News from April 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled, “Implementing the Cobell Settlement: Missed Opportunities and Lessons Learned." This hearing examined the delays and uncertainty in the land buyback program authorized as part of the Cobell Settlement.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2014 - Tomorrow, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a hearing on California energy and the drastic increase in foreign oil imports. The state has significant opportunities for energy production, including California’s Monterey Shale that the U.S. Energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Used her Position in the Bank to Apply for Mortgages in the Names of Family Members and Used the Loan Proceeds for Her Personal Benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - FLORENTINO VILLANUEVA, JR., 38, of Geronimo, Oklahoma, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Joe Heaton to serve 210 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: With the warmer weather and blooming wildflowers comes the reopening of the Blue Heron Historic Mining Community and the Big South Fork Scenic Railway's excursions into the park. The Scenic Railway resumes its train schedule into the park April 3, 2014, and their schedule can be found on their website at.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. District Judge Dee Benson sentenced Shawn William Turley, age 50, of West Valley City to 15 years in prison Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City. Turley, who pleaded guilty in January to possession of child pornography, will be on supervised release for life when he finishes his federal sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: For the next 13 days, millions of Americans will be searching for receipts, wading through a blizzard of forms and parking themselves for hours in front of their computers doing their taxes. Instead of enjoying spring and the opening days of baseball season, millions of Americans are required by their...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: During National Volunteer Week, April 6-12, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group celebrates the volunteers that work at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. This past year, these volunteers donated a total of 18,982 hours!.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced a joint initiative to improve access to clean water and wastewater infrastructure for U.S. communities along the Mexico border. This initiative is part of USDA and EPA's ongoing partnership to increase the sustainability of rural drinking water and wastewater systems.
By State Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following statement at full Committee markup of H.R. 3583, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANK PERKINS HIXON, JR., a former Senior Managing Director of Evercore Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Evercore Partners Inc. (“Evercore"), pled guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court to insider trading...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: A 29-count federal indictment was filed charging three women for their roles in a tax fraud conspiracy in which they fraudulently claimed and received more than $436,000, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Hogsett’s Office maintains relentless pace to stem the tide of gun violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today introduced legislation that would improve coordination between federal agencies that oversee the for-profit college industry. Through the establishment...
By State Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed H.R. 3583, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act, as amended. The legislation, authored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), expands the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: U. S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and Huntington Police Chief W. H. “Skip" Holbrook are pleased to announce that the opiate abuse prevention film, "Equal Opportunity Destroyer" or "E.O.D." has received a prestigious bronze Telly award. With nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is truly an honor.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Pipestone, MN: The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite everyone to get to know their national parks during National Park Week. This year's dates are April 19 - 27, with free admission to all national parks April 19 & 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Two residents of Utah were sentenced to two-year prison sentences in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City this week after pleading guilty to filing false tax returns that understated their income.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida- United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Scott Anthony Estes (19, New Berlin, Illinois) was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. He was also ordered to serve a life term of supervision, following his incarceration. Estes pleaded guilty in November 2013.
