Day: February 7, 2014

Senator Kirk, Leaders of Banking Committee, Address International Hacking

Calls for Extradition of Russian Data Thieves WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  In light of recent data breeches at major U.S. retailers, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Mike Crapo (R–Idaho), and Mike Johanns (R–Neb.) sent the following letter to President Obama today to request discussion of extradition agreements with[Read More…]

Chicago Advisory Committee for School Repurposing Announces Recommendations

Plan Emphasizes Transparency and Community Engagement to Find New Uses for Buildings that Will Spur Economic Activity and Maximize Community Benefit CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  The Advisory Committee for School Repurposing and Community Development, a group comprised of community and civic leaders submitted today their recommendations for a framework and implementation[Read More…]

Mayor Rahm Emanuel Releases First Annual Open Data Report

Report Outlines New Data Initiatives and Dataset Releases for 2014 and Provides a Progress Update on the City’s Open Data Policies CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  Mayor Emanuel today released the first Open Data Annual Report, which provides an update on the City’s open data policies, outlines several new initiatives and previews[Read More…]

Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy Professor Appointed to Serve as FDA Consultant

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  Meghana Aruru, assistant professor of administrative sciences in the College of Pharmacy, has been appointed to serve as a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Communication Advisory Committee. Physicians, pharmacists and marketing and communication specialists from around the country are on the committee, which[Read More…]

Seven Defendants Indicted in Six Armed Robberies of Cell Phone Stores in Chicago Suburbs, Indiana and Downstate Illinois

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 7, 2014. Seven defendants were indicted on federal charges for their alleged roles in a series of at least six armed robberies of cellular telephone stores last year that extended from suburban Chicago to Indiana and downstate Illinois. Two defendants, ERIC ROGERS and ERIC CURTIS, who allegedly directed a[Read More…]

Brothers Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder in Aid of Racketeering Involving False Identification Document Ring

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 7, 2014. Two brothers were sentenced today to life in federal prison for murder in aid of racketeering and related crimes they were convicted of after a seven-week trial in U.S. District Court last year. JULIO and MANUEL LEIJA-SANCHEZ, who operated a lucrative, black-market counterfeit identification document business in[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama at Signing of the Farm Bill

East Lansing, Michigan–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014 – 2:16 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Spartans!  (Applause.)  Go, Green!  AUDIENCE:  Go, White!  THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Everybody have a seat here.  It’s good to be at Michigan State.  Thank you, Ben, for that wonderful introduction.  Give Ben a big round of[Read More…]

Massive Resistance Building to Stop KXL

Massachusetts—(ENEWSPF)—February 7, 2014. Last week, the State Department has released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed northern leg of the controversial and long-embattled TransCanada Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.  As Steve Horn, of DeSmog Blog notes: “In a familiar “Friday trash dump” — a move many expected the[Read More…]

Safety First: Let’s Be Careful with Edible Marijuana

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—February 7, 2014. We are witnessing the beginning of the end of our disastrous war on drugs. Fifty-eight percent of Americans nationally support marijuana legalization. World leaders like former U.N. head Kofi Annan are calling for an end to the drug war. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is speaking[Read More…]

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