The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department has abused its authority by conducting multiple unauthorized searches of a family’s home in flagrant violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. BIRMINGHAM, AL–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. On behalf of an anonymous family, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, and the law firm[Read More…]
Day: September 12, 2013
Illinois Wins Precedent-Setting Victory over Country’s Largest Tobacco Manufacturers
Attorney General Madigan: Panel Denies Big Tobacco Claim Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today applauded a ruling by a panel of arbitrators denying an attempt by the country’s largest tobacco manufacturers to avoid paying millions of dollars to Illinois under the state’s landmark 1998 tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.[Read More…]
Airmen Missing from WWII Accounted For, September 12, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2013. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Valorie L. Pollard of Monterey,[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, September 12, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Secretary’s Ongoing Meetings in Geneva with Special Representative Brahimi and Foreign Minister Lavrov Secretary’s Calls with Coalition President Jarba and General Idris / Continued Commitment to Opposition SOMALIA Omar Hammami EGYPT Extension of State of Emergency SOMALIA Omar Hammami EGYPT U.S.[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Sept. 12, 2013
Geneva, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) (In progress) – delegations that accompany us. Of course, we would like you to have unbiased ideas about what we are going to do. But I think that you understand well before we start to tell you what we are going[Read More…]
Former South Pittsburg, Tenn., Mayor and Co-conspirator Plead Guilty to Conducting Illegal Gambling Business
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. A former mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and a co-conspirator pleaded guilty today in Chattanooga, Tenn., to conducting an illegal gambling business, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Kenneth Moore of the FBI’s Knoxville,[Read More…]
Mastermind of $11 Million Detroit Medicare Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. Muhammad Shahab, the mastermind of an almost $11 million Medicare fraud scheme in Detroit, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade, Special[Read More…]
Remarks by the First Lady at the ‘Drink Up’ Campaign Launch
Watertown, Wisconsin–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013 – 2:43 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, everyone. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Oh, what a warm welcome. Thank you. And thank you, guys. Rest yourselves. (Laughter.) We’ve got a lot of water partying to do here today. Let me start by of course thanking[Read More…]
FDA Approves Botox Cosmetic to Improve the Appearance of Crow’s Feet Lines
Silver Spring, Marland—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new use for Botox Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA) for the temporary improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe lateral canthal lines, known as crow’s feet, in adults. Botox Cosmetic is the only FDA approved drug treatment option[Read More…]
Construction of Foundation for Cat Island Restoration Project Nears Completion
Green Bay, Wisconsin –(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the State of Wisconsin, and Brown County today announced that they are wrapping up work on the foundation for the Cat Island chain restoration project in Lower[Read More…]