WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) announced the West Coast Maritime pilot program that will provide maritime radiation detection capabilities for State and local authorities in Washingtons Puget Sound and Californias San Diego areas.…

SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined a Gamerco, New Mex. commercial pesticide applicator $1,170 for using registered pesticides contrary to label requirements at two sites on the Navajo Nation, a violation of federal pesticide law. Employees of…

Special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation this morning arrested a Burbank man on charges of defrauding a North Carolina man out of more than $8.7 million through a bogus investment scheme. Thomas Mitchell Johnson, 53, a former member…

MESA, Ariz. Esther Martinez has eaten pinto beans most of her life and admits her family used to use lard when they prepared refried beans. Now, I eat pinto beans boiled with fresh tomato, whole onion and green chiles or…

PHOENIX - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Director Steve Owens have announced that ADEQ and the Arizona Cardinals have teamed up for a second straight year to conduct a highly successful recycling program for all Cardinals home games at…

FTC: Products Worn or Rubbed on the Skin Do Not Cause Weight Loss A company and its owner are banned from selling weight-loss patches in the future and will pay $180,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims…

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…