Day: September 20, 2010

Deepwater Horizon Response Leadership Consolidated to Reflect Ongoing Operations, September 20, 2010

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2010.  On Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, the Unified Area Command, formed in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, will consolidate Incident Command Posts in Houma, La., and Mobile, Ala., into a Gulf Coast Incident Management Team located in New Orleans. The planned reorganization of the command[Read More…]

NIH Statement on National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, 2010

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2010.  The third annual National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Sept. 27, 2010, marks an occasion to reflect on how profoundly HIV/AIDS has affected gay and bisexual men. It also is a fitting time to recognize how much this group has influenced the development and implementation[Read More…]

Statement of Secretaries Salazar and Chu on the Permanent Plugging of Macondo Well

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2010.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued the following statement yesterday regarding the permanent plugging of BP’s Macondo well. “With the successful first intercept by the relief well and our confirmation through pressure tests that the cement plugs are secure, we[Read More…]

Statement by President Obama on Final Termination of BP’s Blown Out Well in the Gulf of Mexico

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Setember 19, 2010.  “Today, we achieved an important milestone in our response to the BP oil spill – the final termination of the damaged well that sat deep under the Gulf of Mexico. I commend Admiral Thad Allen, Secretaries Salazar, Chu, Napolitano, Administrators Jackson and Lubchenco, Carol Browner, the[Read More…]

Look, Fools: Debbie Halvorson Is No Nazi

Commentary Look, Congresswoman Debbie Halvorsan is not a Nazi. That’s the truth. I know this is Crazy Season, and people will do whatever possible to sully the reputation of good people during elections. This, however, is just too bizarre. From Halvorson’s blog: Last Wednesday, Bill Preston, an Illinois resident, arrived[Read More…]

Nazi Sign Protestor Says He Has No Connection to Dem. Campaign

Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Bill Preston, the man holding signs portraying Fox News’ Glenn Beck and Illinois Republican congressional challenger Adam Kinzinger with Hitler moustaches in a video circulating in the right-wing blogosphere, tells Media Matters that he has no connection to the campaign of Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) or the Democratic protestors whose[Read More…]

In and Around Park Forest Week of September 20, 2010

Chilren create works of art at the 2010 Park Forest Art Fair. (Photo: Peter Schaper) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 20, 2010. The 59th Annual Kiwanis Pancake Day, a Park Forest tradition, will take place on Saturday, September 25 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot outside Village Hall,[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports Week of September 20, 2010

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

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