UN vehicles lead the evacuation from the Old City of Homs, Syria, during a three-day “humanitarian pause” in early February 2014. Photo: Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC)/B. AlHafez GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–11 March 2014 – “Where have you been? What took you so long? Why is it only after a year that the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Interior Secretary Jewell Underscores Administration Support for California During Historic Drought
Tours Operational Facilities with Federal and State Officials SACRAMENTO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. During a visit to California this week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell examined the on-the-ground conditions of the historic drought and related water issues and reiterated the full support of the Obama Administration to provide relief and[Read More…]
Therapedic of New England Recalls Mattresses Due to Violation of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard
Sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: March 11, 2014 Recall number: 14-721 Therapedic full size mattress Recall Summary Name of product: Therapedic twin[Read More…]
Sen. Feinstein Accuses CIA of Attempting to Undermine Torture Investigation
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today accused the Central Intelligence Agency of attempting to undermine the committee’s investigation of the CIA’s torture program. According to Feinstein, the CIA not only tortured and abused persons in its custody, but then destroyed and hid documents, spied on[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Teva Pharmaceutical to Pay $27.6 Million to Settle False Claims to Federal and State Health Care Programs
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and subsidiary IVAX LLC will pay the United States and the state of Illinois more than $27.6 million to resolve false billing allegations, under terms of a settlement agreement. The agreement settles claims that Teva and[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Bureau County Food Processor Admits Illegally Disposing Dairy Waste
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Bureau County food processor has paid a civil penalty of $39,000 after admitting to water pollution and open dumping violations for illegally disposing of dairy waste. Madigan said a consent order stemming from a 2012 lawsuit against Walnut, Ill.-based[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Coordinated State Measures Being Taken as Winter Storm Approaches, March 11, 2014
Heavy Snow Anticipated Across Parts of Illinois; Motorists Encouraged to Use Extreme Caution CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced coordinated measures being taken by Illinois state agencies to prepare for heavy snowfall this evening that can create treacherous driving conditions in areas throughout the state. Today’s announcement is[Read More…]
Third Defendant Pleads Guilty to Racially-Motivated Assault on White Man and African-American Woman in California
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Anthony Merrell Tyler, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for his role in a 2011 racially motivated attack on a white man and an African-American woman in Marysville, Calif. Tyler’s co-defendants, Billy[Read More…]
U.K. Resident Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Travelling to Ohio to Have Sex with a Minor
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Richard Castle, 47, a resident of the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to serve 192 months in prison in connection with a trip he made to Ohio from his home in the United Kingdom to have illicit sexual activity with a minor in June 2011. Acting[Read More…]
Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Murder of United States Correctional Officer
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. A federal inmate pleaded guilty today for the murder of United States Correctional Officer Jose Rivera, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner for the Eastern District of California. James Ninete Leon Guerrero, 48, of[Read More…]
