News from January 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: An Omaha Children's Museum traveling exhibit inspired by the poetry book, "The Blizzard Voices," will be at Homestead National Monument of America on January 12 through May 7, 2013. It features two interactive kiosks inspired by this book by Ted Kooser, the former U.S. poet laureate and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Kooser will read from this book at the Homestead Education Center on Sunday, January 13 at 1 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Dan Foster has been selected as the new superintendent for Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area and Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail. Foster is currently the superintendent at Niobrara National Scenic River, and will report for his new assignment at Grand Coulee, Washington in February.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: In honor of Martin Luther King Holiday the Pipestone National Monument and other National Park Service (NPS) sites, around the country, will be offering fee-free entry into the parks on January 21st.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on January 8, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, JAMES KIRBY KING, a 46-year-old resident of Hays and an enrolled member of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, appeared for sentencing. KING was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Benjamin George Murphy, age 65, of Rosebud, South Dakota, appeared before United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange on January 9, 2013, and pled guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Theresa Portillo Was Chief Executive Officer at the Now Defunct WSFCU.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
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By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: This summer's Murie Science and Learning Center field-based, active learning courses are now available for registration. These unique, in depth experiences appeal to a wide range of interests as they immerse participants into aspects of Denali National Park and Preserve. Courses are three to five days in length.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture optional origin sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year. An optional origin contract provides that the origin of the commodity may be the U.S. or one or more other exporting countries.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: Celebrate National Winter Trails Day, Saturday, Jan. 12, with a snowshoe adventure at Lassen Volcanic National Park. In addition to the regularly scheduled weekend ranger-led snowshoe walks from the Kohm-Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, visitors may join a special Manzanita Lake snowshoe walk exploring...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Tyrone, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) commended the Food and Drug Administration for meeting today’s deadline to issue draft guidance on abuse-deterrent prescription drugs. In late December, the leaders had requested the Department of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on January 8, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, JOSEPH WAYNE CREE MEDICINE, a 28-year-old resident of Browning, appeared for sentencing. CREE MEDICINE was sentenced to a term of.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Having blood drawn and analyzed to diagnose disease is a process that can take a few days, but what if your doctor could perform this analysis in moments, right before your eyes? That's the promise of "lab on a chip" technology, and researchers are working on a variety of fronts to remove technical roadblocks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Michigan. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Scott Thomas Barrett, 49, of Charlevoix, Michigan pleaded guilty on Monday, January 7, 2013, to receiving via the Internet images and videos of child pornography, U.S. Attorney...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SANA’A, Yemen— U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate and DHS Counterterrorism Coordinator Rand Beers led a DHS delegation to Sana’a, Yemen on January 7-8 to meet with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Mary Estelle Curran of Palm Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to filing false tax returns for tax years 2006 and 2007, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Demetrio Juan Gonzales, 40, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised released for violating the civil rights of an individual in his custody when he struck and choked the victim in the shower room/dress out area of MDC. Gonzales pleaded guilty in October 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal inmate formerly held in Pennsylvania's Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex pleaded guilty today in Harrisburg, Pa., before U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane, to first degree murder for stabbing and kicking a fellow inmate to death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to serve 45 years in prison for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, dedicated to the sexual abuse of children and the creation and dissemination of graphic images and videos of child sexual abuse throughout the world, announced ...
