News from September 2013
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Adding limestone powder to "green" concrete mixtures-those containing substantial amounts of fly ash, a byproduct of coal-burning power plants-can significantly improve performance, report* researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join a National Park Service ranger at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for a tour of five historic homes from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair on Saturday, October 19 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Each tour will last approximately two hours and includes a ranger-narrated...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 3, 2013, Steven Whiteman Jr., 43, Fort Yates, N.D., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of abusive sexual contact.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Second Degree Burglary was sentenced on Aug. 29, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By State Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing, “Authorization of Use of Force in Syria."
By USDA Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Quickly spraying a home with a temporary fire-retardant coating may prevent it from being destroyed by a forest or brushland wildfire. An experimental gel that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant physiologist Gregory M. Glenn and his colleagues in Albany, Calif., have developed might offer better, more affordable protection than other fire-retardant gels.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Ramel Moten, 29, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to life plus 130 years in prison for racketeering, attempted murder in-aid-of-racketeering and other charges connected to the activities of a violent drug gang called the “Harlem Boys." Moten and six other members of the gang, which...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Makeshift doctor’s office lacked running water, exam table, and medical equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Stephen Wayne Sudduth, 38, of Sealy, has entered a plea of guilty to two counts of production of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Appointment Of Senior Public Affairs Officer & Director Of New Media Also Announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - A former U.S. Attorney, who successfully prosecuted cases involving coal mine officials, insurance executives, doctors, sheriffs, and mayors in eastern Kentucky, Texas and Idaho over a 46 year career, retired from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Kentucky (USAO-EDKY).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: To celebrate the special nature of autumn in the Tetons, a variety of ranger-led programs will be offered during the month of September, beginning today. These programs provide opportunities to learn about park history, geology and wildlife while enjoying fall colors and other park features. Visitors and local residents should also note the closing dates for Grand Teton National Park visitor centers, listed below.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. -- Topeka man has been sentenced to 78 months for bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in special programs highlighting historical figures in the new park orientation film, "The Campaign for Chattanooga: Death Knell of the Confederacy," on September 21-22, 2013, as part of the commemorative programs associated with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three men, all from the Washington D.C. area, pled guilty today to charges stemming from multiple robberies and other crimes committed earlier this year in a series of attacks on city streets and at a Metro station, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Defendants allegedly conspired to set blaze to Logan office building; collected more than $1 million in insurance proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Cranberry Twp., Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to time-served on his conviction of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: Ten U.S. organizations are this year's top candidates for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence. The Baldrige Panel of Judges selected eight organizations in the health care category, one in education and one nonprofit...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Patrick B. Wind, a/k/a Patrick Azure, age 21, of Fort Thompson, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 28, 2013, and pled guilty to Count II of the Indictment that charged him with Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer.
