Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. U.S. District Court Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Andrew Blane Fields, 62, of Lutz, Fla., to serve 33 years and nine months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, the Justice Department announced today. A jury convicted Fields on Nov. 6, 2013, of five[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Kentucky Hospital Agrees to Pay Government $16.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. Saint Joseph Health System Inc. has agreed to pay $16.5 million to resolve allegations that Saint Joseph Hospital violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs for a variety of medically unnecessary cardiac procedures, the Justice Department announced[Read More…]
Tropical Fish Importer Pleads Guilty in New York Federal Court to Piranha Import Violations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. Joel Rakower, along with his solely-owned corporation, Transship Discounts Ltd., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., to violating the Lacey Act by mislabeling imported piranhas, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert G. Dreher for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department[Read More…]
Defense Department Press Briefing with Rear Adm. Kirby from the Pentagon, Jan. 29, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Good afternoon. I’m going to — let me just — a couple of announcements here, and then we’ll get right at it. Today, as many of you know, Secretary Hagel is going to travel to Europe to meet with defense leaders there[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against PHH Corporation for Mortgage Insurance Kickbacks
Bureau Seeking Injunction, Restitution, and Penalties for Long-Lasting Scheme WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) initiated an administrative proceeding against PHH Corporation and its affiliates (PHH), alleging PHH harmed consumers through a mortgage insurance kickback scheme that started as early as 1995. The CFPB is[Read More…]
Regional High School Student Art Exhibit & Festival Coming to South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College will be showcasing its 19th annual Regional High School Student Art Exhibit from February 1st through the closing “Art Festival” on Friday, February 28, 2014. The exhibition includes 21 regional high schools districts from Illinois[Read More…]
‘Fractured Fairytales’ at Union Street Gallery on January 31
Image: altered book art by Leann Morris Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. Union Street Gallery, 1527 Otto Boulevard, Chicago Heights, will host ‘Fractured Fairytales’ on Friday, January 31 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Storytellers, creative writers, and comedians- both novice and accomplished- are invited to read or present an original[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Statement on the State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSP)—January 29, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight: “Tonight’s State of the Union address offered a blueprint for a better America. I agree with the President that it’s time that Congress focus our attention on what’s most[Read More…]
President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address (Video and Text)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades. An entrepreneur flipped[Read More…]
Farm Bill Conference Report Includes Language to Allow Legal Study, Pilot Programs of Hemp
Farm Bill Conference Report Includes Language to Allow Legal Study, Pilot Programs of Hemp Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014. In June 2013, Representatives Jared Polis (CO-02), Thomas Massie (KY-04) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) included an amendment to the Farm Bill, H.R. 1947, that would allow colleges and universities to grow industrial[Read More…]
