DENVER, Colo. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Ford Road Fire burning near Billings, Mont. This is the third Montana…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal government continues to calibrate its response to Hurricane Dean as the storm tracks south of the United States and into the Gulf of Mexico. Federal responders maintained coordination with state and local partners to assess…

Woman who sought refuge in Chicago church arrested during weekend trip to L.A. LOS ANGELES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that a criminal fugitive alien who spent a year seeking to elude federal capture inside a…

WASHINGTON Two former members of the City Council of Gadsden, Ala., a former city employee, and one consultant have been sentenced for their participation in a bribery and wire fraud conspiracy that operated from August 2005 through February 2006, Assistant…

Washington, DC -- The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the country-specific in-quota allocations under the tariff-rate quotas on imported raw cane sugar, refined and specialty sugar and sugar-containing products for FY 2008 (Oct. 1, 2007…

WASHINGTON William J. Heaton, former chief of staff for former Congressman Robert W. Ney, has been sentenced to two years of probation and fined $5,000, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced. Heaton, 29, was sentenced…

WASHINGTON - Frank Wardynski & Sons, Inc., a Buffalo, New York, establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 17,000 pounds of gourmet sausage products because they may contain undeclared sulfites, which can be a health hazard to individuals who are sensitive to…

New Genetic Information May Help Providers Improve Initial Dosing Estimates of the Anticoagulant for Individual Patients The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of updated labeling for the widely used blood-thinning drug, Coumadin, to explain that people's…

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Air Force officials here signed a production contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. to add 60 F-22 Raptors to the Air Force inventory by December 2011. The multiyear contract for the fifth-generation fighters will save the Air Force…

Nearly 60,000 Available Electronically The USGS has launched the new USGS Map Locator and Downloader, a Web tool designed to deliver topographic maps easier, faster and less expensively than before. Using open source software and the Google Maps programming interface,…

WASHINGTON - Ians Natural Foods, a Revere, Massachusetts, establishment is voluntarily recalling approximately 12,894 pounds of frozen turkey products because they may contain non-fat milk, a known allergen, which is not declared on the label. The products subject to recall…

Companies Will Include Boxed Warning on Drug Label The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced manufacturers of certain drugs approved to treat Type 2 diabetes have agreed to add a stronger warning on the risk of heart failure, a…