News from April 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two New Jersey men convicted for conspiring to travel to Somalia to join a terrorist group and murder individuals whose beliefs and practices did not align with their extremist ideology were sentenced today to 22 and 20 years in prison, respectively, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, WV, April 12, 2013 - Have you ever wanted to go whitewater rafting, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and more in the gorge? Join National Park Service rangers to participate in a series of fun and educational adventures at New River Gorge National River this summer.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today outlined the subcommittee’s focus for the panel’s Tuesday hearing to examine the deadly meningitis outbreak, which has resulted in 53 deaths and...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Entrance fees to Glacier National Park and 401 National Park Sites across the country will be waived Monday through Friday, April 22-26, in recognition of National Park Week. The annual celebration is coordinated by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Terrell Patton, 20, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a charge of voluntary manslaughter while armed stemming from a slaying that took place in October 2009 in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Butler County couple who ran a combined beauty shop and gun store have been sentenced for federal firearms violations, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Southern States Cooperative Inc., Richmond, Va., has paid $1,350 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: David E. Woodside, 37, of Tamaroa, Illinois, was sentenced Friday, April 12, 2013, in United States District Court in Benton to a term of 3 years’ probation for fraudulently concealing assets from the United States Trustee and the chapter 7 trustee during the pendency of his 2009 bankruptcy case in the...

By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today outlined the subcommittee’s focus for the panel’s Tuesday hearing to examine the deadly meningitis outbreak, which has resulted in 53 deaths and...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Pedro Rayon-Perez, 26, has been convicted of harboring undocumented aliens, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The Mexican National entered a guilty plea just moments ago as he was set to begin trial.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today outlined the subcommittee’s focus for the panel’s Tuesday hearing to examine the deadly meningitis outbreak, which has resulted in 53 deaths and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Monday, April 15, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - A federal grand jury here has returned a 24-count indictment charging three Columbus-area men and a woman with providing and using firearms in illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: On April 11, 2013, David A. Shockley, 36, of Murphysboro, IL, pled guilty in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Planned The Abduction, Rape, Torture, And Murder Of Multiple Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 31-year-old Nacogdoches, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, WV, April 12, 2013 - Have you ever wanted to go whitewater rafting, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and more in the gorge? Join National Park Service rangers to participate in a series of fun and educational adventures at New River Gorge National River this summer.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC -- Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. John Conyers, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, have issued a 26-page staff memo detailing the preliminary results of the Committees' joint investigation into the role of the Department of Justice in urging the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, to withdraw its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in Magner v. Gallagher.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - A new fee structure for floating the Upper Colorado River between Pumphouse and Dotsero will go into effect May 1.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park celebrates National Park Week April 20 through April 28.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Volunteers who donated their time last year helping the Bureau of Land Management manage public lands and resources were recognized at the annual BLM Volunteer Appreciation Event Wednesday.