Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A homeless man who sexually assaulted an Orland Park senior citizen who was trying to help him find shelter has pled guilty and been sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection with the attack, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Dennis Dodson,[Read More…]
Day: April 15, 2013
LCWR Statement on Meeting with CDF
Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- On April 15, 2013 Sister Florence Deacon, OSF, LCWR president; Sister Carol Zinn, SSJ, LCWR president-elect; and Sister Janet Mock, CSJ, LCWR executive director; met with Archbishop Gerhard LudwigMüller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF); Archbishop Luis Ladaria, secretary of CDF; and[Read More…]
Public Citizen to Secretary of HHS: Suspend Enrollment in Baby Trials, Release Details of Ongoing and Earlier Experiments
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- In light of disturbing revelations last week about a recent unethical trial involving premature babies, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should release details about seven ongoing Neonatal Research Network clinical trials expected to involve more than 4,500 infants, and suspend enrollment in the trials until[Read More…]
Thousands Call for Investigation of Wildlife Services’ Killing of Mexican Wolf, Alleged Cover-up
Silver City, N.M.-(ENEWSPF)- Fifteen thousand people from around the country are calling on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to investigate the apparent killing of a Mexican gray wolf by a Wildlife Services employee and the subsequent cover-up of the incident. Although the killing happened months ago in New Mexico, the public didn’t[Read More…]
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging Patents on Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes
Washington-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case seeking to invalidate patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) on behalf of researchers, genetic counselors, patients, breast cancer[Read More…]
Keystone XL: Friends of the Earth Files for Release of State Department Records on Massive Lobbying Operation by TransCanada and Province of Alberta
Washington-(ENEWSPF)- The environmental watchdog group that uncovered conflicts of interest between the State Department led by Hillary Clinton and lobbyists for the Keystone XL pipeline today demanded the release of records that could illuminate a continued cozy relationship between pipeline proponents and Clinton’s successor John Kerry, as well as President[Read More…]
Parents to United Airlines: No Media Violence on Overhead Screens
Boston-(ENEWSPF)- The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is calling on United Airlines to stop showing PG-13 movies on its overhead in-flight monitors. Earlier this year, parents on a United flight from Denver to Baltimore asked the flight crew to turn off a nearby monitor because they didn’t want their sons—ages[Read More…]
New Legislation Introduced to Close Offshore Tax Loopholes
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Statement of U.S. PIRG Tax and Budget Advocate Dan Smith on the introduction of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act by Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and 45 original cosponsors, including Congressman Chris Van Hollen, the ranking member of the House Budget Committee. Among other provisions, this legislation would[Read More…]
Michigan Medical Marijuana Patient Refused Placement in Prison Medical Facility Despite Judge’s Recommendation
Detroit, MI-(ENEWSPF)- Late last week, 53-year-old Michigan medical marijuana patient Jerry Duval received a Justice Department order to surrender to federal authorities on June 11th to begin serving a 10-year prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio. Although Duval is a kidney-pancreas transplant patient with coronary artery disease and[Read More…]
Guns are Rarely Used to Kill Criminals or Stop Crimes New VPC Analysis Reveals
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- “Guns are rarely used to kill criminals or stop crimes” according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) report Firearm Justifiable Homicides and Non-Fatal Self-Defense Gun Use(http://www.vpc.org/studies/justifiable.pdf). The report analyzes national data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) and[Read More…]
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