WASHINGTON – At an event marking the one-year anniversary of FocusDriven, the first national nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for victims of distracted driving, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today reaffirmed his commitment to putting an end to the deadly epidemic of distracted driving. Joined by family members of distracted driving victims, including FocusDriven President […]
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Manhattan Federal Prosecutors Allege That Gambino Family Generated Tens of Millions of Dollars in Illegal Proceeds from Narcotics Trafficking Crimes PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JANICE K. FEDARCYK, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the arrests today […]
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Defendants Allegedly Stole E-mail Addresses and Personal Information Belonging to 120,000 Apple iPad 3G Subscribers NEWARK, N.J. – Two self-described Internet “trolls” were arrested today for allegedly hacking AT&T’s servers and stealing e-mail addresses and other personal information belonging to approximately 120,000 Apple iPad users who accessed the Internet via AT&T’s 3G network, United States […]
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Total of 127 Individuals Charged in Brooklyn, NY.; Manhattan, N.Y.; Newark, N.J.; and Providence, R.I. WASHINGTON – Ninety-one members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including the New England LCN family, all five New York-based families and the New Jersey-based Decavalcante family have been charged with federal crimes in […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Chinese officials at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park to announce that two giant pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, will remain at the zoo under a new agreement to support breeding, research and conservation efforts by the two countries. “The loan of giant pandas […]
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While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to linger in the Southern Plains and Southeast through mid to late spring, according to NOAA’s National Weather Service. La Niña has kept storms and most of their precipitation in the north, leaving the South drier than normal. “The speed […]
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2011 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack issued the following statement on the healthcare vote in the U.S. House of Representatives: “For far too long, folks living in rural America have suffered from a broken health care system – more so than their urban counterparts – with higher costs and less access to […]
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January 19, 2011 (Des Moines, Iowa) – The Iowa Travel Guide is available to order online from www.traveliowa.com or by phone at 800.345.IOWA. All Iowa Welcome Centers stock the guide as well. An online version of the updated guide is available at www.traveliowa.com. The four-color, 184-page guide is Iowa’s comprehensive trip-planning publication, with listings from […]
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Ruling: Plaintiffs’ Arguments “Fatally Flawed” (DES MOINES, Iowa) U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt Wednesday granted Attorney General Tom Miller’s request to dismiss a legal challenge of Iowa’s judicial and retention system, which Iowans adopted through a constitutional amendment. “Today Judge Pratt very soundly upheld the will of the people of Iowa,” said Miller. “This […]
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AMES, Iowa – Jan. 20, 2011 – More travel headaches could face motorists in Iowa over the next 24 hours, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Light snow is expected to fall over the northern parts of the state through Friday, and overnight low temperatures may fall well below zero in some areas. Dangerous […]
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