Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. A leading member of an online piracy group pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to distribute more than one million pirated copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications, or “apps,” with a total retail value of more than $1.7 million. Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
North Carolina Man Sentenced for Killing U.S. Marshals Task Force Officer
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. Lamont Deshawn Byrd was sentenced today in federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina, to serve life in prison for committing first degree murder of an Officer of the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Byrd, 22, pleaded[Read More…]
Justice Department Releases Information on Election Day Efforts to Protect the Right to Vote and Prosecute Ballot Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. In anticipation of tomorrow’s general election, the Justice Department today provided information about its efforts, through the Civil Rights Division and Criminal Division, to ensure that all qualified voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots and have their votes counted free of discrimination, intimidation or[Read More…]
Ahead of Election Day, Attorney General Holder Dispatches Federal Poll Monitors to Aid in Efforts to Prevent Voter Discrimination
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. In an effort to reaffirm the Justice Department’s commitment and responsibility to protect eligible Americans from discrimination at the ballot box, Attorney General Eric Holder released a video today to announce that the Department of Justice will send federal monitors to 18 states across the country. [Read More…]
Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Stop National Cinemedia from Buying Screenvision
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block National CineMedia Inc.’s (NCM) $375 million acquisition of Screenvision LLC. The department said that the acquisition would combine the only two significant cinema advertising networks in the United States, eliminating competition that has[Read More…]
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan on the Illegal Separatist Elections in Eastern Ukraine
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. The United States condemns the illegitimate, so-called “elections” held on Sunday by Russia-backed separatists in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk. These sham elections contravened Ukraine’s constitution, the law on “special status,” and the most basic electoral norms. Both Russia and its separatist proxies had agreed to[Read More…]
Eye-catching Space Technology Restoring Sight
EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 November 2014. Laser surgery to correct eyesight is common practice, but did you know that technology developed for use in space is now commonly used to track the patient’s eye and precisely direct the laser scalpel? If you look at a fixed point while tilting or shaking your head,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces City Action Against Restraining Order Filed By Local Tobacco Industry Vendors
City defends law that protects youth from the sale of flavored tobacco near schools CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that he will aggressively fight two temporary restraining orders newly filed by local tobacco industry vendors against a city ordinance passed last year prohibiting the sale of flavored[Read More…]
Baby Talk: Study Examines How Mothers and Fathers Converse With Their Infants
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. Research has shown the importance of reading, talking and singing in infant and toddler language development, and a new study examines the role of gender in these parent-child conversations. The study, “Gender Differences in Adult-Infant Communication in the First Months of Life,” published in[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Recommendations on Treating Bronchiolitis in Young Children
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. An updated guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics offers pediatricians guidance in diagnosing, treating and preventing bronchiolitis, a disorder commonly caused by viral infections of the lower respiratory tract that is the most common cause of hospitalization among infants under 1 year of[Read More…]
