News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Shawn Fred Crawford, age 47, of Lusby, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession and distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Van Buren, MO- In recognition of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial, The Civil War in Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas exhibit is now on display at the Visitor Contact Station in Van Buren, Missouri through 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Boston - A South Boston man was sentenced today in federal court for committing four bank robberies.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: House Republicans are taking action to fix the nation's broken workforce development system. The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training held a hearing this week to examine how the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act will encourage a more dynamic job training system and help put more Americans back to work. In the videos below, committee Republicans discuss the many positive reforms included in the SKILLS Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Anthony J. Torresi, age 34, of Coral Gables, Florida pleaded guilty late yesterday to unlawfully exporting night vision equipment.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held a hearing to explore the innovative methods states and school districts are using to evaluate and promote teacher effectiveness. The hearing marks a renewal of the committee’s efforts to address the challenges facing K-12 schools by focusing on one of the most fundamental components to student success: teacher quality.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: A grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Victor A. Fields, 57, with theft of government property, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Felix Reyes, 20, of Woonsocket, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Stuart Lee Vance, 39, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced to 94 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for the September 2008 armed bank robbery of Great Southern National Bank in Meridian, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen. Vance was also ordered to pay $2,910.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: A grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Gayle P. Braxton, 66, with theft of government property, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) introduced the Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013, prohibiting the Obama administration from waiving the work requirements that were a critical element of welfare reform enacted in 1996.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting returned a one-count indictment charging Reginald G. Davis, age 61, of Detroit, Michigan, with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 28, 2013 - The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) yesterday released disturbing new data that shows the United States has been increasing its dependence on oil from one of the most unstable regions in the world. Middle Eastern oil now accounts for more than 25 percent of American oil imports-a nine year high that has come at the same time as record gasoline prices.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the progress of health care delivery system reforms in the nation...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: FEB 28 (TAMPA, Fla.) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Lydia (38, Bartow) with conspiracy to distribute and possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Admitted Possessing Two Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Adan Diaz, 21, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to assault with a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Longtime Massey division president impeded federal mine inspectors and violated mine safety laws.
