Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from his participation in a scheme to hack into computer networks and sell access to those networks. The guilty plea was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S.[Read More…]
Day: August 27, 2013
MRI Diagnostic Testing Company, Imagimed LLC, and Its Former Owners and Chief Radiologist to Pay $3.57 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. New York-based Imagimed LLC, the company’s former owners, William B. Wolf III and Dr. Timothy J. Greenan, and the company’s former chief radiologist, Dr. Steven Winter, will pay $3.57 million to resolve allegations that they submitted to federal healthcare programs false claims for magnetic resonance imaging[Read More…]
Three Missourians Sentenced for Defrauding Consumers Seeking Immigration Services
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Three defendants who previously pleaded guilty in connection with an immigration services fraud scheme were sentenced in federal court, the Justice Department announced today. The three defendants formerly worked at Immigration Forms and Publications (IFP), a Sedalia, Mo., company that falsely represented to consumers that IFP[Read More…]
Remarks by the First Lady at a Screening of ‘The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013 – 4:24 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Hello, everyone. (Applause.) Thank you so much. It’s good to have you all here. Rest yourselves. Let me start by thanking Bonnie, not just for that very kind introduction, but for all the work that she and her crew and[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with Mayors, August 27, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. President Obama and Attorney General Holder met this afternoon with a group of mayors from around the country to discuss strategies to reduce youth violence. The President reiterated that government alone can never fill the void that causes a child to turn to violence, but that[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, August 27, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013 – 1:02 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here, as ever. I have no announcements to make at the top of this briefing, so I will go straight to Julie Pace. Q Thank you. Has the President made any[Read More…]
The Mighty Rolling Falcons Wheelchair Basketball Team Take on Illinois State Representative Anthony DeLuca & Friends on September 6
Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)–Come out and cheer on State Representatives Anthony DeLuca, Thaddeus Jones, Will Davis, Al Riley, Robert Rita, André Thapedi, Marcus Evans and Ed Sullivan as they take on the Mighty Rolling Falcons Wheelchair Basketball Team on September 6, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln-Way Central’s North Gym, 1801 E. Lincoln Highway, New[Read More…]
International Prairie State College Graduate Sees Teaching as a Way to Give Back to Community
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. As a student in a university in the Republic of Colombia, Jolie Avant was studying to be a foreign language teacher in her native land. She had no idea her decision to visit the United States to better learn English as an international exchange[Read More…]
NIH Study Links Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment to Possible Risk of Stomach Cancer
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study appeared Aug. 26, 2013, in the[Read More…]
More than $28 Million in Grants Awarded to 42 States to Cover Fees Charged to Low-Income Students for Taking AP Tests
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of more than $28.8 million in grants to 42 states to cover a portion of the fees charged to low-income students for taking advanced placement (AP) tests. Based on the anticipated number of test-takers and other factors,[Read More…]