Day: March 5, 2010

TSA Expands Use Of Invasive Body Scanners

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  According to reports today, the Transportation Security Administration will expand the use of full body scanners to 11 more American airports over the next two years. The body scanners, or whole body imaging devices, create a strikingly revealing image of the human body. The American Civil Liberties[Read More…]

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U.S. Senate Passes Kerry, Lugar Resolution Expressing Solidarity With Chile Following The Massive Earthquake

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  The U.S. Senate passed a resolution expressing profound concern, deepest sympathies, and solidarity on behalf of the people of the United States to the people and Government of Chile following the massive earthquake. The resolution (S.Res.431), introduced by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA)[Read More…]

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U.S. Senate Passes Kerry, Lugar Resolution Calling For Recovery, Rehabilitation, And Rebuilding Of Haiti

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) issued the following statements announcing the Senate’s passage of a resolution (S.Res.414) calling for the recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding of Haiti following the humanitarian crisis caused by the January 12, 2010, earthquake[Read More…]

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Excessive Insurance Premium Increases to be a Thing of the Past

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  Yesterday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, and Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-CA introduced the Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010, legislation to help families and small businesses whose access to health insurance is threatened by excessive premium increases.  The legislation, H.R. 4757 in the House, would provide[Read More…]

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Imposition Of Punitive Punishments For Student Drug Test Failures Conflict With Federal Guidelines

Chapel Hill, NC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  More than one-half of school districts that randomly drug test their students impose punitive punishments for test failures that are contrary to federal advisory guidelines, according to a national study published in the Journal of School Health and summarized in the January 2010 online edition[Read More…]

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Magnitute 6.6 Afterscock Rocks Chile

CHILE–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  This morning, a magnitude 6.6 aftershock, the most powerful aftershock in six days, sent terrified Chileans into the streets  and forced doctors to evacuate some patients from major hospitals. The powerful aftershock hit at 6:47 AM (EST) 20 miles north of Concepcion, Chile.  It was reported that[Read More…]

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Concord Foods Recalls Concord Foods Seasonings Mixes because of Possible Health Risk

Brockton, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  Concord Foods Inc is voluntarily recalling certain production codes of Concord Foods Vegetable Dip Seasoning mix that is generally sold in the produce department of supermarkets because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections[Read More…]

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