Day: December 7, 2011

Secretary General Ban Presses for Support for UN Initiative to Combat Deforestation

SOUTH AFRICA–(ENEWSPF)–7 December 2011.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for increased support from Member States for a United Nations initiative to slow, halt and reverse deforestation, and help developing countries manage their forests in a sustainable manner. “I am encouraged to see that forest countries are acting to reduce deforestation, and[Read More…]

Cargill Animal Nutrition Recalls River Run and Marksman Dry Dog Food

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. Cargill Animal Nutrition today announced a voluntary recall of two regional brands of its dry dog food – River Run and Marksman – due to aflatoxin levels that were detected above the acceptable limit. The affected products were manufactured at Cargill’s Lecompte, Louisiana, facility between[Read More…]

Club Car Recalls Golf Cars Due to Fuel Leak and Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Golf cars Units: About 600[Read More…]

Rod Blagojevich

FBI: Former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Corruption in Office

Then-Governor Rod Blagojevich made a rare stop in the South Suburbs on Martin Luther King Day at Lincoln Mall in 2005. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison following his conviction at trials in 2010 and 2011[Read More…]

How to Stop the Flu

Engineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. Between 1918 and 1920, an influenza epidemic swept across the globe, infecting more than a quarter of the world’s population and killing 50 to 100 million people. If a similar outbreak occurred today,[Read More…]

White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney, December 7, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011 – 10:31 A.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good morning, everybody.  Thanks for coming to this gaggle.  I’m pleased to be joined today by Neal Wolin, the Deputy Treasury Secretary, to discuss the need to get Richard Cordray, our nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, confirmed[Read More…]

Statement by President Barack Obama on the 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011.  Seventy years ago today, a bright Sunday morning was darkened by the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor.  Today, Michelle and I join the American people in honoring the memory of the more than 2,400 American patriots—military and civilian, men, women and children—who gave their lives in[Read More…]

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