Democrats’ $1.5 Trillion Shutdown Scheme: Benefits to Border-Crossers, Americans Abandoned
Coast Guard offloads nearly $94.5 million in illegal narcotics in Fort Lauderdale from Operation Pacific Viper
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Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History
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Oct 22, 2008
Wendt Construction illegally graded and filled wetlands near Strongs Creek, Eel River SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Dennis Wendt and Wendt Construction to restore sensitive wetlands near the Eel River that the company illegally graded…
Oct 14, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO The nations second largest glass container manufacturer, Saint Gobain Containers, Inc. is facing a $139,534 fine from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The settlement resolves alleged federal Clean Air Act violations at Saint-Gobains wine bottle manufacturing facility in…
Oct 14, 2008
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents, working jointly with Caribbean Border Initiative (CCI) law enforcement officers, seized 1,930 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of approximately $58 million on board the Panamanian-flagged vessel M/V Megan…
Oct 14, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased inspections and product testing efforts in response to the melamine contamination problem which originated in Chinese dairy products. As a result of the FDAs on-going testing program, the agency has detected…
Sep 30, 2008
On September 12, 2008, in light of reports from China of melamine contaminated infant formula, the FDA issued a Health Information Advisory to proactively reassure the American public that there is no known threat of contamination in infant formula manufactured…
Sep 22, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that companies marketing unapproved ophthalmic balanced salt solutions (BSS) and unapproved topical drug products containing papain must stop manufacturing and marketing these products or risk enforcement action. FDA is taking these actions…
Sep 16, 2008
WASHINGTONCITGO, a Delaware corporation, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $13 million fine for the negligent discharge of pollutants into two rivers in Louisiana in violation of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department announced. The $13 million…
Sep 16, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will open 10 new Rural Outreach Clinics by 2009 to increase the convenience of care for thousands of veterans living in rural areas. VAs commitment is to provide the best quality care…
Sep 16, 2008
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Engineers at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASAs new Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a two-stage rocket that will launch astronauts aboard the…
Sep 16, 2008
Syracuse, NY - Eight individuals have been arrested and indicted in connection with a major marijuana distribution organization located in the greater Syracuse, New York area. The marijuana trafficking organization was responsible for smuggling millions of dollars across the New…
Sep 16, 2008
By Army Sgt. S. Patrick McCollum National Guard Bureau ARLINGTON, Va. - Seven years ago, Col. William Stoppel dropped his 9-month-old son Will at day care and went to work like any other day. It was my sons first day…
Sep 16, 2008
The sun rises over the main stage before the start of the Pentagon Memorial dedication ceremony Sept. 11 at Alexandria, Va. The national memorial is the first to be dedicated to those killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.…