Articles tagged with department
Thu, May 24, 2012
Senate 'Fire Department' seeks to ease partisan rancor
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Call it a humble effort to douse the flames of dysfunction and paralysis in the U.S. Senate.
Frustrated ...
Wed, May 23, 2012
U.S. Education Department probing University of Montana rape reports
By Laura Zuckerman
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether the University of Montana responded promptly and appropriately to at least ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Computer hackers access U.S. Justice Department website: spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One or more unauthorized users gained access to the inner workings of a website run by the U.S. Justice Department, a ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Part of Gateway project opens
DETROIT (WKZO) -- Part of the Gateway bridge project has opened. A new truck road connecting the Ambassador Bridge to expressways opened on Monday. It ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Health Department issues seasonal reminder about Lyme Disease
UNDATED (WKZO) -- The Michigan Department of Health says South West Michigan and the lake shore all the way up to Oceana county is a ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
U.S. sues Arizona sheriff for discrimination
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued an Arizona sheriff on Thursday for civil rights violations, alleging he and his ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Michigan DNR to auction oil and gas drilling rights
LANSING (WKZO) -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will hold an auction in Lansing next Tuesday for oil and gas drilling rights on about ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Justice Department probes handling of Montana rape reports
By Laura Zuckerman
MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department unveiled a broad probe on Tuesday into complaints that authorities were failing to ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Justice Department probes handling of Montana rape reports
By Laura Zuckerman
MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - The Justice Department unveiled a broad probe on Tuesday into complaints that authorities were failing to aggressively investigate ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Justice Department probes University of Montana student rape reports
By Laura Zuckerman
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the handling of numerous sexual assault allegations involving students at ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Justice Department probes University of Montana student rape reports
(Reuters) - The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the handling of numerous sexual assault allegations involving students at the University of Montana, where ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
At U.S. State Department, kids get sex scandal primer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Children participating in the State Department's "Take Your Child to Work" day event on Thursday were treated to a discussion of ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Joe Wayland to lead antitrust at Justice Department
By Aruna Viswanatha
(Reuters) - Joe Wayland, a senior official in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division who led the agency's first successful court ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Foreign visitors to hit record in 2011: Commerce Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More foreign tourists than ever came to the United States last year, and they spent a record amount along the way, the ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
Labor Department not deterred in fiduciary rule proposal
By Jessica Toonkel
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Labor Department is not going to let push-back from the financial services industry delay its fiduciary rule ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Coldwater Man Accuses Police Department Of Corruption
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Accusations of corruption and cover up have been leveled against the Coldwater Police Department. Coldwater resident Randal Ritchie made the charges ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Government nixes tentative $1 billion settlement with J&J: WSJ
(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. have nixed a tentative $1 billion settlement with Johnson & Johnson, holding out for a bigger settlement with the drugmaker for alleged improper marketing of its Risperdal schizophrenia drug, the Wall Street Journal said.
The report, citing sources familiar with the situation, said Department of Justice prosecutors in Washington rejected a proposed settlement worked out about two months ago between J&J and federal prosecutors in Philadelphia, and that the deal must now be renegotiated.
Officials in the Justice Department's criminal division could not be reached immediately for comment. J&J declined to comment.
The Department of Justice for years has been investigating the diversified healthcare company for alleged marketing of the anti-psychotic drug for unapproved uses, including for nursing home residents.
Individual states are also pressing similar allegations against J&J. The company in January said it will pay $158 million to settle a Texas lawsuit that accused it of improperly selling the drug to state residents on the Medicaid health program for the poor, including children.
That settlement fully resolved claims in Texas, J&J said, but does not affect other ongoing state or federal Risperdal litigation.
(Reporting By Ransdell Pierson; editing by Carol Bishopric)
Tue, February 28, 2012
Exclusive: U.S. conducting criminal Libor probe
By Carrick Mollenkamp
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe into whether the world's biggest banks manipulated ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Honduras prison fire kills more than 350 inmates: officials
By Gustavo Palencia
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Spirit Airlines names fare hike after Transportation Department
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commercial airlines often complain about government rules and at times seek to change them, but Spirit Airlines has created ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
U.S. indicts Wegelin bank for helping Americans avoid tax
By Lynnley Browning
(Reuters) - The United States indicted Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes ...
Sat, January 28, 2012
With instability at home, Yemeni chief arrives in U.S.
By Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barely clinging to power, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in the United States on Saturday, apparently to ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
State Dept. says Keystone bill raises legal questions
By Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican proposal in the House of Representatives to strip President Barack Obama's authority to rule on the ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Obama wants export agency, closing of Commerce Department
By Laura MacInnis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for authority to close the Commerce Department and create a new ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
Justice Department backs Obama recess appointments
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday defended President Barack Obama's controversial recess appointments to two agencies, releasing ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Labor Department's Borzi defends data request
By Suzanne Barlyn and Jessica Toonkel
(Reuters) - An official at the Department of Labor acknowledged that it may not be feasible for securities industry ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Education department awards grants to 7 states
(Reuters) - Seven states will share $200 million in grant money they can use to improve student achievement, the Department of Education announced on Friday ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Deutsche Boerse, NYSE deal wins U.S. approval
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse
Tue, December 20, 2011
Justice Department probing Verizon deal with cable companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department is probing Verizon Wireless' multi-billion dollar deal to buy wireless airwaves from cable operators and let them resell its ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Justice Department says Seattle police used excessive force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seattle police officers used excessive force over the last two years and were too quick to resort to using their batons and ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Congress cannot accelerate Keystone decision: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department warned on Monday that a plan by congressional Republicans to fast track the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Judge grants stay in Justice Department, AT&T fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Judge Ellen Huvelle, who is hearing the Justice Department's challenge of AT&T's buy of T-Mobile USA, granted the parties ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
AT&T, rivals delay legal fights over T-Mobile
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc and Sprint Nextel Corp asked a U.S. court on Tuesday to delay hearings in their private litigation over whether the telecommunications giant can buy T-Mobile USA, and the judge promptly agreed.
The request was similar to one that AT&T and the Justice Department made on Monday regarding the government's antitrust suit, which U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle also promptly signed.
An identical request was agreed in a case against AT&T brought by small regional phone company C Spire Wireless.
AT&T's agreement to delays in the cases, after previously insisting on expediting them to prevent Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA from deteriorating in limbo, have led to pessimism that the $39 billion deal will be completed.
AT&T has also set aside $4 billion in reserves for what could eventually be a $6 billion deal breakup payment to T-Mobile.
AT&T and Sprint asked for the next hearing in the case to be January 18, at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT), the same time as the next hearing in the Justice Department's case against AT&T.
Huvelle has ordered AT&T and T-Mobile USA to tell the court by noon on January 12 whether they plan to continue to pursue their agreed deal or an amended one and to give an update on their plans for seeking necessary approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Both the Justice Department and the FCC have objected to the deal on the grounds that it would hurt competition in the U.S. wireless market. The purchase of No. 4 U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile USA would vault No. 2-ranked AT&T into first place in the U.S. market.
The cases before the court are USA v. AT&T, T-Mobile USA Inc and Deutsche Telekom AG, case No. 11-1560; Sprint Nextel Corp v. AT&T Inc et al, No. 11-1600 and Cellular South (C Spire) v. AT&T, No. 11-1690. All are before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
Wed, November 30, 2011
Poor schools don't get "fair share": Education Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many poor public schools do not pay teachers and educators as much as wealthier schools just a few miles away, according to ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
Cyber Monday sales hit record $1.25 billion
By Alistair Barr
(Reuters) - Cyber Monday online sales set a record, led by department stores and home goods retailers, according to U.S. data ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
State Department concerned attack will affect Pakistan relations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday expressed concern about the impact of a cross-border attack that killed Pakistani soldiers on relations between the ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Justice department challenges Utah immigration law
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued on Tuesday to stop a Utah immigration law that sought to crack down on ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Justice Department reviewing debit card fees
(Reuters) - The Justice Department is reviewing allegations by a U.S. lawmaker that U.S. banks and their trade associations may have coordinated increases ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Exclusive: Justice Department cuts recession deals with airlines
By Aruna Viswanatha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest airlines engaged in massive price-fixing about a decade ago as their profits were ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Justice Department opens probe of Miami police
MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into allegations of excessive use of deadly force ...
Mon, November 14, 2011
New judge appointed for Penn State scandal hearing
By James B. Kelleher and Ernest Scheyder
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A senior district judge with no known ties to Penn State University has ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Top Energy Department official leaves after Solyndra: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top official at the Energy Department's loan program has stepped down in the wake of a high-profile failure of a ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Exclusive: Justice Department probing Chinese accounting
By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department is investigating accounting irregularities at Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Department Of Corrections Wants To Cut Two Thousand Employees
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Corrections is taking some pretty drastic measures. That’s how a state prison official described moves announced ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Education Department seeks to ease new program approval process
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday proposed to make approval procedure for new programs easier under the 'gainful employment' education rules ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
House seeks to cut certain education funding
(Reuters) - The House of Representatives has proposed a cut in certain federal student aid funding in fiscal 2012, potentially hurting for-profit colleges.
