News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Defendant Robbed Banks In Nassau And Suffolk Counties While On Release For Convictions Of Fourteen Prior Bank Robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Mario Medrano, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 21 years and 10 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Trolling for a Solution: Ending Abusive Patent Demand Letters." The panel heard from stakeholders about abusive patent demand letters and explored ways to address this growing problem that is costing small businesses and threatening innovation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Hulls Cove Visitor Center in Acadia National Park is scheduled to open on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The visitor center will be open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily. In addition to informational services, the visitor center features an audiovisual orientation program every half-hour in the auditorium. Educational...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health this week reviewed several bills that aim to improve the public health and increase transparency. The Health Subcommittee has a strong record of bipartisan success in the public health sphere with eleven public laws championed by this committee...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Trolling for a Solution: Ending Abusive Patent Demand Letters." The panel heard from stakeholders about abusive patent demand letters and explored ways to address this growing problem that is costing small businesses and threatening innovation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health this week reviewed several bills that aim to improve the public health and increase transparency. The Health Subcommittee has a strong record of bipartisan success in the public health sphere with eleven public laws championed by this committee...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is encouraging interested artists to grab a camera, sketch pad, paints or any other artistic tool and prepare to capture the beautiful landscapes found at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument during the Artists-in-Residence program. Proposals for the 2014 residency must be submitted by Friday, May 16, 2014. Two talented people will spend at least one week developing artwork inspired by and representative of the monument.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Chairman John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an internal affairs officer of the Miami-Dade Police Department was arrested this morning in Miami Gardens, ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: President Obama spent last week celebrating his health care law, but while he was cherry picking the latest “enrollment" figures in a speech in the Rose Garden, he failed to acknowledge the core measures that will determine this law’s success or failure. In forcing this law through Congress, President Obama and his allies in Congress promised...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Krishan M. Mathur, M.D., age 64, of LaPlata, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Jesse Knighten, 24, of Robertsdale, Alabama, was sentenced today in federal court to 54 months in federal prison for his participation in a methamphetamine manufacturing conspiracy. United States District Court Judge Callie V. S. Granade imposed the sentence, but ordered that Knighten...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: In support of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today awarded more than $3 million to Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy for a project that could increase U.S. competitiveness in the fuel cell market and give businesses more affordable, cleaner power options. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Defendant engaged in decade-long scheme to export hundreds of kilos of cocaine into U.S.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Trolling for a Solution: Ending Abusive Patent Demand Letters." The panel heard from stakeholders about abusive patent demand letters and explored ways to address this growing problem that is costing small businesses and threatening innovation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the experience of the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) competitive bidding program. GAO assessed the program’s 2012 impact in the nine geographic areas involved in the initial phase (Round 1 rebid) on beneficiaries, suppliers, and the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: One Child Dead, Second Critically Injured After Long-time Neglect.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health this week reviewed several bills that aim to improve the public health and increase transparency. The Health Subcommittee has a strong record of bipartisan success in the public health sphere with eleven public laws championed by this committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: JILA researchers have engineered a short, flexible, reusable probe for the atomic force microscope (AFM) that enables state-of-the-art precision and stability in picoscale force measurements. Shorter, softer and more agile than standard and recently enhanced AFM probes, the JILA tips will benefit nanotechnology and studies of folding and stretching in biomolecules such as proteins and DNA.
