Day: June 5, 2012

State Department Briefing by Mark C. Toner, June 5, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing CHINA Air Quality Data Collection / Released by Embassies and Consulates PAKISTAN Sesame Street Programming / Allegations of Corruption from USAID Anti-Fraud Hot Line / Rafi Peer Theater Workshop AFGHANISTAN NATO Transportation Agreement Reached PAKISTAN Status of NATO Transportation Agreement in Pakistan[Read More…]

District 163 Schedules Second Annual Golf Outing

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 will hold its second annual Golf Outing, Teeing Off Fore Education, on Thursday, June 14, at the University Park Golf Club. The 2011 Inaugural Golf Outing raised more than $18,000 for the benefit of District students. The event includes a deli[Read More…]

FBI: Southern Illinois Women Plead Guilty in Fraud Case

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Jamie Lynn Erwin, 32, of Glen Carbon, Illinois; and Shadwonna Marie Bausily, 22, of Alton, Illinois, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud in the United States[Read More…]

FBI: Attorney Among Four Defendants Indicted in Alleged $16.2 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Four defendants—an attorney, a loan originator, a mortgage broker, and a loan processor—were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least 35 mortgage loans totaling more than $16.2 million from various lenders, federal law enforcement officials announced. The indictment alleges that the mortgages were obtained[Read More…]

Transit of Venus path

ESA Missions Gear Up for Transit of Venus

The path that Venus will take as it approaches the Sun in SOHO’s field of view. The image is from the transit of Venus in 2004, but a similar path will be taken during the transit of 2012. Credits: SOHO/ESA/NASA European Space Agency-(ENEWSPF)- ESA’s Venus Express and Proba-2 space missions,[Read More…]

Statement by President Obama on the Paycheck Fairness Act

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2012. This afternoon, Senate Republicans refused to allow an up-or-down vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act, a commonsense piece of legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination. It is incredibly disappointing that in this make-or-break moment for[Read More…]

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