The House ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
State Department to skip Taiwan event for first time
By Jim Wolf
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The State Department is declining for the first time to address an annual industry conference on defense and ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
CIA reviewing ties with New York police department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA inspector general is reviewing the spy agency's ties with the New York Police Department after critics questioned whether the ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Portage Department Of Public Safety
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Same name, different meaning. The Portage Police and Fire Departments will now be called the Portage Department of Public Safety, but ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Defense Department employee accused of $95,000 bribe
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A U.S. Defense Department employee based in Afghanistan has been charged with taking a $95,000 bribe from a contractor after ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Disney axes Marvel's marketing department: report
(Reuters) - Entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney Co axed Marvel Studios' marketing department as it seeks to cut film costs in a move that comes right ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Varney aide acting U.S. Justice Department antitrust head
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sharis Pozen, the top deputy to the Justice Department's antitrust chief, will become acting head of the division ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
U.S. says insurers must fully cover birth control
By Alina Selyukh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health insurance companies must fully cover women's birth control and other preventive health care services under ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Justice Department presses Wells Fargo on loans: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co and the Department of Justice are negotiating to settle allegations that the bank illegally targeted African-Americans for expensive subprime loans, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The source, who declined to be identified because the talks were not public, said the bank was talking with lawyers from the department's civil rights division.
The case is separate from other government investigations of banks over mortgages, including a pending joint action by state attorneys general and another section of the Justice Department over foreclosure practices, such as robo-signing of documents for court cases.
The talks follow Wells Fargo's agreement last week to pay an $85 million civil penalty to the Federal Reserve Board over allegations that it steered borrowers into costly subprime mortgages and falsified their financial qualifications.
The Justice Department investigation was reported earlier by the Huffington Post. http://huff.to/n5Z68j
The Justice Department declined to comment. Wells Fargo spokeswoman Vickee Adams declined to comment on the civil rights case. She said the Federal Reserve case did not include allegations involving ethnic minorities.
The bank continues to fight lawsuits brought by the cities of Baltimore and Memphis charging that the bank hurt them with subprime loans, Adams said.
(Reporting by David Henry; editing by John Wallace)
Fri, July 22, 2011
Justice Department investigates News Corp ad arm: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Justice Department is looking into allegations that News Corp's advertising unit hacked into computers of a competitor, NBC News ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
TRW receives subpoena from Department of Justice
Bangalore (Reuters) - Auto parts maker TRW Automotive Holdings Corp
Thu, June 16, 2011
State Department says Zawahri heading al Qaeda "barely matters"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Thursday said it "barely matters" who the new leader of al Qaeda is after reports that Ayman al-Zawahri ...
Fri, May 27, 2011
State Department names new spokesperson after Wiki-flap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Thursday named career diplomat Victoria Nuland as its new spokesperson, filling a vacancy left when the former incumbent ...
Thu, May 26, 2011
State Department names Caucasus Islamist group to terrorism list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday named an Islamist insurgent group in Russia's North Caucasus to its official list of terrorist groups ...
Thu, May 05, 2011
Adopt A Highway Volunteers Needed
ST. PAUL, Min. (MNN) - The state Department of Transportation is looking for volunteers to help pick up litter along the highways. Around 45-hundred groups ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
Justice department, SEC probing Senate findings on Goldman
(Reuters) - A Senate report, which had accused Goldman Sachs <GS.N> of misleading clients and manipulating markets, was formally referred to the Justice Department ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
Retiring Parchment Policemen May Leave Department Short
PARCHMENT (WKZO) -- Parchment has three full time police officers and 6 part time officers but maybe not for long. Last night the City Commission ...
Wed, April 27, 2011
Defense Department Terminates Plan With Local GE Plant
TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ) -- The Defense Department announced Monday that it notified Rolls-Royce and General Electric that it has terminated its contract for a ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
Jackson Co. Sheriff To Run State Corrections Department
JACKSON, Mich (WLMI) Jackson County Sheriff Dan Heyns has been hand-picked by the governor to run the Michigan Department of Corrections. Governor Rick Snyder ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
Snyder Taps Jackson County Sheriff to Run Department of Corrections
(Lansing, MI) -- Jackson County Sheriff Daniel Heyns has been appointed by Governor Snyder to be the director of the Michigan Department of Corrections. Heyns ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
State Department of Corrections to Lay Off 100 Workers
(Lansing, MI) -- The Michigan Department of Corrections expects to lay off as many as 100 employees because of the planned closures of prisons in ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
U.S. citizen detained in North Korea: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen is being held in North Korea and should be released on humanitarian grounds, the State Department said on ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
FTC and Justice Department mull Google antitrust probe
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust regulators may investigate Google Inc's dominance of the Web search industry, and will settle on ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
Justice Department probes Seattle police violence
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that Seattle's police officers routinely use excessive force on suspects after a string ...
