News from October 2013
By State Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, published the following op-ed, “Fixing food aid," in today’s edition of Politico.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: “Today’s hearing is the second in our series to examine critical issues in postsecondary education as the Committee looks to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. The topic we’ll discuss today is of great interest to policymakers and the public: innovation in higher education. Though we’ve spent time...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -- Joshua Martin, 22, and Lemarkcus Kelly, 22 of Jackson, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to possession of illegal explosives, specifically Molotov cocktails, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and ATF Special Agent in Charge Phillip Durham.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on Oct. 29, 2013, Alan Brown, 61, and his brother Vernon Lee Brown, 54, both Northern Arapaho Tribal Members, pled guilty in federal court to an Information charging them with one count of Involuntary Manslaughter...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Eric Murphy, age 28, of Rapid City, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Oct. 21, 2013, and pled guilty to a charge of Attempted Trafficking with Respect to Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Get Outdoors! It's Fee Free Weekend at Everglades National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Happy Birthday, Fire Island Lighthouse! On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society and Fire Island National Seashore will celebrate the 155th anniversary of the Fire Island Light, which was first illuminated on Nov. 1, 1858. There will be live music and crafts, facepainting and magic for the kids. Two former Lighthouse families will be on site to share their stories and memorabilia.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) issued the following statement in response to the Commerce Department’s new report on the economic benefits of Foreign Direct Investment and President Obama’s remarks today at the inaugural SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - 14 former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correction officers and 11 others have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to a large-scale racketeering case involving the McConnell Unit in Beeville, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Houston.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the release of the Restoration of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Final Environmental Impact Statement (Mariposa Grove FEIS). This landmark plan provides the foundation for the restoration and site improvements in the park’s largest grove of giant sequoias. The Mariposa...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) released the following joint statement on the Medicare physician payment proposal announced by the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Scott Falk, age 29, of Kenai, Alaska, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Oct. 21, 2013, and pled guilty to a charge of Attempted Trafficking with Respect to Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) released the following joint statement on the Medicare physician payment proposal announced by the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) issued the following statement in response to the Commerce Department’s new report on the economic benefits of Foreign Direct Investment and President Obama’s remarks today at the inaugural SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SUNITA D. BUDDHU, 43, of Wethersfield, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for helping her father, Deowraj “Deo" Buddhu, operate a fraudulent debt elimination scheme that victimized more than 125 people in Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, Florida and Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose returned an Indictment on Oct. 16, 2013, charging Jamal Raphael Broussard with sex trafficking of children, transportation of minors for prostitution, and coercion and enticement of minors for prostitution, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Vasiliki Papadakos, 61, of Danbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking oxycodone.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Bloomberg Businessweek recently highlighted our nation’s nuclear waste woes, noting that radioactive waste continues to pile up at plants across the country with the Yucca Mountain repository shuttered. There is approximately 70,000 tons of waste stored at plants across the country. Illinois is home...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) released the following joint statement on the Medicare physician payment proposal announced by the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Elijah Fogle, 22, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Petrese Tucker also ordered 10 years of supervised release and a $300 special assessment.
