Huge Wind Farm, Rural Smart Grid, and Energy Efficient Technologies

  On September 26, 2012, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the U.S. Department of Energy announced innovative projects in New York, Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri and Iowa. The project in New York was announced on September 17.  The $30 million project, called the Energy Efficiency Market Acceleration ...

Pennsylvania Corporation Guilty of Bid Rigging at Tax Lien Auctions in New Jersey

  On September 26, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Crusader Servicing Corp. in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to rigging bids for municipal tax liens in New Jersey by making sure certain bidders would bid on specific liens.  The rigging is believed to have occurred between 1998 and 2006.  Scott ...

Forever Cheese Inc. Announces Expanded Recall

On September 26, 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration stated that Forever Cheese Inc. was expanding their recall on all Marte brand Ricotta Salata Frescolina cheese.  The product is imported from Italy.  Forever Cheese Inc. originally announced on September 14, 2012 that some of the products may contain an organism called ...

Two Different Buffalo-Area Men Charged for Child Pornography

On September 21 and 24, the US Attorney’s Office in the Western District of New York announced charges for two different men in the possession of child pornography.  Jeremy Otrosinka of Buffalo, New York, underwent indictment on September 21, and Thomas Mehegan of Elmira, New York, pleaded guilty on September 24.  Otrosinka ...

Big Lots Announces Recall of Garden Swings

On September 26, 2012, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Big Lots was issuing a voluntary recall of Wilson & Fisher Garden Swings.  Big Lots encourages consumers to stop using this product immediately because of a fall hazard. There were an estimated 6,900 units manufactured by Anji Jiayi Garden Supplies ...

Investment Manager Charged with Bribing Union Official

On September 25, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Ohio stated that Nicholas Delbrocco was charged with two counts after he provided items of value to the Ohio and Vicinity Regional Council of Carpenters.  Delbrocco’s intentions were to receive business related to the pension and annuity fund for ...

Hillcrest Fire in Attica NY

On September 26, 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced how it handled a fire that consumed a 50,000 ton pile of plastic, glass, and glass in the Hillcrest Industries facility.  The EPA worked alongside the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and firefighters in Wyoming County and the Village of ...

Standard Parking Corp. to Reduce Interests in 29 Cities

Following Standard Parking Corporation’s proposed acquisition of Central Parking Corporation, the Department of Justice is requiring the company to divest its interests within 29 cities and 21 states.  On September 26, 2012, the Department announced that without the requirement for divestitures, the merger would have created ...

President Obama Declares Federal Disaster in Washington State

On September 25, 2012, the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security announced that federal disaster assistance will be provided for state, tribal, and local recoveries for areas that were affected by the severe storms and flooding on July 20, 2012.  FEMA states that funding is available to ...

Alaska Resident Receives 5 Years in Prison on Explosives and Weapons Charges

On September 25, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Alaska announced that Coleman L. Barney of North Pole, Alaska, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for conspiring to possess grenades and silencers and 5 years in prison for the possession of an unregistered destructive device.  U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler ...

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