News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Kimberly Eileen McMillian, a/k/a Kimberly Simmons and Kimberly Simmons McMillian, age 46, of Baltimore, today to two years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with a fraud scheme...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) A 24-year old Norway, Michigan, man has died after a fall of about 70 feet from the top of Miners Falls to the bottom. Franklin Carver Sade died at Munising Memorial Hospital as a result his injuries. The apparent accident occurred on Monday, Nov. 11, at approximately 2:30 a.m. Miners Falls is located within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, about ten miles east of Munising.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, Alexis Amador-Huggins was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in the attempted carjacking and murder of Stefano Steenbakkers, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Defendant Alexis Amador-Huggins was found guilty of all charges pending against him after a two week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - James Reuben Norton Blackeagle, 30, of Kamiah, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 21 months in prison for unlawfully possessing ammunition, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Blackeagle to serve three years of supervised release and forfeit the ammunition he unlawfully possessed. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 21, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. Two Topeka men have been sentenced to federal custody in unrelated federal firearms cases, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed S. 330, the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE ACT), by voice vote. The measure advanced through the Energy and Commerce Committee in July, as H.R. 698. The HOPE Act would eliminate the restriction on acquiring HIV-positive organs in order to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: Five Banks Directed To Produce Records For Accounts At Zurcher Kantonalbank, The Bank Of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited, And Their Affiliates.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Lawrence County has been sentenced in federal court to 10 months imprisonment and three years supervised release on her conviction of embezzlement from a credit union, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today met with Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer to discuss efforts to maximize the benefits of North America’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote the Environmental Protection Agency about the Agency's involvement in developing social cost of carbon (SCC) estimates and who is actually behind developing the estimates. Vitter's letter today is a follow-up to an EPW Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on November 5, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Security of HealthCare.gov." Witnesses to be announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Democratic staff memo that refutes Committee Chairman Darrell Issa’s claims that the White House directed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to disable...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Security of HealthCare.gov." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed S. 330, the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE ACT), by voice vote. The measure advanced through the Energy and Commerce Committee in July, as H.R. 698. The HOPE Act would eliminate the restriction on acquiring HIV-positive organs in order to...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: On Thursday, November 14th at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “The Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Schools, Colleges, and Universities." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: In Case You Missed It… Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined NPR’s Weekend Edition host, Rachel Martin to discuss his recently introduced anti-human trafficking legislation. The interview follows last week’s field hearing convened by Chairman Royce to examine efforts to combat human trafficking.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today met with Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer to discuss efforts to maximize the benefits of North America’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ian Andrade, 36, of Newport, was ordered detained today by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan on federal drug and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Newport Police Chief Gary T. Silva. Andrade was arrested by Newport Police on Friday.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this evening passed S. 252, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, by voice vote. With an average of one in eight children born prematurely, the PREEMIE Act seeks to strengthen the ongoing effort to track, prevent, and treat prematurity to ensure children have...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed S. 330, the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE ACT), by voice vote. The measure advanced through the Energy and Commerce Committee in July, as H.R. 698. The HOPE Act would eliminate the restriction on acquiring HIV-positive organs in order to...
