Day: October 3, 2011

Report Assesses Scientific Water-Monitoring and Modeling Systems and Calls for Modernization to Help Sustain Water Supplies

Improvements Needed to Help Water Managers Address Impacts of Climate Change and Other Stressors on Water Resources  WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011.  The Department of the Interior today released a report that assesses the status of scientific information available to help understand the impacts of climate change and other stressors on[Read More…]

USW Supports the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest Movement

PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011.  Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), North America’s largest industrial union with 1.2 million active and retired members, issued the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement: “The United Steelworkers (USW) union stands in solidarity with and strongly supports[Read More…]

Center for American Progress: What Would Reagan Do? Back the ‘Buffett Rule’

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011.  Today, new video footage unearthed by the Center for American Progress shows that years before President Barack Obama’s “Buffett Rule” principle—the idea that middle-class Americans should not pay higher tax rates than millionaires—the conservative icon, President Ronald Reagan, advocated for the same belief. President Reagan repeatedly[Read More…]

Special Master Sheila L. Birnbaum Announces Opening of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

Fund Will Continue to Open in Phases throughout October NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2011.  September 11th Victim Compensa­tion Fund (VCF) Special Master Sheila L. Birnbaum today announced that the fund is officially open for claimants.   With today’s opening, potential claimants can now register online, receive a checklist of documents and information[Read More…]

Three Missing Vietnam War Soldiers Identified , October 3, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011.  The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors.   Master Sgt. Charles V. Newton of Canadian, Texas; Sgt.[Read More…]

Amanda Know Cleared of Murder

Perugia, Italy—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2011.  A jury has cleared Amanda Knox of murder and other charges today.  The jury overturned a conviction handed down two years ago which found Knox and her co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito guilty of killing British college student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. In an impassioned statement[Read More…]

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