WASHINGTON—David L. Place, owner of Manor House Antiques Cooperative in Nantucket, Mass., was sentenced to 33 months in prison for illegally importing and trafficking in Narwhal tusks and Sperm Whale teeth, the Department of Justice and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) announced today. On Nov. 19, 2010, a federal jury in Boston convicted […]
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Class action is part of FDA’s Unapproved Drugs Initiative The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today took action against companies that manufacture, distribute, or market certain unapproved prescription oral cough, cold, and allergy products. The affected products cannot be legally marketed in the United States. Unapproved prescription cough, cold, and allergy drug products have not […]
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DAVENPORT, IA—On February 28, 2011, Justin David Carter, 27, of Jacksonville, Florida, plead guilty in federal court in Davenport to transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. According to the written plea agreement, Carter traveled from Jacksonville, Florida, to Muscatine, Iowa, to meet […]
Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) released the following statement after voting against H.J. Res. 44, legislation providing a two week extension of funding for continued government operations. Unlike the long-term continuing resolution previously passed by the House, the two week extension King voted against today does not contain important legislative safeguards blocking federal spending […]
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The United States applauds the move by the UN General Assembly to suspend Libya’s membership rights in the Human Rights Council in Geneva. We continue to demand an immediate halt to the violence perpetrated by the Qadhafi government against its own citizens. The General Assembly today has made it clear that governments that turn their […]
Fifty years ago a pilot program called the Peace Corps started with President Kennedy’s signature, led by Sargent Shriver and fueled by the compassion and generosity of the American people. Today this is the foundation of a public service movement that represents the best the United States has to offer. More than 8,600 Peace Corps […]
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Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) released the following statement after meeting with Governor Terry Branstad this morning. During the meeting, Branstad provided King with a briefing on the current state of Iowa’s budget. The two leaders also spoke about a number of pending matters affecting Iowa on both the state and federal level. “Governor […]
Branstad joins nine other governors in serving on national council tasked with finding effective homeland security, emergency response and National Guard measures for the states (DES MOINES) – President Barack Obama today appointed Gov. Terry E. Branstad as Co-Chairman of the Council of Governors. The Council of Governors was established by the National Defense Authorization […]
Advocated for National World War I Memorial in D.C. WASHINGTON – Frank Woodruff Buckles, who lied about his age to enlist in the Army in 1917 and became the last known U.S. veteran of World War I, died on February 27, 2011 at the age of 110. “We have lost a living link to an […]
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine. During his lifetime, Longfellow’s poetry enjoyed extraordinary popularity at home and abroad. “The Village Blacksmith” originally appeared in Knickerbocker magazine in 1840 and served as a standard recitation piece in American schools well into the twentieth century. Longfellow’s longer […]
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