News from April 2014

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), will mark up the following legislation at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Tarshema Brice, 34, of Richmond, Va., pled guilty today to manufacturing counterfeit currency. She faces up to 20 years in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release when she is sentenced on Aug. 15, 2014.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Go wild for the history, nature, trails, wildlife, and the Rio Grande of Big Bend National Park during National Park Week, April 19 through 27, 2014. To get the celebration going, Big Bend National Park will waive entrance fees on April 19 and 20.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that James R. Back, 59, of Soldotna, Alaska, was indicted for filing false tax returns for 2006, 2007 and 2008, and willfully failing to file tax returns from 2009 through 2012. Back was arrested at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A Huntington man who conspired with others to distribute heroin from the summer of 2013 to the end of 2013, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Brandon S. Keaton, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin before Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers in Huntington.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Apr. 4, 2014, Carol J Pazder, 61, and Richard Pazder, 67, of Maryville, Tenn., appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Carol J. Pazder pleaded guilty to providing false statements to obtain federal employees benefits. Her husband, Richard Pazder, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in the false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MICHAEL KITCHEN, St. Peters, MO, was sentenced to 24 months on federal fraud charges for conducting an investment fraud scheme during 2008 and 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Bears are out of hibernation and active again in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Park staff received reports of a group of bears seen recently near the Blacktail Butte which lies just east of the park's Moose headquarters campus.Long-term data indicates that...

By State Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, the Ranking Member on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs released the following statement regarding India’s 2014 Elections, which begin today...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - CASEY LYNN PEYTON, 41, from Oklahoma City, pled guilty today before United States District Court Judge David Russell to defrauding her employer in a wire fraud scheme and to committing tax fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Robert Lyman Kundert, 33, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to serve 160 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Kundert to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Kundert pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 14, 2014.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wa.— Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today joined Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Senator Patty Murray, Senator Maria Cantwell, and Congresswoman ...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2014
News Release: It’s that Time of Year!. Likely Bear Sightings Due to Poor Autumn Food Supply. As anticipation and excitement mount for the April 18th, 2014 release of Disneynature's big screen "Bears," Jenny Beeler, Resource Management Specialist at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park alerts all that black bears...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2014
News Release: National parks offer free entrance during National Park Week’s opening weekend April 19-20.

By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Ranking Member on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement regarding Afghanistan’s April 5th elections.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding elections in Afghanistan.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 5, 2014
News Release: It is a true honor to receive the Harry S. Truman Award from such a highly-esteemed organization.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA. Visit Springfield Armory NHS and discover the 401 National Parks across the United States. Join us for National Park and School Vacation Weeks from Sunday, April 20 to Saturday, April 26, 2014. Surprising activities await you. Watch National Parks films, make a Steampunk creation, and hear the author of Treasures on Your Doorstep, about the hidden gems of the National Park Service. Admission is free.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2014
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film National Park Animals for Kids Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19, 2014.