Day: June 14, 2011

Honored Friends of the GSU Library

Eric Nicholson, Friends of the GSU Library President, with Treasured Friends Diane Dates Casey, Jeff Slovak, and Carol Machura (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Friends of the Governors State University Library honored five members of the organization for their contributions and commitment to the library. Those honored were Diane[Read More…]

Southland Students Visit Northern Illinois University

Richton Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Students at Southland  College Preparatory Charter High School in Richton Park knew on the first day of school last August that acceptance into college and college graduation are goals that they are expected to achieve. A recent visit by the school’s entire student body to Northern Illinois[Read More…]

U.S. District Court Rejects Attack on Prop 8 Judge

San Francisco-(ENEWSPF)- Chief Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today denied a motion by Prop 8 proponents asking the court to vacate Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional. The Prop 8 supporters contended that now-retired Judge Walker should have[Read More…]

New Commerce Department Report Shows Foreign Direct Investment Supports Millions of High-Paying Jobs

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011.  The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) today reported that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States over the past decade has supported more than five million U.S. jobs that, on average, paid 30 percent more than other jobs. The findings, presented[Read More…]

Harbinger Fitness Recalls Ab Straps Due to Fall Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011.  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…]

Major Flooding on the Mississippi River Predicted to Cause Largest Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Ever Recorded

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011.  The Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxic zone is predicted to be the largest ever recorded due to extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring, according to an annual forecast by a team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University and the[Read More…]

New Analysis Finds that Hispanics Face Disproportionate Health Threat from Coal Plant’s Toxic Mercury Pollution

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 14 – An analysis of several studies conducted among Latinos reveal that this community faces a disproportionate risk from toxic mercury pollution because of a combination of cultural, economic and linguistic factors. The analysis – based largely on previously unreleased data from the polling firm Bendixen & Amandi’s 2008[Read More…]

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