WASHINGTON Big game hunting outfitter Dennis Eugene Rodebaugh, 72, of Meeker, Colo., was convicted by a federal jury in Denver today of six charges of violating the Lacey Act. According to the indictment, Rodebaugh operated a Colorado big game outfitting…

OKLAHOMA CITY Michael Eugene Brewster, 54 years of age of Pensacola, Florida, was arrested by the Roland (Oklahoma) Police Department in Roland, Oklahoma on Thursday, September 13, 2012, after being pulled over on a routine traffic stop. Brewster is believed…

CLEVELAND The Coast Guard rescued nine people late Saturday morning from a boat taking on water in Lake St. Clair. The names of the rescued individuals will not be released, and there is no Coast Guard imagery for this case.…

By Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde, 2nd Marine Division MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. When a patrol of Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; Afghan National Army soldiers and Afghan National Civil Order Police patrolmen was ambushed…

Dallas-Area Groups Trini Tax Business Allegedly Claimed Improper Tax Credits for Customers The Justice Department has sued two Dallas tax return preparers, seeking to bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others. The civil injunction suit alleges that Ricardo…

San Diego U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found about 67 pounds of marijuana hidden in bags of cement Wednesday at the San Ysidro port of entry. On September 5 at about 5:30 a.m., a 19-year-old male Mexican citizen, and…

By PEO(JSF) Public Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully completed a major prerequisite test for in-flight performance Aug. 15. BF-2 completed…

WASHINGTON The U.S. Forest Service is co-sponsoring a live educational webcast Sept. 18 from Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas, home of the worlds largest bat colony, to help students across the country learn about one of the most misunderstood…

Service Seeks Comments on a Proposal to Designate 318 Acres of Critical Habitat Sacramento The Franciscan manzanita (Arctostaphylos franciscana) was given protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) today and listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and…

Grants Will Help to Establish or Expand Local Watershed Management Groups WASHINGTON - Eight entities have been selected to receive $333,500 in grants under the Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program. These grants will aid in the establishment…

FORT. MYERS BEACH, Fla. Six men were rescued by a good Samaritan after their boat capsized 30 miles west of Sanibel Island, Fla., Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., received a report from a good Samaritan aboard…

NEW YORK A Coast Guard boat crew assisted 2 kayakers, actor Russell Crowe and his friend, near Huntington Bay, Long Island, N.Y., Saturday evening. A Coast Guard Station Eatons Necks, N.Y., rescue boat crew was on patrol in Huntington Bay…