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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
$5.2M Medicare fraud gets nurse 8 years in prison
A judge has sentenced a Houston-area nurse to eight years and a month in prison after a jury convicted her of a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. Senate Democrats Reject House GOP Budget Plan
Democrats controlling the Senate rejected for the second year in a row Wednesday a budget plan passed by House Republicans. HHS Sec Sebelius To Address Georgetown Grads Amid Flap
A planned graduation speech by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Georgetown University is going forward, despite criticism from the Archdiocese of Washington that Sebelius is an inappropriate choice for the Jesuit school. Alabama Legislature combines Labor, Industrial Relations departments
The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill to combine the state Department of Labor with the Department of Industrial Relations. NHS whistleblowers 'need hotline'
Labour has called for a national whistleblowing hotline for NHS staff after data from health boards revealed only one instance of it in the last two years. Fiduciary champion Hutcheson hit with more charges
The Labor Department filed suit Wednesday against well-known retirement plan fiduciary Matthew D. Hutcheson, alleging that he pilfered some $3.2 million from plan sponsors. Groups appeal air permit for Shell Arctic drilling
Environmental and Alaska Native groups on Wednesday appealed an air permit granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to a Shell Oil drilling ship that could be used this summer in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northern shore. East Allen Township pedestrian accident at Route 512 construction zone investigated by OSHA
Pennsylvania State Police have not charged the 51-year-old man who they said backed up into a traffic control worker on a construction site last month. EPA's Jackson Signs New Air Standards
Federal EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee Wednesday she has now signed a policy setting new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal and oil-fired power plants. Wal-Mart Not Alone in Hesitating to Disclose Foreign Bribe Investigations
Tyson Foods Inc. paid $5.2 million to the U.S., admitting it made improper payments to government-employed inspection veterinarians. JPMorgan Slapped With Shareholder Suits Over $2B Trading Loss
Staring down early probes from the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission over its $2 billion loss, JPMorgan this week was slapped with three shareholder lawsuits in a Manhattan federal court accusing it of downplaying the risk of a bungled trade and withholding information from investors. FBI Opens JPMorgan Investigation
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that the agency has opened an investigation into JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank. |
