Chicago, IL.-(ENEWSPF)- Two analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were arrested July 18, 2012, on federal bribery charges for allegedly accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $14,000 the property tax assessments on three residential properties identified by a confidential source who was cooperating with federal agents.[Read More…]
Day: July 21, 2012
FBI: Former East St. Louis Police Officer Indicted
Springfield, IL.-(ENEWSPF)- A former East St. Louis Police officer was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 17, 2012, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Ramon T. Carpenter, 40, was indicted for allegedly making false statements to federal law enforcement officers[Read More…]
FBI: Judge Webster Delivers Webster Commission Report on Fort Hood
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Judge William H. Webster has delivered to the FBI the Final Report of the William H. Webster Commission on The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Counterterrorism Intelligence, and the Events at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009. An unclassified version of the report can be found here. A copy of[Read More…]
National Science Foundation Will Advance the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
An artist’s rendering of the proposed Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The 8.4-meter LSST will use a special three-mirror design, creating an exceptionally wide field of view and will have the ability to survey the entire sky in only three nights. Credit: LSST Corporation Arlington, VA-(ENEWSF)- With approval from the National[Read More…]
1.5 Million Grant for HITS Astrophysicist Volker Springel
(Photo: HITS / Bernhard Kreutzer) Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) – 1.5 million Euros for research on dark matter and galaxy formation Heidelberg-(ENEWSF)- The astrophysicist Volker Springel (picture: HITS / Bernhard Kreutzer) is to receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Volker Springel heads[Read More…]
How to Build a Middleweight Black Hole
This simulated image shows the interaction between a massive gas giant planet (comparable in mass to Jupiter) and a surrounding protoplanetary disk of gas and dust. New research predicts that intermediate-mass black holes can create gaps in gas disks around supermassive black holes, analogous to the gaps produced by giant[Read More…]
‘Deflector Shields’ protect the Lunar Surface
RAL Space-(ENEWSF)- Scientists from RAL Space at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have solved a lunar mystery and their results might lead the way to determining if the same mechanism could be artificially manipulated to create safe havens for future space explorers. Their work focussed on the origin of the enigmatic "lunar[Read More…]
Cassini Spots Daytime Lightning on Saturn
These false-color mosaics from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft capture lightning striking within the huge storm that encircled Saturn’s northern hemisphere for much of 2011. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSF)- Saturn was playing the lightning storm blues. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured images of last year’s storm on Saturn, the[Read More…]
Preckwinkle Announces Council of Economic Advisors
Business and civic leaders will aid Cook County in promoting regional economic development strategies that foster growth and cooperation Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the creation of a Council of Economic Advisors, a group of more than 20 distinguished business and civic leaders from across the region[Read More…]
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Remembering the Victims of the Aurora, Colorado Shooting (Video/Text)
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- President Obama honors the victims of the tragedy in Colorado, those who knew and loved them, and those who are struggling to recover. Posted Saturday, July 21, 2012, at 5:30 a.m.: Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address The White House July 21, 2012 As many of you[Read More…]
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