News from July 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: The light-warping structures known as metamaterials have a new trick in their ever-expanding repertoire. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a silver, glass and chromium nanostructure that can all but stop visible light cold in one direction while giving it a pass in the other.* The device could someday play a role in optical information processing and in novel biosensing devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Kevin S. Lahey has been sentenced to serve seven years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing seven firearms while being an unlawful user of controlled substances.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, ARIZ., - The star-filled skies of Hovenweep National Monument along the Utah-Colorado border have new protections as the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) announced today it has designated Hovenweep as the world’s seventeenth International Dark Sky Park. In designating the new Park at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A former sales manager at Serra Nissan in Birmingham pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges related to a scheme at the car dealership to falsify auto loan documents, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr., and IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment against Jerry Thomas Vincent, Jr., age 53, of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, on charges of embezzling labor union funds, illegal labor union loans, and criminal recordkeeping violations, David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: (DETROIT) - Today, the White House made public that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has no intention of bringing immigration reform legislation up for a vote on the House Floor. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement after President Obama’s announcement that he will take administrative steps in the coming months to reform the country’s immigration system...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Devin Ray Horne, 24, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on June 30, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 282 months in federal prison for his leadership role in oxycodone, money laundering and income tax fraud conspiracies, as well as witness intimidation. Most of this illegal activity was centered in and around the Sullivan County area of East Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: Former Wayne County Assistant County Executive Michael Grundy was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for conspiracy to commit honest services fraud in connection with his position as executive director of HealthChoice of Michigan, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: Washington - Organic processed products certified in the United States or Korea can now be labeled as organic in either country. This will allow American organic farmers, processors, and businesses greater access to Korea’s growing market for organic products. The arrangement between the two nations will take effect on July 1, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: On Saturday, June 28, Paul Lambert, 21, from Eagle River, Alaska, climbed Andrews Glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park. As he was traversing around a knife's edge between Powell Peak and Thatchtop, Lambert slipped approximately 5 feet then tumbled and slid an additional 5 feet injuring his arm. He...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Corona woman, who is already charged with a $15 million bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud, was arrested today on a new charge and is expected to appear in federal court this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced EZEKIEL DONJA GARDNER, 33,of Snow Hill, North Carolina, to 262 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised released for possession of firearm by a convicted felon. GARDNER was convicted during a jury trial on Oct. 15, 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the Department of Energy’s announcement it has conditionally committed to issuing a $150 million loan guarantee to support the construction of the Cape Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led ten Senators in sending a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the effects the recently proposed "waters of the United States" rule could have on fireworks displays across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Heriberto Barajas-Coria, a Mexican citizen, has been ordered to prison for six years for conspiracy to transport and harbor aliens which resulted in the death of one, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Barajas-Coria pleaded guilty Feb. 6, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today regarding two new reports from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General detailing concerns surrounding eligibility verification for those purchasing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the shooting deaths of three persons during a home invasion in Independence, Mo., and the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the home.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A United States Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment against Steve M. Dodson, 45, and Denise K. Dodson, 43, (husband and wife) of Collinsville, Illinois, charging them with Conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Windber, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
