New Interceptor Sedans and All-Wheel Drive SUVs Built in Chicago for Chicago Residents CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy today accepted 51 new Ford Interceptor law enforcement vehicles from the City’s $15 million order of 500 sedans and SUVs. The City’s order was[Read More…]
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FDA Warns Against Improper Advertising, Promotion of Lasers Intended for LASIK Corrective Eye Surgery
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned five eye care providers to stop the misleading advertising and promotion of refractive lasers used in eye surgery procedures such as LASIK. The FDA found that the providers’ advertisements and promotional materials did not offer consumers adequate[Read More…]
Regular Marijuana Use by Teens Continues to Be a Concern
NIDA’s 2012 Monitoring the Future survey shows rates stable or down for most drugs Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. Continued high use of marijuana by the nation’s eighth, 10th and 12th graders combined with a drop in perceptions of its potential harms in this year’s Monitoring the Future survey, an annual[Read More…]
HHS Announces New Investment in School-based Health Centers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. Today Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards of more than $80 million to 197 school-based health center programs across the country, made possible by the Affordable Care Act. This funding will allow school-based health centers to serve an additional 384,000 students, and[Read More…]
Free Viewing Of Important Documentary: Breaking The Taboo
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2012. By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The producers of an important and well-received film documentary have contacted NORML asking for help to make as many free viewings of Breaking The Taboo as possible before the film goes into traditional theater distribution. Of the many documentaries[Read More…]
Hyundai Recall of Certain Model Year 2012 Veloster Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2012. Summary: Hyundai is recalling certain model year 2012 Veloster vehicles manufactured from July 2, 2011, through February 27, 2012 and equipped with manual transmissions. Moisture and road grime may cause the parking brake components to bind. Consequence: If the parking brake components bind, the parking brake[Read More…]
Arctic Cat Recalls Bearcat Snowmobiles Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Arctic Cat Snowmobiles Units:[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: Speaker Boehner’s Plan B Would Result in Job Losses, Middle-Class Tax Increases, and Trivial Deficit Reduction
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. Today the Center for American Progress released an analysis finding that House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) latest plan to avoid making a deal to resolve the ongoing fiscal showdown would seriously damage the economy, raise taxes on millions of middle- and low-income families, and accomplish almost[Read More…]
DREAMers Challenge Michigan’s Policy Denying Driver’s Licenses
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Ensure Immigrant Youth Authorized to Work in the U.S. Can Drive DETROIT –(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. Three young immigrants and One Michigan, a youth-led organization that advocates on behalf of immigrants, filed a lawsuit today challenging the state’s policy of denying driver’s licenses to immigrant[Read More…]
Defense Bill Moves Forward With Shaheen Amendment Providing Equal Health Care Coverage for Servicewomen
Amendment Provides Insurance Coverage for Abortion in Cases of Rape or Incest WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees filed the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act conference report yesterday, which includes a provision to repeal a ban on insurance coverage for abortion for servicewomen and[Read More…]
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