News from July 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Researchers looking for information on the properties of methane at high temperatures or the isotopic composition of an element know they can rely on standard reference data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). But what they really need is an app (or apps)to make the data more accessible.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Defendant Entered Apartment While Student Sleeping Inside.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Fire managers are currently monitoring 13 lightning-ignited wildfires burning in remote areas of Denali National Park and Preserve. There are no threats to park structures or sensitive resources at this time. The Type 3 team that had been supporting all of the fires burning in Denali National Park and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Trevor Vossen, 23, of New Martinsville, WV, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in federal court today for oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced today that Jose Rodriguez, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to forty two months in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally reentered the United States after having been previously deported and to misrepresentation of a social security number.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Phillip Thomas McGowans, age 27, of Brooklyn, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Dr. Dennis B. Barson Jr., 42, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions related to a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of $2.1 million in less than two months, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Barson and his medical clinic administrator, Dario Juarez, 55, on Nov. 5, 2014, of all 20 counts charged. Co-defendant Edgar Shakbazyan entered a guilty plea to the 21-count indictment on Oct. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that BYRON WAYNE LADNER, age 51, of Beggs, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Thomas Bettis, 54, of Tehachapi, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 15 years in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2015
News Release: Photographer Ben Panter from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, will continue to highlight this year's Art in the Park Program at Rocky Mountain National Park with presentations held Wednesdays, July 29 and August 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, July 29, weather permitting, a resurfacing project will begin on Trail Ridge Road from Lava Cliffs to the Colorado River Trailhead, an approximate 14-mile section. During the project, traffic will be reduced to one lane, and 15 minute delays should be expected. These delays will take place through August 21 with intermittent delays up to September 1. Work is not planned to take place during weekends.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2015
News Release: On Saturday, July 25, two climbers fell and slid on a patch of snow while descending from the Dike Pinnacle on the south face of the Middle Teton in Grand Teton National Park. The climbers, Jordan Lister and Carrie Schwartz, both 25 and residents of Jackson, Wyoming, slid approximately 200 feet on snow and rocky terrain before coming to a stop on a grassy ledge. Lister sustained serious injuries requiring an evacuation by helicopter, while Schwartz sustained minor injuries.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2015
News Release: Kotzebue, Alaska - The lightning-ignited Salmon River Fire was reported by a member of the public around 5 pm on July 23, 2015. As of July 24th the fire is estimated to be approximately 43 acres. It is located in Kobuk Valley National Park, 4 miles east of the confluence of the Kobuk and Salmon Rivers...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2015
News Release: ‘The DRIVE Act is a solution, it's the solution - a bipartisan solution. It provides the needed long-term funding certainty so that the major construction projects can get off the ground - projects that aren't possible with short-term extensions.'
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law on July 26, 1990.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of Senate EPW, received a copy of a letter yesterday from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, along with over 100 other mayors from 39 states, touting their support for a long-term, robustly-funded surface transportation reauthorization bill...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2015
News Release: July 25, 2015 15-049. Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. A search is underway in Yellowstone National Park for Feiyang “Isaac" Xiang, a 21-year old man from China. Xiang is a seasonal concessionaire employee in the park and was backpacking with four friends on Thursday, July 23...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: $60,000 in Prizes Offered for Most Creative Applications Using USDA Open Data WASHINGTON, July 24, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with Microsoft to launch the "Innovation Challenge," a contest designed to explore how climate change will impact the United States' food system ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: A Michigan resident was sentenced to 80 months in prison late yesterday for his leading role in a $12.6 million Medicare fraud and tax fraud scheme. Eleven other individuals have been convicted in this case.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Economic projections prepared by Federal Reserve Board staff as background for the June 16-17, 2015, meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) were inadvertently included in a computer file posted to the Board's public website on June 29. Because the information has already been released, the ...
