Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the exhibit “In the Eye of the Beholder” from Monday, Nov. 7 until Thursday, Dec. 8. Featured artists are members of the Area Artists Association of the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, including Barbara Balis, Carol[Read More…]
Month: October 2011
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rockford man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to bankruptcy fraud. The defendant, Shane Mathew Berry, 39, admitted to making a false statement in documents he signed under penalty of perjury in his 2007 bankruptcy petition filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Rockford. In a[Read More…]
Belvidere Man Pleads Guilty to Robbery of Harris Bank in Belvidere
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Belvidere man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to bank robbery. The defendant, Carlos Harris, 39, of Belvidere, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to the robbery of Harris N.A., 401 Southtowne Drive, Belvidere, Illinois, on Mar. 26, 2011. According to the written plea[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, October 31, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011. TEPCO Successfully Tests Cover for Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1 Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. reports that pilot tests of the ventilation system associated with the cover it has installed over Fukushima Daiichi reactor 1 showed the system successfully filtered more than 90 percent of[Read More…]
Occupy Boston Declares Solidarity With Oakland, Actions Planned
November 2nd: A Day of Action at Occupy Boston BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011. The following events will be held on Wednesday, November 2: Higher Education for the 99% March at 12:30 PM *Gather outside the Federal Reserve Bank, (600 Atlantic Ave. Boston 02210)* By 2012, student debt will hit a trillion dollars.[Read More…]
Occupy Boston: One Month Old, Still Going Strong
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011. We celebrated our one month birthday yesterday with a dance party and cake in sunny Dewey Square! Here’s a video! Source: www.occupyboston.org
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Heads to G-20 to Call for Job Creation and Wall Street Reforms
Joins Global Calls for a Speculation Tax on Wall Street to Aid 99% Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011. As the G-20 prepares to meet AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will be in France to participate in the Labour Summit and meet with international leaders on how to solve the global economic[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, October 31, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing MIDDLE EAST PEACE Palestinian Membership as a State in UNESCO Legislative Restrictions Trying to Get the Parties Back to the Negotiating Table Implications of Vote for U.S. Businesses Abroad / World Intellectual Property Organization TURKEY Humanitarian Assistance to Turkey Following the Earthquake[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Signing of Today’s Executive Order, Oct. 31, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011 – 12:50 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all for being here. The United States, I think rightly, takes pride on having the most innovative and most successful drug industry in the world, and as a consequence the health of a lot of people, both[Read More…]
Audubon Challenges ‘Angry Birds’ Fans to Play ‘Birding the Net’
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011. Calling all Angry Birds fans! You think you know birds? It’s time to get real. Audubon has issued a challenge to all Angry Birds fans to take their hand at playing Birding the Net, an innovative social media game recently launched by the nonprofit. The[Read More…]