News from July 2013

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Dear Secretaries Lew, Kerry, Pritzker, and Ambassador Froman...

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the announcement that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are seeking input from their colleagues in the U.S. Senate on issues critical to advancing tax reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today released its letter of findings determining that the city of Miami Police Department (MPD) has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive use of force through officer-involved shootings in violation of the Fourth Amendment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, Preet Bharara, Loretta E. Lynch - the United States Attorneys for the Southern District of Florida (SDFL), Southern District of New York (SDNY), and Eastern District of New York (EDNY), respectively - Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: The visitor center in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park will be closed this month, and visitor contact functions will be moved to the campground.Unprecedented rains in recent years have caused unstable badlands soils to shift and caused the building to move.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) along with Republican Members of the Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: The decision to delay enforcement of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has created a host of new questions and concerns that need to be addressed, according to a letter sent today to President Obama from House Republican leaders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Huntington man admits receiving child pornography, pleads guilty to federal crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Monsoonal weather patterns have moved into the Grand Canyon area decreasing fire danger. As a result, on Wednesday, July 10 at 8:00 a.m. fire managers will lift all fire restrictions within Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A criminal complaint has been partially unsealed following the recent arrests of three area residents alleging their involvement in the kidnapping of a Mission resident, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Explosive Device Left At One Home, Second Home Torched.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “Mining in America: Powder River Basin Coal Mining the Benefits and Challenges." This hearing examined the job, energy, and economic benefits related to the development...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of (SDFL), announced the filing of one count indictment charging four defendants for their participation in an international money laundering in which they laundered millions of dollars for transnational drug trafficking organizations.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on July 8, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced plans today to add an additional public meeting to the previously announced schedule of public meetings to provide the basic information and hear questions and comments regarding the National Park Service proposal to provide new access points to facilitate public access in Cape Hatteras National Seashore as included in the Environmental Assessment (EA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, N.J., man who co-owns and operates a wholesale merchandise business in New York selling adult paraphernalia was sentenced today to 19 months in prison for concealing more than $1.2 million in income in various domestic and foreign bank accounts, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Fruit season is upon us. Cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, apples, and pears are typically available for harvest each summer at Capitol Reef National Park.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Rapper Who Went By ‘Guerilla Black’ Continued Fraud Even After First Arrest.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Upcoming Star Party at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on July 3, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, NANCY LOUISE DELGADO, a 46-year-old resident of Lodge Grass, was sentenced to a term of.