Day: March 15, 2010

Tastefully Simple Issues Voluntary Recall for Toasted Garlic & Parmesan Cheese Ball Mix

Alexandria, MN–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2010.  Tastefully Simple is voluntarily recalling select 1.1-ounce retail packages and 0.3-ounce samples of Toasted Garlic & Parmesan Cheese Ball Mix. The company, along with others in the food industry, is joining in the efforts of a nationwide ingredient recall to protect consumers from potential Salmonella exposure.[Read More…]

Chile Earthquake: ‘There Are Still Cries for Help’

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Chile–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2010.  The international humanitarian organization CARE continues to assist in the relief efforts in Chile that killed 507 people in the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on February 27, 2010. The quake was followed by a 2.3-meter tsunami that crashed into Chile’s coast, causing further[Read More…]

Head of UN Agriculture Agency Helps Launch Haiti’s Spring Planting Season

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2010 – The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has helped kick off Haiti’s spring planting season, distributing seeds, fertilizer and tools to farmers in a village near the epicentre of January’s devastating earthquake. “Agriculture is the lifeblood of this country,” FAO Director-General[Read More…]

Tent Schools Provide a Refuge for Quake-Affected Haitian Children

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2010 – In and around Haiti’s devastated capital city, UNICEF-supported ‘tent schools’ are opening for children affected by the 12 January earthquake. I recently visited one of these temporary schools. It was housed in a former sports centre – now acting as a displaced persons camp –[Read More…]

Toyota Offers Preliminary Findings From Technical Field Examination of Alleged ‘Runaway Prius’ in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2010—At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. offered key preliminary findings of technical field examination and testing that were performed on March 10 and 11 regarding an alleged “runaway Prius” event dramatically covered by national news media. Toyota engineers completed an investigation[Read More…]

Obama Administration’s Education Reform Plan Emphasizes Flexibility, Resources and Accountability for Results

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2010.  The Obama administration’s blueprint to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) will support state and local efforts to help ensure that all students graduate prepared for college and a career. Following the lead of the nation’s governors and state education leaders, the plan will[Read More…]

College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition Benefits Can Be Applied At Men’s & Women’s Tournament Institutions

SPRINGFIELD, Ill–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2010.  To see the flexibility of benefits usage for the College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition one need look no further than the schools represented in the 2010 men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments. Whether Kansas or Duke, Kentucky or Villanova, Butler or Gonzaga, College Illinois! benefits are[Read More…]

‘Mission: Impossible’ Star Peter Graves Dies at 83

From the Chicago Sun-Times: Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday. Graves died of an apparent heart attack outside his Los Angeles[Read More…]

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