News from July 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: "The expertise and imagination that will come together at the Forum is exciting," said Robert Detrick, Ph.D., assistant administrator for NOAA Research, and a Forum speaker. "Partnerships will be the key to developing and following-through on a national ocean exploration program that truly makes a difference.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Ronald Eugene Mabee, 66, of Hopkins, Michigan pleaded guilty today, Thursday, July 18, 2013, to distributing child pornography via the Internet, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced. Mabee faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years of imprisonment, and he will be required to serve a term of supervised release after his prison term has been completed. Mabee will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today, charging San Jose residents Jose Angel Martinez Chairez, 38; Angel Avilio Martinez-Diaz, 26; Jose Maria Villareal, 24; and Sunnyvale resident Jose Luis Ramirez Verduzco, 27, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Jeremy Blackburn, 33, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 188 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Blackburn has been in custody since he entered that guilty plea in March 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration took the July 4 holiday to rewrite major components of Obamacare, prompting many serious questions from Congress regarding how and why these decisions were made and what is the true status of implementation. In an effort to get answers, the Subcommittee on Oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - RICHARD SADDLER owned Omicron Capital LLC, a company in the business of assisting customers in refinancing commercial and real estate loans.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo has announced USDA's intent to make available up to $5 million to purchase lamb products for federal food nutrition assistance programs, including food banks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration took the July 4 holiday to rewrite major components of Obamacare, prompting many serious questions from Congress regarding how and why these decisions were made and what is the true status of implementation. In an effort to get answers, the Subcommittee on Oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - An associate of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to her involvement in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI -Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Kahuku Unit by offering free programs to introduce visitors and residents to the park's southernmost section, now through September 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released an updated advanced legislative framework to replace the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the result of a careful...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The three individuals that were hit by lightning yesterday are in serious but stable condition, and are anticipated to remain in the hospital for several days.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Reporting Data Breaches: Is Federal Legislation Needed to Protect Consumers?" The hearing allowed members to explore data breach trends occurring within the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with XTO Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, to resolve an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) related to the discharge of wastewater from XTO’s Penn Township, Lycoming County, Pa. facility used for the storage of wastewater generated by natural gas exploration, commonly known as fracking, and production.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Obamacare has suffered a rough July: costs continue to go up, businesses continue to cut hours, and the administration kicked off the Fourth of July by dropping not one but two bombshells. First, it announced a delay of mandates for businesses, while forcing individuals to comply. Then, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the full Senate confirmed Gina McCarthy to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Joshua David Watson, 37, of Rowlett, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 250 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2012 to an indictment charging two counts of attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Winston Churchill once said, “All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.".
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Obamacare has suffered a rough July: costs continue to go up, businesses continue to cut hours, and the administration kicked off the Fourth of July by dropping not one but two bombshells. First, it announced a delay of mandates for businesses, while forcing individuals to comply. Then, ...
