier and Mount Adams. Many of Mount Rainier's Cascade foxes have learned to get food from people...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A body found below Navajo Bridge on November 17 has been identified as that of 52-year-old James Waibel of Glendale, Arizona.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reiterated her concerns regarding the imminent release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Utility MACT rule and its potential to cause power disruptions.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the following statement following the conclusion of the United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called on President Obama to address concerns raised by members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about the actions and management style of the agency’s chairman, Gregory Jaczko.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued a statement on a letter sent to the White House from four of the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners regarding the Chairman of the Commission, Gregory Jaczko. All five of the commissioners ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood to meet with Canadian Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Denis ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has sued Sharon Angulo and Claudia Zuloaga to bar them from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme and from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
