News from January 2013
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) made the following statements regarding news from the completed U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study that examined the water quality of 127 shallow domestic wells in the Fayetteville Shale natural gas production area of Arkansas and found no groundwater contamination associated with gas production.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 10 years in prison without parole, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. NICHOLAS STENSON, 29, was convicted on Oct. 3, 2012, after a jury trial in Rockford.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Saugus woman was sentenced today for a scheme to steal charitable donations and other funds intended for a local library where she worked.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Reps. Darrell E. Issa and Elijah E. Cummings, issued a joint statement in response to the Major League Baseball’s decision to implement in-season testing for human growth hormone (HGH) in its players.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Yakima - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that David Allen Vickers, age 40, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Senior District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle determined that, based on Vickers' lengthy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Vice Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement on FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement regarding implementation of a provision of the spectrum law that would make more unlicensed spectrum available...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act. The bipartisan SMART Act, authored by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), creates efficiencies in the Medicare Secondary Payer...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act. The bipartisan SMART Act, authored by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), creates efficiencies in the Medicare Secondary Payer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, woman convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on January 7, 2013, by US District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Leigha Koster, age 20, was sentenced to 33 months of imprisonment, 2 years of supervised release, $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund, and $16,995.18 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: This morning in Midland, a federal jury convicted 47-year-old Paul David Copeland, Jr., of Odessa, of various methamphetamine trafficking offenses, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jeffery S. Adams, 41, of Hudgins, Va., and his corporation Adams Fishing Adventures Inc. pleaded guilty today to trafficking in illegally-harvested striped bass, in violation of the Lacey Act. Among other things, the Lacey Act makes it unlawful for any person to import, export, transport...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - In the District of Minnesota, separate charges have been filed against two Mexican nationals who allegedly entered the United States illegally after being deported as criminals. Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, indictments were filed against two individuals for illegal entry after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Boston - An Andover man was indicted today on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Alto, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Rural Development helps to invest more than $30 billion to strengthen rural America WASHINGTON, January 9, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued a report highlighting USDA Rural Development's fiscal year (FY) 2012 investments in job creation, businesses, infrastructure and housing for Americans living in rural communities across the nation.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: USDA offers emergency loans to producers ahead of 2013 crop season to help combat persistent drought WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2013—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today designated 597 counties in 14 states as primary natural disaster areas due to drought and heat, making all qualified farm operators in the areas eligible for low-interest emergency loans. These are the first disaster designations made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: A Canadian citizen was sentenced to four years in prison today for his role in a scheme to defraud consumers purchasing pharmaceuticals online, the Justice Department announced. Andrew J. Strempler was also ordered to pay a forfeiture of $300,000 and a fine of $25,000. A restitution hearing was set for Feb. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jeffery S. Adams, 41, of Hudgins, Va., and his corporation Adams Fishing Adventures Inc. pleaded guilty today to trafficking in illegally-harvested striped bass, in violation of the Lacey Act. Among other things, the Lacey Act makes it unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Montell Williams, of Chicago, pleaded guilty today in Hammond, Ind., to violating the Mann Act by transporting a woman across state lines for the purpose of having her engage in prostitution. Williams was indicted on Oct. 4, 2012 and indicted on additional charges on Dec. 13, 2012.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: On Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, the Federal Reserve will offer $3 billion in 28-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. As noted in the Federal Reserve Board's September 8, 2010 release, this offering is part of ongoing small-value operations designed to provide eligible institutions with an ...
