Day: December 20, 2010

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Six In Park Forest File Petitions for Village Board

The Park Forest Village Board room. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Six people filed for office in Park Forest, the last, Georgia O’Neill, who waited in Village Hall until moments before the 5 p.m. filing deadline. Filing to run for mayor are incumbent John Ostenburg, 11 Bigelow Street, and newcomer[Read More…]

EPA Analysis Shows Decrease in Toxic Releases Across Midwestern States

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 20, 2010. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated its annual analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which provides vital information about pollution to the people of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The analysis for these six states, which comprise EPA Region 5, is part of the[Read More…]

Rejecting Call for Withdrawal, Security Council Extends UN Mission in Côte d’Ivoire

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 December 2010 – Rebuffing a demand by Côte d’Ivoire’s president that the United Nations mission leave after it certified his electoral defeat, the Security Council today renewed the nearly 9,000-strong force for another six months, foreshadowed a possible increase and threatened sanctions against those imperilling peace. At the[Read More…]

YNOT FOODS INC. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Soybean in Upsides™ Orzo Toscano

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2010. YNot Foods, Inc. of Madison, WI is recalling 2,541 cases because it may contain undeclared milk and soybean. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk and/or soybean run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. Product[Read More…]

Vice President Biden Announces Staff Changes

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2010. The Vice President announced today that his longtime aide and Deputy Press Secretary Annie Tomasini will be leaving at the end of the year, returning to her hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, for a position at Harvard University.  She will be succeeded by Amy Dudley, who most[Read More…]

Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Belarusian Elections and Political Violence

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2010.  The United States strongly condemns the actions that the Government of Belarus has taken to undermine the democratic process and use disproportionate force against political activists, civil society representatives and journalists, and we call for the immediate release of all presidential candidates and the hundreds of[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Marine Casualties, December 20, 2010

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2010. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Cpl. Sean A. Osterman, 21, of Princeton, Minn., died Dec. 16 from wounds received Dec.14 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to the 2nd[Read More…]

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