News from October 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Jermaine Holden, 32, a resident of Terrebonne Parish, was sentenced today by U. S. District Court Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. to serve over 16 (200 months) imprisonment after pleading guilty to cocaine charges. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Duval imposed 10 years of supervised...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: A quarterly oil and gas lease sale administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) netted over $24 million in revenues today from the sale of 37 federal leases in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. The oral auction took place at the BLM's New Mexico State Office in Santa Fe. A total of 38 bidders registered...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: BOSTON - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that a former Malden man was sentenced yesterday for distributing oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve are planning to burn a pile of debris consisting of trees and branches between Monday, October 22 and Wednesday, October 31. Ignition of the pile will occur in the morning, conditions permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Manssor Arbabsiar, aka Mansour Arbabsiar, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of New York to participating in a plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States while the Ambassador was in the United States. Arbabsiar, a 58-year-old naturalized...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: See News Release. Travelers may experience periodic delays and one-way traffic due to road construction along approximately.78 mile of Foxville-Deerfield Road from the northern boundary of Catoctin Mountain Park to the Owens Creek Campground entrance from 7:00 am until 5:00 pm, Wednesday, Oct. 17...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WINDHOEK, Namibia - At the seventh annual general meeting of the Africa Prosecutors Association (APA) held here last week, the U.S. government was represented by a senior official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group Know Your Park citizen science program series continues with two presentations this fall-one on sharks and the second on WWII shipwrecks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Gregory Fitzgerald, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 126 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: High winds will continue across northeastern Colorado and the Fern Lake Fire today. Firefighters are closely monitoring and patrolling the fire to watch for any potential growth. Despite yesterday's high winds, fire activity remains low with smoldering, creeping and some open flame observed. The fire continues to be managed with a full suppression strategy.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested additional information from the Food and Drug Administration regarding its oversight of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, which has been linked to the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis. In December...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 17, 2012 - “Correlation does not imply causation" is certainly a rule President Obama learned while earning his law degree but something he has all but forgotten when it comes to his Administration’s dismal, job destroying energy policies. President Obama’s failed energy policies...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 17, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings today sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew requesting documents and interviews regarding White House officials’ role in the late-night editing of the Interior Department’s Drilling Moratorium Report to make it appear as though the moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was supported by a panel of engineering experts when it was not. to read the full letter.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested additional information from the Food and Drug Administration regarding its oversight of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, which has been linked to the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis. In December...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: Trail Closed in 2009 Due to Large Rockfall.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: DENVER - Leslie Renee Hee, 40, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 180 (15 years) in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute, dispense, and possess with intent to distribute and dispense controlled substances, including prescription and illegal...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested additional information from the Food and Drug Administration regarding its oversight of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, which has been linked to the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis. In December...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program funding opportunity is now available through WaterSMART. The Bureau of Reclamation is inviting sponsors of congressionally authorized Title XVI projects to request cost-shared funding for the planning, design or construction of those projects.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 112 recipients in 38 states, Washington, DC, and the Western Pacific for loans and grants to help spur rural economic development and create or save jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C.- The National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, held annually on the Ellipse to kick off the holiday season in our Nation's Capital, this year will be held Thursday, December 6, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. (EST), the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced today.
