News from October 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today released new HealthCare.gov meeting notes stating that as of 10/2/2013, there were “248 enrollments." According to meeting notes from the day before, “6 enrollments have occurred so far with 5 different issuers."
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The National Park Service will begin burning piles of woody debris over the next few weeks on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park depending on weather conditions.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: FARMINGTON, PA - The National Park Service including the five National Parks in Western PA will honor America's veterans with free entrance to all parks for all visitors, over the three day Veterans Day weekend, November 9 through 11, 2013. Entrance fees will not be charged at Allegheny Portage Railroad...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) highlighted a new report from the Government Accountability Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Pastor Charles Lawrence Kennedy, Jr., age 71, of Tampa, Florida pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello yesterday to one count of wire fraud federal law enforcement authorities announced. Kennedy, who is free on a bond, is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Arguello...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: 92 defendants have been charged to date in Operation Sledgehammer I-VI.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Janelle Fuston, 25, of Aloha, Oregon, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez to five years of probation and 200 hours of community service for the crime of money laundering. She was also ordered to pay $48,243 to the government in the form of a money judgment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, has sentenced PATRICK REX LOVETT, 48, of Tabor City, North Carolinato 5 years probations with 9 months of house arrest. The Court also imposed a fine of $10,000 and ordered forfeiture in the amount of $160,696.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced four individuals with connections to the “River Otter Preppers" organization. They each pleaded guilty on Aug. 14, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: HUNTSVILLE -- A federal judge today sentenced a Huntsville man to five years probation, including eight months home detention, for tax evasion and ordered him to pay $3.7 million in restitution to the government, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent In Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The Advanced Baseline Imager, or ABI, is GOES-R’s primary instrument for scanning Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment and is a significant improvement over instruments on NOAA’s current geostationary satellites. The ABI will offer faster imaging with much higher detail. It will also introduce new forecast products for severe weather, volcanic ash advisories, fire and smoke monitoring and other hazards.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: As part of a joint effort with the USDA Forest Service to conserve the Greater Sage-Grouse and its habitat across ten Western states, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue a draft land use plan (LUP) amendment and draft environmental impact statement (EIS) Nov. 1, 2013 that would amend BLM...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Hundreds Of Thousands In Fraud Proceeds Spent On Red Carpet Gala At Philadelphia Ritz-Carlton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - A federal jury convicted a Winchester, KY., man today of distributing heroin that resulted in an overdose death.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - Kayci Cook Collins, Superintendent of the Flagstaff National Monuments - Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monument announces that visitor center hours will shift towinter hours starting Nov. 1, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Patrick Left Hand Bull, age 40, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Oct. 24, 2013, and pled guilty to a charge of Abusive Sexual Contact.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Patchogue, New York - Following the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Fire Island National Seashore prepares for the completion of more post-storm restoration work, while additional federal funding has been provided to extend research within the Seashore. These endeavors are expected to help restore...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King announces that entrance fees into Mount Rainier National Park will be waived for all visitors to the park from Saturday, November 9, through Monday, November 11 in honor of U.S. Veterans and current members of the U.S. Armed Forces. This is the final fee free weekend for 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - LISA CAROLIN RIGGS, 37, from Yukon, Oklahoma, pled guilty this week to committing wire fraud by misuse of her employer-issued credit card, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
