Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. An employee of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS-ASPR) pleaded guilty today in Washington, D.C., to defrauding the United States by submitting fraudulent employment offers in order to claim retention bonuses totaling $138,875, announced Acting[Read More…]
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Two California Men Charged in Boston with Computer Hacking in Connection with Gift Card Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Two California men have been charged in an indictment unsealed today in Boston with remotely hacking into merchants’ computerized cash registers in order to obtain fraudulent gift cards, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz[Read More…]
United States to Accept Concurrent Jurisdiction Over White Earth Reservation in Minnesota
First Assumption of Federal Jurisdiction Under Historic Tribal Law and Order Act Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The Department of Justice has granted a request by the White Earth Nation for the United States to assume concurrent criminal jurisdiction on the 1,300 square mile White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, Deputy[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, March 15, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Paul Ryan’s Latest Budget: Not New and Not Improved! House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a Republican budget on Tuesday that once again proposes privatizing Medicare and turning it into a voucher system, while lowering tax rates on corporations and the wealthy. The vouchers[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The United States is on the path to a cleaner and more secure energy future. Since President Obama took office, responsible oil and gas production has increased each year, while oil imports have fallen to a 20 year low; renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, and[Read More…]
Using Color-coded Packaging, Tobacco Industry Appears to Have Evaded FDA’s Ban on ‘Light’ Cigarette Descriptors
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that one year after the federal government passed a law banning word descriptors such as “light,” “mild,” and “low” on cigarette packages, smokers can still easily identify their brands because of color-coding that tobacco companies added[Read More…]
CDC Confirms Rabies Death in Organ Transplant Recipient
Other patients who received organs from same donor getting anti-rabies shots Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently died of rabies in Maryland contracted the infection through organ transplantation done[Read More…]
New Report Exposes Extreme Disparity in the Social Security Debate
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. A new Institute for Policy Studies report released on March 14 analyzes proposed Social Security cuts and their potential impact on individuals at the top and the bottom of the health industry. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT On the top end, the report focuses on the CEOs of[Read More…]
Young Supernova Remains Found by U-M Astronomer
A composite image of the remains of a young supernova, approximately 26,000 light years away in the constellation Centaurus. Emissions are represented in blue from X-rays, red and cyan from infrared and purple from radio. The remnant, about 150 light years across, is a hot cloud of iron, neon, silicon[Read More…]
Consumer Price Index for All Items Rises 0.7% in February as Gasoline Index Increases Sharply
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2013. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.7 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.0 percent before seasonal adjustment. The gasoline index rose[Read More…]
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