Healthier lifestyles, better disease management are helping people live longer Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Death rates for people with diabetes dropped substantially from 1997 to 2006, especially deaths related to heart disease and stroke, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of[Read More…]
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Southland College Prep Charter High School Inducts 19 Students as Inaugural Members of its National Honor Society
Southland College Prep Charter High School inducted 19 sophomores into the inaugural class of its National Honor Society chapter at ceremonies recently. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) RICHTON PARK, IL-(ENEWSPF)-May 22, 2012- Ninteen sophomores have been inducted into Southland College Prep Charter High School’s National Honor Society. The newly elected National Honor Society[Read More…]
President Obama Calls on Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits in ‘To Do List’
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. On Thursday, President Obama will visit a wind manufacturer in Newton, Iowa. Newton is a city of roughly 16,000 residents, located 35 miles east of Des Moines. For many years, Maytag manufactured washers and dryers at its corporate headquarters in Newton, employing 3,500 at its peak.[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, May 22, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing IRAN IAEA / P-5+1 / Baghdad Meeting DEPARTMENT Assistant Secretary Feltman’s Retirement NORTH KOREA Possible Nuclear Test / Glyn Davies Leap Day Agreement SERBIA Presidential Elections CHINA Law of the Sea PAKISTAN President Zardari’s Meeting with Secretary Clinton / U.S.-Pakistan Relations Haqqani[Read More…]
FTA Deputy Administrator McMillan Joins Missouri and Illinois Officials to Kick Off Eads Bridge Rehabilitation Project
ST. LOUIS, Mo.–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Deputy Federal Transit Administrator Therese McMillan today joined Missouri and Illinois officials to kick off the Eads Bridge Rehabilitation Project, which will repair and restore the historic, 138-year old bridge and ensure safe and efficient light rail service for thousands of people who use the[Read More…]
SpaceX Launches NASA Demonstration Mission to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2012. The second demonstration mission for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. EDT. “I want to congratulate SpaceX for its[Read More…]
NOAA: New Alaska Navigational Chart Makes Increased Arctic Shipping Safer
Kotzebue Harbor chart replaces measurements last taken in 19th century Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012 NOAA Ship Fairweather worked around the clock while acquiring Kotzebue data during the summer of 2011. Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) NOAA formally presented today to Alaska officials a new nautical chart for Kotzebue Sound in the Alaskan Arctic,[Read More…]
UN Secretary-General Condemns Beating of Mali’s Interim President
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 May 2012. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today an attack against Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traoré, which reportedly left the leader with head injuries. “The Secretary-General urges the Malian military and security institutions to fulfil their primary function of protecting the State and its legitimate interim authorities, and underscores[Read More…]
On Biodiversity Day, UN Chief Calls for Greater Protection of World’s Oceans
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 May 2012. Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the fragile state of the world’s oceans, urging greater protection for marine biodiversity. “Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the surface area of the globe. They are home to the largest animal known to have[Read More…]
Statement by Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on Release of Data Measuring 2010 Census Accuracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. “Today’s Census Bureau report shows that not only was the 2010 Census delivered on time and significantly under budget–but even more important, it was extremely accurate,” said Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank. “I am proud of the extraordinary accomplishment by the Census Bureau and the[Read More…]
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