News from September 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) today issued the following statement praising a joint call by the RATE Coalition and the Coalition for Fair Effective Tax Rates to advance and pass comprehensive tax reform that makes today's broken tax code simpler and fairer for all job creators...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, SARAH ASHLEY ROGERS, 21pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to one count of Involuntary Manslaughter in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1112, and one count of Driving While Impaired in violation of Title 18, United States Code section 13, assimilating North Carolina General Statute 20-138.1.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: Lowell, MA - Lowell National Historical Park will offer free admission to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street, Lowell, MA, all day on Saturday, September 28 in conjunction with National Public Lands Day.Visitors of all ages are welcome!.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Pedro Garcia-Morales, a legal permanent resident from Cuba living in Donna, has been sentenced to federal prison for approximately eight years following his conviction of possessing more than 15 unauthorized access devices with intent to defraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A McAllen federal jury convicted Garcia-Morales on May 14, 2013, following one day of trial and less than two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. --U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Rodney Gilliam, 25, of Southfield, Michigan, Raina Johnson, 22, of Detroit, Michigan, Deantuan Wiley, 24, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, and George Brown, 24, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, were arrested and charged by criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A total of six people have been ordered to prison for terms ranging from approximately 10-24 years for their respective roles in a marijuana and cocaine conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Less than two weeks before the health law’s open enrollment is scheduled to begin, Director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Gary Cohen today testified before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. Members asked Cohen about the administration’s preparedness for the October 1 launch and the functionality of the health care law’s Navigator program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Danny Jack Harder, 39, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 150 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, following his guilty plea in March 2013 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Harder has been in custody since his arrest in December 2012 on a related federal criminal complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: NEW HAVEN, 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 Jermaine McGee, 35, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: To commemorate this poignant, historical event on Sept. 28, the National Park Service at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Shasta Historical Society (SHS), Friends of Whiskeytown and Shasta Union High School District will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's visit to the region and dedication of the Clair A. Hill Whiskeytown Dam. The public is invited to participate in two events that day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Beverly Newton, age 52, of Middletown, Delaware, pled guilty today to violations of 18 USC § 286 (False Claims Conspiracy), 18 USC § 1341 (Mail Fraud), and 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B) & 18 U.S.C.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: The last day to access Logan Pass by vehicle from the east side of Glacier National Park will be Sunday, Sept. 22, allowing accelerated fall season rehabilitation on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Vehicle traffic will be restricted on the east side near the St. Mary Campground beginning Monday, September 23. Vehicle access to Logan Pass will be available from the west side of the park through Sunday, Oct. 20, weather permitting.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies have provided new information about how the pesticide endosulfan moves through the atmosphere, and how its molecular structure can change after it is applied to crops.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: The Acadia Night Sky Festival will offer a free "Shuttle to the Stars" as public transportation to the Star Party on Cadillac Mountain, which will take place from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28. The public is invited to drop in at any time during the program (the best star viewing will...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today marked the five-year anniversary of the initial filing of the Keystone XL pipeline application with a hearing on “Keystone’s Red Tape Anniversary: Five Years of Bureaucratic Delay and Economic...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following statement after today’s House vote on Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s bill that would kick nearly 4 million Americans off of food assistance. The effort, which has ...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: On Sept. 19, 2008, five years ago, when TransCanada first submitted its application to the U.S. State Department to build the Keystone XL pipeline, a $7 billion private infrastructure project that would create thousands of jobs and advance America’s energy security...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released the following statements regarding the Committee’s ongoing oversight of government operations and the federal workforce, in particular the issue of security clearances, in the wake of the Navy Yard Shooting in Washington, D.C....
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: In federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Abraham Iraheta, a member of the Flushing, Queens, chapter of the violent international gang La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as “MS-13," pleaded guilty on Monday to racketeering and murder conspiracy charges. Jose Barrera, a member of the same MS-13 chapter, pleaded...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Randolph Hurst, 50, of West Warwick R.I., a former Assistant District Manager for the Social Security Administration in Rhode Island, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing the identity of a Coventry man and using the victim’s identity to fraudulently sell more than $160,000 worth of stock certificates belonging to the victim. Hurst has also agreed to plead guilty to failing to paying $61,999 in taxes owed to the IRS.
