Imperial Valley News Center
Doctor Indicted for Tax Evasion and Disability Fraud
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- Written by DOJ
Fort Pierce, Florida - A federal grand jury sitting in Fort Pierce, Florida, has returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging a Hobe Sound, Florida, resident with tax evasion, mail fraud, wire fraud, theft of government funds, and Social Security disability fraud announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
Chinese Scientist Sentenced to Prison in Theft of Engineered Rice
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- Written by Department of Justice
Washington, DC - A Chinese scientist was sentenced to 121 months in a federal prison for conspiring to steal samples of a variety of rice seeds from a Kansas biopharmaceutical research facility.
Attorney General Sessions on National Guard Deployment
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Washington, DC - Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following statement on border security:
NSF announces 2018 winners for Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science
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- Written by Sarah Bates
Washington, DC - A solar-powered, fast-charging, high-flying hero named Heliora! A sweet nanoparticle solution that defeats the sugar-blasting nemesis Glycosa! A peppy polymer that transforms into a cell-size, chain-welding hero to battle an antibiotic resistant superbug!
Why We Must Protect Traditional Grains and Foods
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- Written by Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank
Rome, Italy - "Greetings from Rome! This week, I'm attending the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Second International Symposium on Agroecology. Yesterday, I was honored to speak on a panel discussing "Innovative Markets, Food Systems, and Cities." I have met so many inspiring people working to scale up, and scale out agroecology, including our friends at the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Practical Action, the AgroEcology Fund, More and Better, the McKnight Foundation, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, Oxfam, and many more. I am grateful to have this opportunity to listen and engage in discussions with food systems leaders from all over the world who are focused on promoting agroecology as a pathway to achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“MAGAnomics” is Working and Defying Critics
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- Written by White House via CNBC
Washington, DC - Last week, calculations of the country’s economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2017 were revised to show a growth rate of 2.9 percent. That revision didn’t get nearly as much attention as when the initial read of that quarter’s growth came in below expectations at 2.6 percent. While we would all like to see faster growth, it is quite an accomplishment that over the first full three quarters of the Trump administration the economy has grown at an annual rate of nearly 3.1 percent.
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