CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. Roosevelt University will remember and pay tribute to founding faculty member Rose Hum Lee (below), the first Chinese-American woman to chair an academic department at a U.S. university, with a lecture on Lee’s life and contributions at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the University’s second-floor Sullivan Room,[Read More…]
Day: September 16, 2013
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce Additional Tourism Records for 2012: Economic Impact, Tax Revenue, and Job Creation
Numbers outpace even pre-recession numbers; more than $12 billion impact on economy CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. Today, citing information from U.S. Travel, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Don Welsh, President and CEO of Choose Chicago, announced that Chicago’s record 2012 visitation resulted in records in several key areas. Travel expenditures in Chicago[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Comcast Announce that Chicago’s Internet Essentials Enrollment Doubles to 14,000 More Than In Any Other City In The Nation
Establishing “Internet Essentials Learning Zones” to Bring Community Based Partners Together to Eliminate the Digital Divide CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago President and CEO Wendy DuBoe, along with civic and community leaders, today kicked off the[Read More…]
US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2013. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized, the total marijuana related arrests in the United States is largely unchanged year[Read More…]
Statement from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the Incident at Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. I have been receiving regular updates on the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, and continue to monitor the situation closely. This is a tragic day for the Department of Defense, the national capital area, and the nation. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, September 16, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry’s Bilateral Meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi SYRIA Chemical Weapons Destruction / OPCW / Timeline UN Report / Potential Resolution / Chapter 7 Secretary’s Ongoing Meetings in Geneva with Special Representative Brahimi and Foreign Minister Lavrov SUDAN UNGA[Read More…]
Remarks by James F. Dobbins Re: Current U.S. Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Sept. 16, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013 – 2:00 P.M. EDT AMBASSADOR DOBBINS: Thank you. Well, it’s a pleasure to be back here at the Foreign Press Center. I think it’s been 12 or 13 years since I was here last. I had responsibilities for Afghanistan back in late 2001, early 2002 doing[Read More…]
Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a Stakeout on Syria, Sept. 16, 2013
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. The Council heard this morning from the Secretary General on the findings of Dr. Sellstrom and his team of chemical weapons experts. Before I say anything else, let me do as I assume my colleagues has done which is to express the great admiration that the[Read More…]
Remarks on Syria by Secretary of State Kerry With French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, Sept. 16, 2013
Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. FOREIGN MINISTER FABIUS: (Via interpreter) (In progress) discuss the situation in Syria as well as the decisions to be taken over the next few days. And further to that meeting at the Elysee Palace, we held the first working meeting with my two colleagues. And we[Read More…]
‘No Show’ Doctor Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison in Connection with $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. Gustave Drivas, M.D., 58, of Staten Island, N.Y., was sentenced to serve 151 months in prison for his role as a “no show” doctor in a $77 million Medicare fraud scheme. The State of New York revoked Dr. Drivas’s medical license earlier this year. Acting Assistant[Read More…]
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