Day: September 16, 2010

Tea Sets Recalled by The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® Due to Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]

Children’s Hooded Jackets and Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Recalled By Burlington Coat Factory

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]

Giant Starbuilders and Giant Stars Building Sets Recalled by Edushape Due to Choking Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]

Chuck E. Cheese’s Recalls Light-up Rings and Star Glasses Due to Ingestion Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled[Read More…]

Sierra Club Condemns Pennsylvania Security Agency’s Scare Tactics

Harrisburg, Penn.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010.  This week we learned that Pennsylvania’s state agency overseeing homeland security has been gathering McCarthy-style “research” on state residents, including everyday Pennsylvanians concerned about the health and environmental damage caused by loosely regulated gas drilling. Governor Rendell has since terminated the contract with the company that[Read More…]

Marijuana Use Increases While Arrests Approach Record Levels

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010.  Marijuana arrests accounted for more than half of all U.S. drug arrests in 2009, while its use among Americans increased by 8 percent, according to two reports released this week by government officials. According to the FBI’s 2009 Uniform Crime Report released yesterday, U.S. law enforcement[Read More…]

Former Indianapolis City-County Councilman Charged with Allegedly Soliciting a Bribe and Attempted Extortion

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010.  Former Indianapolis and Marion County, Ind., City-County Councilman Lincoln Plowman has been charged with attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer for the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. Morrison of the Southern District of Indiana. The indictment, returned by[Read More…]

Theater Operator Facing Multiple Charges Following Arrest

Kenneth Arron speaks to the Village Board in March 2010, identifying himself as ‘Kenny Yochelson.’ (Photo: ENEWSPF) Updated at 11:42 a.m. with more video. Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– In the 1957 musical The Music Man, Professor Harold Hill arrives by train in River City Iowa and begins to work his a[Read More…]

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