WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced selections for negotiations of award under the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids and Novel Thermal Storage Concepts for Concentrating Solar Power Generation. These 15 new projects, for up…

ARCATA, Calif.- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents executed federal search warrants at the local headquarters of one of the states major wholesale flower growers, The Sun Valley Group, and at the residences of several of the companys…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a national campaign to teach parents how to keep their children safe from skin infections caused by the potentially dangerous bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA, a type of staph…

Company to also spend additional $50,000 to help restore Novato Creek SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined BioMarin Pharmaceutical $119,717 after its Novato, Calif., facility violated the Clean Water Act on numerous occasions by discharging low pH…

Will Kirkpatrick Finally Give Up Rangels Ethically-Tainted Cash After Latest Revelation? Washington In yet another embarrassing report, Rep. Charlie Rangel, Chairman of the powerful, tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, has finally admitted that he owes several thousands of dollars in…

Tucson, Arizona A Tucson Sector agent deployed near Douglas, Ariz., was patrolling his assigned area when he saw smoke coming from a nearby home. In his attempt to put out a fire inside the garage the agent came across eight…

High school student Keith Love of Hopkinton, Mass., poses with Lavender, an endangered Kemp's Ridley marine turtle. Lavender spent part of its rehabilitation at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium before being released in July 2008 with a satellite tag for…

Close-up of leatherback turtle (Credit Scott R. Benson NOAA/SWFSC) Leatherback sea turtles, the worlds largest reptiles, are hard to miss. Thats a message NOAAs Fisheries Service is sending out to boaters in southeastern New England, particularly in Nantucket and Vineyard…

There are 106 FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces around the country, where local, state, and federal agencies work together to combat terrorism on a regional scale. Coordinating the efforts of all those regional task forces is the National Joint Terrorism…

PHOENIX The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the expansion of its popular Self-Select Lanes program to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The opening of these new lanes is the result of a lot of hard work and truly demonstrates the…

Take the Pledge to Prepare by Doing One Thing to Help Yourself, Your Family or Your Community (PHOENIX) The Grand Canyon Chapter wants Arizonans to take the Pledge to Prepare during National Preparedness Month in September. We know from national…

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. companies large and small will sustain jobs at home while helping Mexico meet its domestic natural gas demand through the sale of oil and gas field equipment and services to Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). The sale is backed…