Sacramento, California - Two defendants were sentenced today in the Northern District of Texas for conspiring to bribe public officials in Afghanistan and Texas in furtherance of an ongoing effort to secure government contracts through graft, Benjamin B. Wagner, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, and Sarah R. Saldaña, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, announced.

Santa Clara, California - Intel Corporation today unveiled silicon characterization results for its 1 to 32 Gbps high-speed SerDes on the 14nm process. This 32 Gbps SerDes is the second SerDes offering and adds to the previously announced 1 to 16 Gbps GP 14nm SerDes. It will be available by end of this year.

Washington, DC - The Washington Post today announced an all-new tablet app built for a national audience, available starting today exclusively for Amazon Fire tablet customers and offering unlimited free access to the app for six months no subscription required.

Washington, DC - Ten new projects are providing opportunities for the public to participate in NASA's Asteroid Grand Challenge, which accelerates the agency's asteroid initiative work through innovative partnerships and collaborations.

Seattle, Washington - A 21-year-old Chinese man convicted of vehicular homicide and reckless endangerment for a 2012 Des Moines, Washington, accident was deported Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Washington, DC - Today, U.S. government officials led by the Department of State’s Economic and Business Affairs Bureau reached agreement, ad referendum, on a new civil aviation agreement between the United States and Mexico. The agreement will enter into force on January 1, 2016, after both parties have completed their necessary routine internal processes.