News from November 2013
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) expressed concern today over the news that Fisker Automotive filed for bankruptcy protection and that the Department of Energy sold its loan to a foreign investor for $25 million. DOE will have recovered a total of $53 million from the original $192 disbursed.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: MINERAL, CA - The Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, with the exception of the vestibule and restrooms, will be closed to the public December 1 through March 31 due to the ongoing budget concerns. When the government shutdown ended, Congress provided funds to operate the parks through Jan. 15, with...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) yesterday introduced H.R. 3588, the Community Fire Safety Act, a bipartisan bill to exempt fire hydrants from an Environmental Protection Agency determination on the regulation of lead in...
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today regarding Ukraine’s decision to suspend negotiations on the signature of the Association Agreement with the European Union (EU).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man, formerly an attorney practicing in Boston, was convicted of mortgage fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Szilard Pop (33, West Palm Beach) yesterday to 41 months in federal prison for mail fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $703,693.00, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Docs Uncovered Reveal Zients Milestone Set In September
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Matthew Lucas Ayotte, 34, a native of Presque Isle and more recent resident of Penobscot County, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The imprisonment is to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Ayotte pled guilty to the charge on March 1, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JENNIFER CHIRICO, 31, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Remberto Argueta and William Espinoza have been convicted by a federal jury for committing murders, attempted murders, and armed robberies in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID HANEY, 52, of Marlborough, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: ZUHAIR HAMED, age 51, and JIHAD HATEM HAMAD, age 27, both residents of Gretna, Louisiana, were sentenced yesterday by U. S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon on their guilty pleas to Conspiracy to Bribe an Agent of Local Government in Connection with a Program Receiving Federal Funds, announced U. S. Attorney...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Docs Uncovered Reveal Zients Milestone Set In September
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Johnson City, Texas - "We all stood there in shock with the rest of the world," recalled Richard "Cactus" Pryor, who was at the LBJ Ranch when he learned of John F. Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963. Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park will remember the event's 50th anniversary with...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Bipartisan leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Aviation Subcommittee today wrote to Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx urging him to protect U.S. aircraft operators from unfairly being subjected to a European Union aviation emissions cap and trade system while a global plan to reduce emissions is being developed.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Kitty litter that's nearly 100 percent biodegradable can be made by processing spent grains left over from corn ethanol production. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant physiologist Steven F. Vaughn and his colleagues have shown that litter made with these grains as the starting material may prove to be more environmentally friendly than popular but nonbiodegradable clay-based litters. After use, clay litters mostly end up in landfills.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Stewart Matthew Kidwell, 36, of Blanchester, Ohio was arrested today on charges that he sought someone online to rape a four-year old family member...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: RAIN CAUSES TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES AT LAKE MEAD NRA.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), announced that AllenCo has notified her that it has heeded her call to suspend operations at its oil and gas pumping facility in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Senator Boxer first called for this action earlier this month when she learned that residents in the community, including children, have reported terrible chemical odors and experienced severe health impacts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced today that Mark Anselm, 37, of Clayton, N.Y., pled guilty before the U.S. District Judge Glen T. Suddaby to six felony offenses that charged him with making false statements to officials of the United States Coast Guard, possession and use of an altered merchant marine license, and aggravated identity theft.
