News from May 2013
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: How do you study the history of people who were not allowed to record their own stories? When enslaved people lived and worked at Kingsley Plantation is was illegal for them to learn to read and write. While they were unable to record their own histories, their stories are not lost. Today archaeologists...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Brandon Mace was sentenced to more than six years in prison for claiming false income tax refunds totaling nearly $5.5 million, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 55-year-old Longview, Texas lawyer has been sentenced to federal prison for mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: With the Memorial Day Weekend ahead and more people spending time outdoors, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reminds everyone to be cautious while using fire outdoors.Kyle Cowan, BLM Wyoming fire management officer said, "Although we have received needed precipitation over the past several weeks...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: There may be a few of my colleagues who are tired of Keystone bills, but the American people are also tired - tired of $3.70 a gallon gasoline, tired of unemployment above 7 percent, and tired of four years of delays that continue to block this critical jobs and energy project. Remember, the President pledged to the nation in January 2012 that he would do “whatever it takes" to create U.S. jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Jackson, TN - Robert Gregory Dempsey a/k/a “Jesse Rockwell," 48, of Perry County, TN, was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury in Jackson, TN, on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of interstate transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Park Ranger Dustin Beaty will be presenting a program about snakes at the Bandy Creek Campground at 7:00 p.m. (EDT) on Saturday, June 1. This evening program will be held at the Bandy Creek campfire circle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - Felicia C. Adams, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Gabriel “Gabe" Grchan, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, New Orleans Field Office, announce that.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Hausmann-Alain Banet (a/k/a Anzoumana Ousmann Gbane, a/k/a Gbane Anzoumana a/k/a Ousmann Gbane, a/k/a Ousmann Gbane Anzounan Banet, a/k/a Ousmann-Alain Gbane) pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Smith County, Texas residents have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska:Want to know what it takes to provide trails for visitors in Denali National Park? Come join the Denali trail crew on Saturday, June 1 and celebrate National Trails Day by helping with annual maintenance activities on the Mount Healy Overlook Trail.
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the role of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and specifically the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), in addressing the challenges...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: There may be a few of my colleagues who are tired of Keystone bills, but the American people are also tired - tired of $3.70 a gallon gasoline, tired of unemployment above 7 percent, and tired of four years of delays that continue to block this critical jobs and energy project. Remember, the President pledged to the nation in January 2012 that he would do “whatever it takes" to create U.S. jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, with bipartisan support by a vote of 241 to 175. Sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), this bipartisan, commonsense legislation will end the regulatory delays blocking construction of the Keystone...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: New Charges Also Include Firearms, Narcotics, And Robbery Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that former DeSoto Parish School Board member Bartholomew Claiborne, 31, of Mansfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote, to one year and one day in prison and three years supervised release for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: RICO LAVON EDWARDS, 30, of Savannah, Georgia, pled guilty earlier this month before United States District Court Judge B. Avant Edenfield for his role in the armed robberies of the Savannah Postal Credit Union and of Barnett Educational Supplies.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: This bill provides funding levels that members on both sides agree are appropriate, while avoiding contentious legislative riders that complicate passage.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the release of FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcements for eight U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) preparedness grant programs totaling over $1.5 billion ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “Tomorrow, May 22, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to Oklahoma to meet with state and local officials and ensure that first responders are receiving the assistance they need in on-going response and recovery efforts to the severe weather that impacted the region. More details on the trip will be released once they are finalized.
