Day: September 20, 2011

FBI: Pittsburg Man Sentenced to Probation

Conviction was for Wire Fraud Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Robert E. Gulledge, Jr., 59, of Pittsburg, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to five years of probation with a special condition[Read More…]

Report Highlights Community Role in Successful Immigrant Integration

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  Today the Center for American Progress released, “All Immigration is Local: Receiving Communities and Their Role in Successful Immigrant Integration,” a groundbreaking report that outlines how receiving communities—the places, along with their residents, in which newcomers settle—can overcome the challenges of immigrant settlement and proactively bridge[Read More…]

Statement by Secretary of State Clinton on Assassination of Afghanistan High Peace Council Head Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.   The United States condemns in the strongest terms the assassination in Kabul of Professor Rabbani, the former President of Afghanistan and head of the High Peace Council. We extend our condolences to his family, and to all the people of Afghanistan, including those who were[Read More…]

McHugh Cites Major Improvements at Arlington National Cemetery

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh today released publicly a “Report to Congress,” updating improvements made at Arlington National Cemetery more than a year after he ousted the cemetery’s leadership and made sweeping changes in its structure and oversight. “In just over a year, the[Read More…]

Airmen Missing In Action From WWII Identified, September 20, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of nine servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William J.[Read More…]

Durbin Announced Nearly $2 Million Investment in Illinois Communities to Create Jobs and Boost Development

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that five Illinois communities – Chicago, Champaign, Macomb, Rock Island and Rockford – have received Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants to create jobs and boost economic development in the region. EDA is an agency within the U.S. Commerce Department[Read More…]

Durbin Meets with Secretary of Transportation and FAA Administrator

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with the Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Randy Babbitt to discuss Illinois transportation priorities including the O’Hare Modernization Program and FAA Reauthorization. “Transportation is the key to creating and keeping[Read More…]

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Alleging That Full Tilt Poker and Its Board of Directors Operated Company as a Massive Ponzi Scheme Against Its Own Players

Company Allegedly Used Poker Player Money To Pay Distributions Totaling More Than $440 Million To Its Board Members And Other Owners NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 20, 2011.  Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a motion to amend the forfeiture and[Read More…]

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