Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry Travel to Lithuania, France, and the United Kingdom Arab League Meeting EGYPT Assassination Attempt against Interim Interior Minister SYRIA Coordination with Congress International Coordination / Countries Supporting U.S. Secretary Kerry Call with FM Lavrov Overall Syria Strategy / Political[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Owners of Home Health Companies and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty in Miami for Role in $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. The owners and operators of several Miami home health care agencies and a patient recruiter pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Trust Care Health Services Inc. (Trust Care). Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of[Read More…]
Army Soldier Pleads Guilty in Denver to Bribery Charges for Facilitating Thefts of Fuel in Afghanistan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. Former U.S. Army Specialist Stephanie Charboneau pleaded guilty today to bribery charges for her role in the theft of fuel at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Charboneau, 34, of Fountain,[Read More…]
Northern California Real Estate Investor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
Investigations Have Yielded 36 Plea Agreements to Date Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Felony[Read More…]
Briefing by Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes on the Bilateral with Japan, Sept. 5, 2013
St. Petersburg, Russia–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013 – 5:50 P.M. MSK MR. RHODES: I’m just going to do a readout of the meeting between the President and Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and then can take a few questions on that. The President and the Prime Minister began with a discussion of[Read More…]
Electronic Frontier Foundation Files Brief on Behalf of Rep. Sensenbrenner in NSA Spying Case
Original Patriot Act Author Says Call-Data Collection Exceeds Congressional Intent San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) yesterday filed a brief on behalf of Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the author of the original USA PATRIOT Act, in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against[Read More…]
E-cigarette Use More Than Doubles Among U.S. Middle and High School Students From 2011-2012
More than 75 percent of youth users smoke conventional cigarettes too Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2013. The percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who use electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, more than doubled from 2011 to 2012, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The[Read More…]
Children Should be Vaccinated Against Influenza as Soon as Possible, Says American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2013. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends all children ages 6 months or older be immunized against influenza as soon as vaccine is available – either with the trivalent vaccine that protects against three strains of the virus, or with a new quadrivalent vaccine[Read More…]
University of Michigan Technical Reports Examine Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. University of Michigan researchers today released seven technical reports that together form the most comprehensive Michigan-focused resource on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as fracking. The studies, totaling nearly 200 pages, examine seven critical topics related to the use[Read More…]
Our Living Planet: Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Breathing’ Seen from Space
Carbon dioxide levels 2002–12 EU–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2013. Ten years of satellite observations of greenhouse gases reveal that carbon dioxide in our atmosphere continues to increase despite international efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Satellites also show that recent methane increases are likely due to manmade emissions. Atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane[Read More…]
