Day: February 26, 2010

Illinois Community College System Sets Record Enrollment Second Spring in a Row

Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010.  Both headcount and Full Time Equivalency (FTE) Spring enrollments at Illinois community colleges reached all-time record levels for the current semester. According to figures released today from the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), statewide headcount enrollment increased 7.8% over the record Spring 2009 enrollment. This semester’s increase[Read More…]

Online Version of Nurses Continuing Education Program on SIDS Risk Reduction Now Available

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010.  An online version of NIH’s continuing education program for nurses about SIDS risk reduction is now available. The Continuing Education Program on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction was developed by NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and[Read More…]

Senate Inaction on Medicare Hurts Seniors, Military and Boomers

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010.  A Medicare meltdown now seems certain, as the U.S. Senate has left early for the weekend, abandoning seniors, military families and baby boomers. The Senate failed to repeal the Medicare physician payment formula that will cause a drastic 21 percent payment cut to physicians who care[Read More…]

State from SEIU on President Obama’s Healthcare Summit

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2010.  Today, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) released the statement of Andy Stern after President Obama’s healthcare summit: “If we learned one thing from today’s summit, it’s that the Republicans have learned nothing. “For the past year – and indeed, years before that – there has[Read More…]

Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund Fact Sheet

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010.  Since the creation of the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund in January, the Fund has raised over $13 million from more than 100,000 individuals for relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance, and in the month after the disaster has allocated $3 million to a dozen 501(c)(3)s on the[Read More…]

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Obituary: Dale K. Graham

Obituary: Dale K. Graham Revised February 26, 2010 at 2:14 p.m. with updated information. Former Park Forest resident, Dale K. Graham, died on February 24, 2010 at age 79. Dale resided in his home in Mokena, Illinois with his beloved wife Frances nee Kelly. Dale was the devoted father of[Read More…]

LifeScan Recalls Specific Lots of Consumer and Professional OneTouch® SureStep® Test Strips Due To Inaccurate Readings at High Levels

MILPITAS, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–Feb. 26,2010.  LifeScan, Inc. is conducting a voluntary recall in the United States of eight lots of OneTouch® SureStep® Test Strips, used by people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose levels at home. The test strips are being recalled because they may provide falsely low glucose results when[Read More…]

Six Members of the Rodriguez-Orejuela Family Indicted

Miami, FL–(ENEWSPF)– Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Jeffrey H. Sloman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Investigations, and Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in[Read More…]

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