News from May 2013
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Timpanogos Cave National Monument will kick off its 90th summer season Memorial Day weekend, with the first cave tour of the year on Saturday May 25, 2013. Tours will be offered daily until late September, entering the cave every 15 minutes from 8:30 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. Each tour is limited to 16 people, regardless of age.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX), and Vice Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations and Health Subcommittees Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today expressed concern about the stimulant dimethylamylamine (DMAA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on May 8, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, SCOTT LEE HUBENY, a 48-year-old resident of Missoula, was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council will meet Wednesday, May 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the BLM Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H Road.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: A New York man was charged wtih trafficking in counterfeit merchandise after investigators found him with more than 1,300 counterfeit items, including handbags, sunglasses and shirts, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today advanced legislation reauthorizing two important drug user fee programs for new and generic animal drugs and a bill to secure America’s prescription drug supply chain.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A former bank teller was sentenced today for committing bank fraud in connection with her embezzlement of $377,000 from Citizens Bank.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the USGS-Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department will translocate endangered humpback chub (Gila cypha)to two tributaries of...
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX), and Vice Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations and Health Subcommittees Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today expressed concern about the stimulant dimethylamylamine (DMAA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that a federal jury yesterday found Ibrahim Issa (23, Orange Park) guilty of conspiracy to possess and pass counterfeit money. He faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 17, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 4,701 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This exceeded the last take back total in September, 2012, which was 3,539 pounds.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park will present "Discovering Rocky's Historic Landscape: A Sense of Place" for Archeology and Historic Preservation Month, celebrated to highlight important historic resources that give meaning and a sense of place to communities. The presentation is on Saturday, May 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center auditorium in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sturgis woman convicted of Larceny was sentenced on May 6, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. Melody Wouden, a/k/a Melody Delong, age 49, was sentenced to 6 months of unsupervised probation and ordered to pay $25 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 7, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, RONALD LEON LEESON, a 53-year-old resident of Great Falls, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Phillip Michael Bryant, 26, of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced today to life in prison for the murder of three people in aid of racketeering. Bryant pled to the murder of Sean McCracken on or about Nov. 1, 2009, and the murder of Johnny Avery on March 19, 2010. Both murders were...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway today sentenced Orlando Ismael Muniz (58, Deland) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for the receipt of child pornography. As part of this sentence, he was ordered to serve a 20-year term of supervised release following his release from prison. The court also ordered Muniz to forfeit his computer equipment and register as a sex offender. Muniz pleaded guilty on April 27, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a New York man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to traffic in more than $4.1 million worth of contraband cigarettes.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 – The May 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, which will be released at 12 noon EDT, will present USDA's initial assessment of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects and U.S. prices for the 2013/14 marketing year. It will also present the first calendar-year 2014 projections of U.S. livestock, poultry, and dairy products.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: MADISON, WI - May 7, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on dairy and beef cattle. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today's announcement is one part of the Department's efforts to strengthen the rural economy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: A Las Vegas mortgage agent was sentenced late yesterday to serve 15 months in prison for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme that netted more than $1.2 million in fraudulent mortgage loans, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...