Wed, March 30, 2011
Burns slated to replace Steinberg at State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bill Burns, a career U.S. diplomat and Washington's pointman on dealing with Iran, has been chosen to replace Jim Steinberg ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
State Department urges Americans to avoid Bahrain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department urged U.S. citizens on Tuesday to defer travel to Bahrain and suggested Americans there should leave due to ...
Sun, March 13, 2011
State Department spokesman Crowley steps down amid flap
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned on Sunday after reports that he labeled as "stupid" and "ridiculous" the ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Justice Department to set up oil spill probe task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Monday that it will create a single task force to oversee all aspects of its criminal investigation ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Houston police chief defends department after video release
By Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON, February17 (Reuters) - In the wake of community outcries over a video showing police beating a 15-year-old African American burglary ...
Tue, January 18, 2011
Berrien County Department of Emergency Management Conducting Survey
COVERT (WKZO) -- Residents in the three Lakeshore Counties closest to the Nuclear plant in Covert may soon be asked to answer some strange questions ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
New Name For Department of Ag
LANSING (WTVB) - - Two months from now, officially you’ll call it the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. For his second Executive Order, Governor ...
Fri, January 07, 2011
State Department has no info on Cuban "defector"
MIAMI (Reuters) - The State Department has no information about the whereabouts or status of a leading Cuban government trade expert whom Miami media reports ...
Fri, January 07, 2011
Defense Department Eliminates Vehicle Built In Michigan
(Washington, DC) -- The Defense Department is scrapping plans for a 14-billion-dollar amphibious vehicle program, meaning lost jobs in Michigan. The "Detroit News" reports about ...
Wed, December 29, 2010
Justice Department seeks tougher CFTC and SEC swaps rules
By Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department wants swaps markets regulators to be a lot tougher in their proposals to limit banks from ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Kalamazoo Sheriff’s Department Looking For Three Suspects
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Deputies are looking for three black males wearing black outfits and matching ski-masks who forced their way into an apartment at Jefferson ...
Tue, November 30, 2010
Treasury Department sanctions 10 new Iran-controlled firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department on Tuesday extended weapons-related sanctions against Iran to 10 additional businesses and five individuals it said were affiliated with ...
Mon, November 29, 2010
Labor Department proposes target date 401(k) rules
By Helen Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday proposed a rule that will require employers to provide more ...
Sun, November 28, 2010
Department stores gain Black Friday traffic
By Martinne Geller and Brad Dorfman
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers spent 6.4 percent more this Black Friday weekend than last ...
Mon, October 18, 2010
Justice Department sues Michigan Blue Cross
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on Monday, accusing it of violating ...
Mon, October 11, 2010
Sheriff’s Department Looking Into Suspicious Death In Centreville
CENTREVILLE (WKZO) -- Investigators are looking into a suspicious death in St. Joseph County. An autopsy has been ordered on the body of a young ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
Justice Department probing foreclosure processes
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department stepped into the fray on Wednesday over reports the country's largest mortgage lenders evicted struggling ...
Thu, September 16, 2010
Morgan Stanley's Nides might join State Department
By Steve Eder
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley Executive Thomas Nides, who has a long history in politics, is in discussions to join the ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
Justice department probes Google's ITA Software deal: report
BANGALORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice department is looking into Google Inc's <GOOG.O> takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software Inc ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Justice Department sues Arizona sheriff in immigration probe
By Jeremy Pelofsky and David Schwartz
WASHINGTON/PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
U.S. House Committee Asks For Enbridge Probe From Justice Department
(Washington, DC) -- The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is asking the Justice Department to investigate Enbridge Energy over the Kalamazoo River ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Michigan Department of Community Health Confirms 3rd Eastern Equine Encephalitis Case
BARRY COUNTY -- The State Department of Community Health has confirmed a third case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis has inflicted a 52-year-old Barry County Woman ...
Thu, August 19, 2010
Calhoun County Health Department Lifting Evacuation Recommendation For Spill Area
MARSHALL (WKZO) -- The Calhoun County Health Department is lifting the evacuation recommendation for all homes now in the Red Zone. Health Department Spokesman Jim ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
Department Of Education Releases List Of Worst-Performing Schools
(Lansing, MI) -- The Michigan Department of Education has released the list of the 92 worst-performing schools. Those institutions are now forced to develop redesign ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Interior Department limits use of environmental waivers
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department said on Monday it would limit the controversial practice of allowing environmental waivers for ...
