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Oct 20, 2009
Exotic Nutrition Pet Company pays $3,500 fine SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined Exotic Nutrition Pet Company, a distributor of pet products, to resolve the alleged sale and distribution of the unregistered pesticide Exotic Nutrition Kage-Care. Virginia-based…
Oct 20, 2009
Five giant non-native snake species would pose high risks to the health of ecosystems in the United States should they become established here, according to a report recently released by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS report details the risks…
Oct 18, 2009
Funds Will Be Used to Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $20.9 million to states, territories and Native American tribes to improve the nations response to transportation incidents involving hazardous materials.…
Oct 6, 2009
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received a $73.3 million U.S. Army contract for the production of Excalibur Ia-2 155 mm precision-guided projectile rounds. Excalibur Ia-2 is the next generation of precision-guided projectiles for U.S. Army and Marine Corps…
Sep 27, 2009
Government Complaint Says Covina, Calif., Tax Preparer Requests Huge Tax Refunds By Claiming Bogus Withholdings WASHINGTON - The United States has sued Nyla McIntyre and her firm, Approved Financial Services Inc., seeking to bar them from preparing federal tax returns…
Sep 21, 2009
A federal judge has sentenced Anthony Soares, 46, of Pawtucket, to 96 months in prison for a pair of bank robberies last September in Providence and Central Falls. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi sentenced Soares, who has…
Sep 15, 2009
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Los Angeles-based Kop Coat, Inc. $126,000 for violating hazardous waste requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. During a 2007 inspection of the facility, EPA investigators found that Kop…
Sep 15, 2009
FORT WORTH, TXDavid Crabtree, 41, of Stephenville, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to five years and one day in prison, for committing the armed robbery of the Members Trust Federal Credit Union of the…
Sep 15, 2009
Defendant Served Prison Time for Prior Armed Bank Robbery and Using a Firearm During a Crime of Violence EUGENE, ORLarry James Rich, 43, of Marcola, Oregon, was sentenced to 26 years in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Michael…
Sep 15, 2009
U.S. Marshals Task Force Tracks Down Alleged Mansfield Sex Offender in Detroit Mansfield, OH The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force has tracked down another fugitive wanted for sex offenses. Fugitive Bobby Smith was wanted by the Mansfield…
Sep 14, 2009
DALLASTwo men, Thomas James Frederick Smith, 21, and David Anthony Edwards, 20, have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer and commit computer fraud, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of…
Sep 10, 2009
PHOENIX - Charles A. Soderman, 31, of Marathon, Fla., was found guilty yesterday of Travel with the Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Contact with a Minor by a federal jury in Phoenix. The case was tried before U.S. District…