Imperial Valley News Center
101 Food Orgs to Watch in 2015
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Washington, DC - To celebrate 2015, Food Tank is highlighting 101 incredible organizations who are playing a vital part in creating a better food system. Food Tank is excited to highlight their stories of success, hope, and innovation in the coming year.
CDFW Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor Number Tops 1,000
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Sacramento, California - At clubhouses, fire stations and park districts across California, more than 1,000 volunteer hunter education instructors (HEIs) are working to educate the future hunters of our state.
Third Company Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing on Ocean Shipping Services for Cars and Trucks
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Washington, DC - Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), a Japanese corporation, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $59.4 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids of international ocean shipping services for roll-on, roll-off cargo, such as cars and trucks, to and from the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.
Feds deport University of Washington student who made social media threats
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Seattle, Washington - The former University of Washington (UW) student from India who was arrested in June for threating a campus shooting on social media was deported Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
NASA Updates Pre-Launch Briefings for Upcoming Resupply Mission to Space Station
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Washington, DC - The fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract now is scheduled to launch about 6:18 a.m. EST Tuesday, January 6, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 5 a.m.
President Obama on the End of the Combat Mission in Afghanistan
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Washington, DC - President Barack Obama: "Today's ceremony in Kabul marks a milestone for our country. For more than 13 years, ever since nearly 3,000 innocent lives were taken from us on 9/11, our nation has been at war in Afghanistan. Now, thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion.
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