News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


More American Energy = Lower Prices

News Release: U.S. consumers are enjoying some welcome relief at the gas pump this fall, providing more evidence of the transformative power of the U.S. shale revolution. Despite global unrest, gasoline prices have continued to decline in recent weeks thanks to a surge in U.S. crude production. USA Today reports, ...


Wildfire Reported in Yosemite National Park

News Release: A wildfire was reported around 2:45 p.m. this afternoon in the western portion of Yosemite National Park. The "Dog Rock Fire," is currently at 130 acres and multiple aircraft are en route to suppress the fire. Yosemite National Park fire crews, along with crews from several agencies, are working together in firefighting efforts.


News Release: U.S. consumers are enjoying some welcome relief at the gas pump this fall, providing more evidence of the transformative power of the U.S. shale revolution. Despite global unrest, gasoline prices have continued to decline in recent weeks thanks to a surge in U.S. crude production. USA Today reports, ...


News Release: WASHINGTON- A Pennsylvania Roman Catholic priest was indicted today in the Western District of Pennsylvania and charged with foreign travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors and possession of child pornography.


News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical park invites everyone to experience "Christmas at the Boyhood Home" on Nov. 29, December 6, Dec. 13, and December 20. National park rangers will provide an open house of this historic home, all decked out for a Christmas celebration in the 1920s from 6:00 to 9:00 pm each evening.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man from Belize who used the alias “Popeye" to peddle methamphetamine on the streets of Overland Park was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


Tulare County Resident Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation Operation

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Baltazar Rodriguez, 45, of Terra Bella, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown on property where he resided, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson designated Joseph P. Clancy to serve as Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service. On Oct. 1, Secretary Johnson appointed Clancy, a 27-year veteran of the Secret Service, and former ...


News Release: A southwest suburban Bolingbrook man was arrested Saturday night for allegedly attempting to travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization operating inside Iraq and Syria, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, a U.S. citizen, was charged with attempting to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).


News Release: On the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision late last month to allow Ohio’s new voting law to go into effect, Attorney General Eric Holder criticized the law’s restrictions on early voting, which he said were “heavily used” by African-American voters.


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that three Athens, Texas, residents have been indicted on charges associated with their alleged smuggling of imitation, unapproved, and misbranded prescription drugs from China.


News Release: Two Detroit area men were sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for conspiracy and filing $3.4 million in false claims against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced. Jason McGuire, 38, of Detroit, was sentenced to serve ...


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a Montana builder, Gabriel Nistler, and an engineer, Derek Brown, have agreed to pay over $26,000 and remove accessibility barriers at three apartment buildings in Helena, Montana, in order to settle a lawsuit alleging that they had violated the Fair Housing Act.


News Release: A citizen and resident of Costa Rica pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to smuggle more than 25 undocumented immigrants to the United States.


US Labor Department files suit to restore losses and appoint an independent fiduciary for an abandoned Holden, Mass., Simple IRA Plan

News Release: Date of Action: Oct. 1, 2014 Type of Action: Complaint Name of Defendant: Holden Sand & Gravel, Joseph Montalto, fiduciary for the Holden Sand and Gravel SIMPLE IRA Plan Allegations: The Holden Sand and Gravel SIMPLE IRA plan was established on Oct. 1, 2005, to provide retirement benefits for employees ...


US Labor Department sues Dallas area freight transportation services to recover $62,000 in missing retirement contributions

News Release: DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Eclipse Freight Systems Inc. and its owner Christopher L. McDougal in an effort to recover about $62,000 in employee retirement contributions. The department's lawsuit, filed in U.S. Northern District Court of Texas, Fort Worth Division, alleges that Mr. ...


EBSA News Release: US Labor Department sues Dallas area freight transportation services to recover $62,000 in missing retirement contributions [10/06/2014]

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Eclipse Freight Systems Inc. and its owner Christopher L. McDougal in an effort to recover about $62,000 in employee retirement contributions. The department's lawsuit, filed in U.S. Northern District Court of Texas, Fort Worth Division, alleges that ...


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.