News from February 2013
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2013
News Release: The third day of search efforts began early this morning, Sunday, Feb. 3, for a missing man from San Antonio, Texas. Troy Green was reported missing Friday afternoon. Yesterday, thirty-five searchers were involved and recon flights occurred over the search area. Today, forty-five searchers are involved...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2013
News Release: Public is Invited to Flight 93 Advisory Commission Quarterly Meeting.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2013
News Release: Park rangers heard from two witnesses who indicated they spoke with Troy Green at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Bear Lake Trailhead but did not see what direction he went from there. Between witness reports and park rangers' investigation, it is now known that Mr. Green purchased additional...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2013
News Release: DETROIT - A Toronto man was convicted Jan. 30 in Windsor, Ontario, on charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking marijuana for his role in a scheme to smuggle drugs from Canada into the U.S. The conviction is the first in Canada following a year-long Detroit Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing a documentary film about the African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, on Friday, February 8, and Saturday, February 9, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2013
News Release: National Park Service News Release. - FEBRUARY 2, 2013. KAREN HUGHES, ACTING CHIEF RANGER, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 X223. GREEN RANGERS YOUTH PROGRAM AT MONTEZUMA WELL. Beginning March 2, the National Park Service will begin the Green Rangers Youth Program. The program provides hands-on experience to educate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2013
News Release: - ALBANY, N.Y. - Two former Oneonta residents, Dylan J. Clark and Michelle L. Slonaker, were arrested last Friday as part of “Operation Gold Rush" that was conducted by the Otsego County Sheriff’s (OCSO), the Oneonta Police (OPD), and the Albany District Office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, into the distribution of oxycodone powder in and around Otsego County.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2013
News Release: Search efforts began again early this morning, Saturday, Feb. 2, for a missing man from San Antonio, Texas. Troy Green was reported missing Friday afternoon. Yesterday, fourteen searchers including two dog teams from Larimer County Search and Rescue searched the Bear Lake area. Due to extremely cold temperatures, wind and darkness, searchers were brought out of the backcountry last night. Through the evening, park rangers planned for today's search efforts.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2013
News Release: Thirty-five searchers focused their efforts today for a missing man, 39-year-old Troy Green from San Antonio, Texas, on all major trails in the Bear Lake Corridor. Two recon flights occurred this morning, focused on the search area. Park rangers are being assisted by Larimer County Search and Rescue and Rocky Mountain Rescue.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the launch of the DHS Campus Resilience Pilot Program (CR Pilot) for U.S. colleges and universities. Together with the Department of Education and the Department of Justice, DHS will work with state, local and private sector partners to engage colleges and universities to take proactive steps to enhance preparedness and campus resilience.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “I want to thank Mark Sullivan for his nearly seven years as Director of the United States Secret Service, 29 years of service to five presidents and 34 years of service to the country in law enforcement. His commitment to keeping our country and its top officials safe is unparalleled, and his devotion to the mission of the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security has been unwavering.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: New "Smart Snacks in School" proposal to ensure vending machines, snack bars include healthy choices WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 – USDA today announced the public comment period has opened on proposed new standards to ensure that children have access to healthy food options in school.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resolved dozens of export issues in 2012, freeing up an estimated $4 billion in U.S. agricultural and forestry exports and protecting roughly 30,000 American jobs in the process. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: A Kansas City, Kan., federal court permanently barred an Instant Tax Service franchisee, A&S Tax Services LLC, from further operating or preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Instant Tax Service is a national tax-preparation chain operated by ITS Financial LLC, based in Dayton, Ohio. An Ohio federal court entered a preliminary injunction against ITS Financial LLC and its owner last November.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: The company that operates Path, an online social networking application, agreed to pay an $800,000 penalty to settle charges that it violated the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: A Maryland man was found guilty by a federal jury yesterday and sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison for his participation in a global online child pornography conspiracy, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett of the Southern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the city of Lomita, Calif., resolving allegations that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied the Islamic Center of the South Bay’s application to build a new mosque on its property. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court to shut down a tax-preparation office in Riverview, Fla., the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., alleges that Tyree Middleton, of Palmetto, Fla., operates Middleton Financial Group and Middleton Financial Professional Tax & Accounting Inc. in Riverview and intentionally prepares and files fraudulent federal income tax returns to obtain improper tax refunds.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris issued the following statement on the January 2013 Employment Situation report released today: "This morning's report shows solid, steady growth in jobs. The economy added 157,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in January, while the unemployment rate was unchanged at7.9 percent.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