Thu, August 12, 2010
Education department to boost anti-fraud efforts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government will hire more investigators to prevent fraud by for-profit colleges in such areas as student financial aid, U.S ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Michigan Department Of Education Announces Lunch Income Guidelines
(Lansing, MI) -- The income guidelines for free and reduced lunches for students in Michigan have been announced. The Michigan Department of Education says the ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
Health Department Restricts Use Of Kalamazoo River Water
KALAMAZOO RIVER -- The Kalamazoo County Health Department has joined Calhoun County health officials and banned the use of river water by farmers from the ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Calhoun County Health Department Recommends Evacuation of Residents
BATTLE CREEK -- (WKZO) The Calhoun County Health Department is asking residents to evacuate near the Kalamazoo river. Calhoun County Health Department will be notifying ...
Thu, July 15, 2010
Department of Labor unveils 401(k) fee rules
By Helen Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advisers and brokers who manage 401(k) plans will have to provide detailed information about the fees they ...
Sun, July 11, 2010
Justice Department doing interviews in oil spill probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department has started interviewing witnesses as part of the criminal and civil investigation of the oil spill that has sullied ...
Fri, July 02, 2010
Sheriff's Department Facing Drastic Cuts
Sheboygan, Wis. (WHBL) - The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department is facing some drastic cuts if it is to meet the budget target set by ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
Justice Department seen ill-prepared for WMD attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The agency charged with coordinating public safety and security efforts after an attack involving a weapon of mass destruction is ill-prepared for ...
Sat, May 08, 2010
Qatar investor buys UK department store Harrods
By Avril Ormsby
LONDON (Reuters) - The investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has bought the famous London department store Harrods from Egyptian-born ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
Kalamazoo Sheriff’s Department Checking For Meth Dumps
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- It’s time to take out the trash. A special detachment of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department has spent the last ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Justice Department confident health law constitutional
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department will "vigorously defend" the new healthcare reform law against any lawsuits brought, a spokesman for the department said, after ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Portage Department To Set Fire
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- They are normally in the business of putting fires out, but next Monday the Portage Fire Department may be starting one in ...
Mon, March 15, 2010
Sheboygan Fire Department Fights Misconceptions
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - With Sheboygan’s City Council set to debate lifting the Fire Department’s hiring freeze, the Fire Chief is trying to ...
Fri, February 19, 2010
U.S. department stores in fight for market share
By Phil Wahba
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. department stores are by and large set to report far better earnings in the coming week ...
Wed, February 17, 2010
Sheboygan Fire Department Proposals Creep Along
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - Three separate, but interconnected proposals pertaining to the Sheboygan Fire Department were on the agenda at a joint meeting of the ...
Fri, February 12, 2010
Justice Department appeals court ban on cell-phone tracking
By Jon Hurdle
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The government argued on Friday that it should be allowed access to people's cell-phone records to help track ...
Fri, January 29, 2010
Planned Parenthood In Branch-Hillsdale-St Joe County Health Department Sparks Controversy
Backers of both Right to Life and Planned Parenthood squared off yesterday with more than a dozen people getting up to speak at the ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
Education Department Says State Has Saved Millions With Preschool Programs
(Lansing, MI) -- Over the last quarter-century, Michigan School Superintendent Mike Flanagan says the state has saved around one-point-15 billion dollars by investing in preschool ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
Sheboygan Fire Department Headed For Restructuring
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - The fire department in the City of Sheboygan could have a new look if a committee resolution is approved.
Under the ...
Mon, January 25, 2010
Fire Department Hiring Freeze To Be Lifted
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - The City of Sheboygan’s ban on hiring additional firefighters could be a thing of the past if a committee recommendation ...
Mon, January 25, 2010
Health department offers low-cost radon test kits through January
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Marathon County health department is providing help to homeowners with low priced radon testing kits as a part of National ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
Justice Department to review Comcast, NBC deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will conduct an antitrust review of the proposed $30 billion joint venture between Comcast Corp and NBC ...
Tue, January 05, 2010
State Department revokes attempted bomber's visa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it had revoked the visa it had given a Nigerian man after his alleged ...
Mon, January 04, 2010
Justice Department urges FCC to free spectrum
By Diane Bartz and John Poirier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government agency that supervises the communications industry should free up unused airwaves to make the ...
Wed, October 07, 2009
Justice Department opens IBM antitrust probe
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that International Business Machines <IBM.N> abused its dominance of the ...
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