News from October 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice today seeking $1 billion from Bank of America, alleging the bank committed fraud by selling defective mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
By State Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement in response to reports of rocket attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip into Israel...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New England Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Bristol Police Chief Josue D. Canario announced that Manuel M. Chaves, 34, of Bristol, a career offender characterized by Bristol Police in a letter...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: HOUSTON, TEXAS - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, met this week with executives from the North Slope’s three major producers to discuss the current state of plans and next steps for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project for commercializing Alaska’s gas resources.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Policy Options Draft for Stakeholder Discussion
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies to improve one of America's most popular vegetables.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kurt Schneider, 23, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 14 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for possessing a stolen firearm. Schneider also was ordered to pay a $250 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: SEATTLE - A 36-year-old Mexican national wanted in his native country for murder was removed Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Hikers reported a dead mountain lion near Newbury Park in Point Mugu State Park on Sunday. A National Park Service biologist identified the carcass as Puma-25, a female lion approximately one year old, and transferred the remains to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory for necropsy.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: High winds deter helicopter assistance on Fern Lake Fire.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Technological advances in the state-regulated practices of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have caused oil and natural production from shale reservoirs on state and private lands to significantly increase over the past four years. Hydraulic fracturing is currently responsible...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) this week released a report titled “The Imperial Presidency" that highlights the Obama administration’s pattern of executive overreach.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King announces that the climbing cost recovery fee will be increased by one dollar for the 2013 calendar year. This increase applies to both the youth and adult passes. Adult passes for those 25 and older will be adjusted to $44 and youth passes for those 24 and under will be adjusted to $31.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23 people have died and more than 280 people have been sickened with fungal meningitis linked to tainted vials of an injectable steroid produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC), based in Framingham, Massachusetts.[1] ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Stop.Think.Connect.™ campaign today announced a new partnership with the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), which seeks to reduce crime by helping citizens work with law enforcement ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to help producers rebound from drought have touched more than one million acres of farmland across the country as nearly 2,000 producers took advantage of conservation funding targeted to drought-stricken areas by USDA's ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 21 projects in eight states have been funded through the Tribal College Initiative Grant program to make campus improvements, provide outreach and educational offerings. Janie Hipp, Senior Advisor to the Secretary made the announcement on the Secretary's behalf while attending the National Congress of American Indians Annual Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that the town of East Haven, Conn., memorialized its intention to enter into a settlement agreement to resolve the department’s civil investigation of allegations that the East Haven Police Department (EHPD) engaged in a pattern or practice of unlawful discrimination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The president of a Costa Rican company that sold reinsurance bonds to life settlement companies was sentenced today in Richmond, Va., to 60 years in prison for carrying out a half-billion-dollar fraud scheme that affected more than 3,500 victims throughout the United States and abroad, announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2012
News Release: Jacqueline Slaton was sentenced to 70 months in prison and order to pay restitution of over $100,000 for her involvement in stolen identity refund fraud scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.