Day: December 18, 2013

Campaign Urges Walmart to Discontinue Rodent Poison Products EPA Wants Banned

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2013.  A national environmental group is supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to protect children by asking national retailers, including Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Lowe’s, to make the holidays safer for children and stop selling dangerous d-CON rodent bait products. Determined to present unreasonable[Read More…]

State Attorneys General Call on Congress to Fund Human Trafficking Efforts, Aid Victims

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with her counterparts across the country to urge Congress to fund the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to better fight human trafficking and protect its victims. Madigan and 46 other attorneys general sent a letter today to ranking U.S. House and[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan Charges Debit Card Identity Theft Ring

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against a trio of identity thieves for obtaining and using fraudulent debit cards to access thousands of dollars in cash. Defendants Nikolay Bozov, Yuliyan Kehayov and Dan Stoica were charged in Cook County Criminal Court with continuing a financial crimes[Read More…]

Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at USAID Tacloban

Tacloban, Philippines–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2013. AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG: Good morning, everyone. I’m Philip Goldberg, the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines. I’d like to first thank our distinguished colleagues from the Government of the Philippines who are here, Secretary of Defense Gazmin, Congressman Romualdez, Mayor Romualdez of Tacloban, Ambassador Cuisia, who is here[Read More…]

NCIS Agent Pleads Guilty in International Navy Bribery Scandal

Admits Sharing Confidential Information About Criminal Investigations with Foreign Defense Contractor in Asia Pacific Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013 A special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) pleaded guilty today to participating in a massive international fraud and bribery scheme, admitting he shared with a foreign Navy contractor confidential[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, December 17, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013 – 12:40 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thanks for being here.  Thanks for coming to your daily briefing.  Before I take your questions I have something to say about health care for seniors. Q    There’s a pattern here. MR. CARNEY:  You’re catching[Read More…]

FBI: Park Forest Man One of Two Charged with Cell Phone Store Robbery, Suspected of Orchestrating Series of Other Robberies

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two Chicago-area men were arrested Saturday night and charged in connection with a March 19, 2013 robbery of an AT&T cell phone store in Norridge that resulted in the loss of approximately 100 phones and tablet computers valued at around $54,000. These two individuals are suspected of having[Read More…]

FBI: Woman Extradited from Hong Kong

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney David Capp announced that Rita Law, 55, of Chicago, Illinois, was charged in a sealed complaint filed on October 17, 2013, now unsealed, with transporting an individual for the purposes of prostitution. According to the Ccomplaint, Law is suspected of operating a prostitution ring out[Read More…]

State Department Issues Travel Warning for Republic of South Sudan

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013.  The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to the Republic of South Sudan and recommends that U.S. citizens currently in South Sudan depart immediately. U.S. citizens who choose to stay in South Sudan despite this warning should review their personal security situation[Read More…]

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