News from May 2011
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to fight high gas prices and increase American energy production, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today continued its hearing on the American Energy Initiative with a discussion on draft legislation that would accelerate energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: SEATTLE, WA - Ruben Ramirez-Ventura, 26, of Renton, Washington, was sentenced May 13, 2011 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Ramirez-Ventura is the last of three defendants sentenced to ten year terms following...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Fire restrictions in effect at Lake Mead National Recreation Area are necessary to prevent wildfires during this period of extended drought and increased potential for wildfires in Nevada and Arizona. This restriction does not apply to National Park Service lands within the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Thank you for your hard work Mr. Chairman, I believe you did the best you could with the allocation you received. Also thank you for including my report language as well as the report language of other members of the Subcommittee. I think there were only two items by members on my side that weren’t included in the mark.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: (Andersonville, Georgia) On April 30, 2011 Mr. Henry V. Booth, son of Private Isham Johnson Booth, visited the infamous prisoner of war camp at Andersonville where his father served in the final year of the Civil War. The visit was arranged by Andersonville National Historic Site and the Alexander H. Stephens Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today stressed the importance of the health care reform law’s provisions to strengthen the Medicare program in light of news that the economic crisis has decreased the number of workers and their contributions to the program from their paychecks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Field Division, announced today that Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in 28,377 pounds of medicine - more than 14 tons - as part of the DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This nationwide event was held on Saturday, April 30, 2011, and provided area residents the ability to dispose of unused and expired medications.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "It is with great sadness that I learned this morning that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agents Eduardo Rojas, Jr., and Hector Clark were killed earlier today in an accident near Gila Bend, Ariz. The agents were ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States is seeking to bar three men from promoting alleged tax shelter schemes involving sham cemetery investments, the Justice Department announced today. The government has filed a civil injunction lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., against Michael A. Strauss of Herndon, Va.; his son, Patrick B. Strauss, of Washington, D.C.; and Joseph C. Barreiro of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Douglas L. Wright, 41, of North Chelmsford, Mass., was sentenced to five years in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for transportation and possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen M. Ortiz, and Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Attorney General made the following statement today: “In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Bob Mueller led the transformation of the FBI into what today is the world’s pre-eminent counterterrorism agency. One of the most respected prosecutors of his generation before joining ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Fremont, Calif., man was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison and to pay a $20,000 fine for possessing child pornography and attempting to extort additional child pornography images of an underage girl whom he harassed via the social networking website Facebook, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – David Dean, 43, of Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced today to 180 monthsin prison and a lifetime of supervised release for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today to block the proposed acquisition by VeriFone Systems Inc. of Hypercom Corp. The department said that the proposed deal would substantially lessen competition in the sale of point-of-sale (POS) terminals in the United States, resulting in higher prices and reduced innovation, quality, product variety, and service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former employee of two Massachusetts-based customer relationship management agencies that purchase direct mail advertising services was sentenced today for participating in fraud conspiracies and committing tax evasion relating to his receipt of more than $1.8 million in kickbacks, the Department of Justice announced.
By Fed Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on a proposed rule that would create new protections for consumers who send remittance transfers to recipients located in a foreign country.
By Commerce News Now | May 12, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at Committee of 100 Annual Conference, New York, New York Thank you, Nelson [Dong], for that introduction.
By Commerce News Now | May 12, 2011
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for April 2011. Retail sales rose 0.5 percent, slightly lower than private-sector expectations, though sales for February and March were revised significantly upward. Retail sales excluding motor vehicles rose 0.6 percent, ...
By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2011
News Release: CHICAGO – A U.S. district court has upheld a subpoena issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration requesting documents from Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. concerning inspections and reports the company prepared for Haasbach LLC. Two teenage workers were killed in a grain engulfment at Haasbach's Mount Carroll, Ill., site in July 2010.
By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATAIn the week ending May 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 434,000, a decrease of 44,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 478,000. The 4-week moving average was 436,750, an increase of 4,500 from the previous week's revised average of 432,250.
