Day: June 3, 2012

French Move to Ban Another Bee-Killing Chemical

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2012.  The French government has put one of the world’s huge chemical pesticide manufacturers on notice: One of its newer insecticides is killing bees and that product’s days are numbered. Thiamethoxam — one of many pesticides in the class known as neonicotinoids, or synthetic nicotines — was recently[Read More…]

US State Department Message on the Twenty-Third Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2012. On this the twenty-third anniversary of the violent suppression by Chinese authorities of the spring 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, the United States joins the international community in remembering the tragic loss of innocent lives. We encourage the Chinese government to release all those still serving sentences[Read More…]

Peningtone 2012

Ways of Making Continues with Juried Exhibit at GSU

Artwork by Eric Penington, of West Lafayette (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Visual Arts Gallery at Governors State University continues its “Ways of Making” series with a National Juried Exhibition. The exhibit opens on June 4 and closes with a reception on Saturday, June 23. The reception is from[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Army Casualty, June 2, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2012.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  Staff Sgt. Alexander G. Povilaitis, 47, of Dawsonville, Ga., died May 31, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when the enemy attacked with an improvised explosive device.  Povilaitis[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, June 2, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2012.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died May 27, in Chak-E Wardak District, Afghanistan, when their unit was attacked by enemy forces.  Killed were:  Spc. Kedith L. Jacobs, 21, of Denver, Colo, and  Pfc.[Read More…]

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