News from July 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One month after the House approved H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity, and Global Freedom Act, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) today urged the Senate to take action on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to help diminish Russia’s influence and create more jobs at home. With Russian aggression...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park will offer guided tours of the former World War II detention camp site at Kīlauea Military Camp on Tuesday, July 29, and show the documentary, The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai'i.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 141,665 visitors to the three parks in Cochise County spent $7,907,200 in communities near the parks in 2013. That spending supported 104 jobs in the local area. The NPS sites in Cochise County are managed as the “Southeast Arizona Group" and include...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, July 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis has indicted Nathan D. Maphis, 36, of New Boston, Ohio, charging him with Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Stephen...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: This morning, Friday, July 25, at 7:00 a.m., park rangers were contacted by a person climbing the Keyhole Route on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. The caller notified rangers that he and a group he was climbing with saw a body below The Ledges of the Keyhole Route. Rangers reached the body at 10:15 a.m. and confirmed that a male was deceased.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Jack Steven Taber, 61, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on July 24, 2014, for bank robbery. Taber was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received 37 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Casper Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 28. The committee will consider several health and telecommunications bills, question the FERC Commissioners about threats to the nation’s electric grid, and review a forthcoming GAO report on the Obamacare exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest today of Fredrick Collins, Sr. (36, Orlando) on an indictment returned on April 9, 2014, charging him with distribution of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methylone, possession of a firearm in ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One month after the House approved H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity, and Global Freedom Act, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) today urged the Senate to take action on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to help diminish Russia’s influence and create more jobs at home. With Russian aggression...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Richard Terrell Jasper, 39, of Gulfport, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grchan with IRS Criminal Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Biologists from the National Park Service released hundreds of California red-legged frog tadpoles this week, part of the first-ever effort to expand the range of the threatened species in Southern California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, July 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Phillip D. Webb, 33, was sentenced today in United States District Court. Webb had...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 28. The committee will consider several health and telecommunications bills, question the FERC Commissioners about threats to the nation’s electric grid, and review a forthcoming GAO report on the Obamacare exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: New Rochelle School District Enters Into Consent Decree, Admitting Failure To Evacuate Two Students With Disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Allen W. Nagel, 45, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to five years of probation, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Nagel to pay a $500 fine and forfeit numerous pieces of property in the Magic Valley. Nagel pleaded guilty to the charge on June 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JERRY WAYNE MORRISON, JR., a/k/a, Hootie, age 34, of Lost City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in recognition of the 24th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA is a signature achievement for Harkin, who authored the bill and was its chief sponsor in the Senate when it was enacted in 1990.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 141,665 visitors to the three parks in Cochise County spent $7,907,200 in communities near the parks in 2013. That spending supported 104 jobs in the local area. The NPS sites in Cochise County are managed as the “Southeast Arizona Group" and include...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that O’Neal Walker, 33, of Queens, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of counterfeit bank notes, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci. The defendant was also ordered to pay $44,700 in restitution.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved the final bill in a series of legislative reforms aimed at strengthening support for youth who are victims of sex trafficking. The proposed bills would improve identification and assessment of child sex trafficking victims and enhance existing services for runaway and homeless youth.
