News from April 2014

By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is seeking a special use permit from the National Park Service to facilitate construction of the Boulder City Bypass.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - CHRISTIAN OUNANIAN and GINA VOGEL were sentenced to 63 and 42 months in prison, respectively on charges of selling merchandise stolen from Walgreens and CVS drug stores. In addition to the prison sentences, they were ordered to pay restitution of $1,008,890.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted five men in connection with the production and distribution of counterfeit Social Security and Permanent Resident Alien cards in three Alabama counties, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A man who sold heroin on Charleston’s East End pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Darrell Shawton Collins, 36, originally from Detroit, Michigan, faces up to 20 years in prison for heroin distribution. In December of 2013, detectives...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday May 7, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The NRC FY 2015 Budget and Policy Issues."

By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - First Friday in downtown Las Vegas will be “out of this world" as park rangers from Lake Mead National Recreation Area teach kids about outer space at the KidsZone from 5 to 9 p.m. May 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Lopez, 44, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, was sentenced to nine years in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Data provided to the committee by every insurance provider in the health care law’s Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) shows that, as of April 15, 2014, only 67 percent of individuals and families that had selected a health plan in the federally facilitated marketplace had paid...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: Big Slackwater Boat Ramp Re-Opens. Williamsport, MD. - The National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Park), is pleased to announce that the bridge serving the Big Slackwater Boat Ramp is complete and access to the Big Slackwater Boat Ramp has been restored. The bridge...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, by a bipartisan vote of 33 to 18. The legislation aims to increase U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, which would help free our allies from the stranglehold of Russian energy supplies while supporting domestic job creation and economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing a Maryville, Mo., bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: Retired State Worker’s Child Pornography Collection Included.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Tynes, 54, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to bank robbery before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a 250,000 fine or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced two energy efficiency bills by voice vote. The bills advanced today have strong bipartisan support and will facilitate energy and cost savings in our nation’s federal buildings and schools.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the launch of 21st Century Cures, a new initiative that aims to accelerate the pace of cures and medical breakthroughs in the United States. Chairman Upton, along with committee member Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced two energy efficiency bills by voice vote. The bills advanced today have strong bipartisan support and will facilitate energy and cost savings in our nation’s federal buildings and schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: President And Vice President Allegedly Sold Counterfeit Cancer Treatment Drugs And Other Unapproved Drugs And Devices Throughout The United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Shrewsbury woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for underreporting income on her federal tax returns.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday May 7, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The NRC FY 2015 Budget and Policy Issues."

By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, by a bipartisan vote of 33 to 18. The legislation aims to increase U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, which would help free our allies from the stranglehold of Russian energy supplies while supporting domestic job creation and economic growth.