News from April 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: The Potential Gas Committee (PGC) this week released the results of its latest assessment of America’s natural gas reserves, estimating the United States’ total recoverable resource base at 2,384 trillion cubic feet. This is the highest resource evaluation in the 48-year history of the Potential Gas Committee, a group of experts based at the Colorado School of Mines who conduct this assessment on a biennial basis. This year’s estimates rose a stunning 22.1 percent since 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - A Lexington business man who admitted he used hundreds of thousands of dollars of his clients’ money to purchase sports collector cards, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: The Potential Gas Committee (PGC) this week released the results of its latest assessment of America’s natural gas reserves, estimating the United States’ total recoverable resource base at 2,384 trillion cubic feet. This is the highest resource evaluation in the 48-year history of the Potential Gas Committee, a group of experts based at the Colorado School of Mines who conduct this assessment on a biennial basis. This year’s estimates rose a stunning 22.1 percent since 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Appropriations Committee today launched an examination into reports that the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Office of Communications and Education (OCE) spent about $45 million in FY2012, nearly double the entire amount the Food and Drug Administration spent on communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester woman was charged today on charges of falsifying tax returns.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Appropriations Committee today launched an examination into reports that the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Office of Communications and Education (OCE) spent about $45 million in FY2012, nearly double the entire amount the Food and Drug Administration spent on communications.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius provide more information on the $54 million award to fund community groups to help individuals navigate the health care law’s exchanges. This latest request continues the committee’s aggressive oversight of the new health law’s spending, implementation, and impact.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich sentenced Brian Leavitt (25, Bradenton) yesterday to 27 years in federal prison for distribution and receipt of child pornography. The court also ordered Leavitt to forfeit a laptop computer and hard drive, which were used in the offense. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Matthew Channon, 36, and his wife Brandi Channon, 33, both of Albuquerque, N.M., were arraigned in federal court this morning on an eleven-count indictment charging them with wire fraud. Both entered not guilty pleas and were released under pretrial supervision pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on a new legislative proposal that would protect consumers by ensuring transparency and oversight of major EPA regulations that may drive up energy costs.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Welcome, Secretary Sebelius. I’ve enjoyed working with you during the President’s first term and am very pleased that you have decided to continue where some have fallen away.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join in the celebration of Earth Day and National Park Week at the annual Green Gary and Junior Ranger Day at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's Douglas Center on April 27, from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Enjoy fun, nature-based, activities, explore the newly opened Nature Play Zone and hike the Miller Woods Trail extension to Lake Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-As Tax Day approaches, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reminds all Minnesotans that the deadline for filing federal income tax returns is Monday, April 15. To exemplify federal law enforcement’s commitment to pursue those who fail to pay their taxes or otherwise defraud the tax system, the Office noted that federal prosecutors in the District of Minnesota this week charged four individuals with tax-related crimes in three separate cases.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist in California has opened a window into the vascular networks of a number of crops by adapting computed tomography (CT) scan technology to the study of plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A woman who fraudulently obtained a $228,000 home equity loan in her father and mother-in-law’s names by forging their signature and the signatures of others, has been sentenced to 81 months in prison and ordered to pay $228,000 in restitution for her guilty pleas to identity theft and money laundering charges, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Appropriations Committee today launched an examination into reports that the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Office of Communications and Education (OCE) spent about $45 million in FY2012, nearly double the entire amount the Food and Drug Administration spent on communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Nadia Cavner, 53, of Springfield, MO, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging her with one count of violating the federal interstate stalking statute, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Steven Williams, 46, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a charge of second-degree murder while armed in the June 2012 slaying of the owner of a Northeast Washington delicatessen, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: The Potential Gas Committee (PGC) this week released the results of its latest assessment of America’s natural gas reserves, estimating the United States’ total recoverable resource base at 2,384 trillion cubic feet. This is the highest resource evaluation in the 48-year history of the Potential Gas Committee, a group of experts based at the Colorado School of Mines who conduct this assessment on a biennial basis. This year’s estimates rose a stunning 22.1 percent since 2010.
