Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. SUMMARY: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013 Titan and Armada vehicles manufactured February 22, 2013, through May 3, 2013. The affected vehicles have a brake master cylinder which may intermittently reduce the pressure supplied to the front brakes. CONSEQUENCE: If the[Read More…]
Year: 2013
HeathCo Recalls Motion-Activated Outdoor Lights Due to Electrical Shock Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: October 30, 2013 Recall number: 14-009 Model HZ-4305-BK Recall Summary Name of product: Motion-Activated Outdoor Lights Hazard: The internal fixture wiring can[Read More…]
Southern Telecom Recalls A/C Adaptors for Polaroid Internet Tablets Due to Fire Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Big Lots
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: October 30, 2013 Recall number: 14-008 A/C Adaptor for Polaroid PMID 709 Tablets Recall Summary Name of product: A/C Adaptor (charger) included[Read More…]
NOAA: Primary GOES-R Instrument Cleared for Installation Onto Spacecraft
Imager will provide greater detail to forecasters Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013 Rendering of GOES-R spacecraft. Download here. (Credit: Lockheed Martin) A key instrument that will fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R (GOES-R) spacecraft, NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary satellites, is cleared for installation on the spacecraft.[Read More…]
Researchers Discover that an Exoplanet is Earth-like in Mass and Size
While too hot to support life, Kepler 78b is roughly the size of the Earth. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. In August, MIT researchers identified an exoplanet with an extremely brief orbital period: The team found that Kepler 78b, a small, intensely hot planet 400 light-years from Earth, circles its star[Read More…]
How Internet Affects Young People at Risk of Self-harm or Suicide
UK–(ENEWSPF)–31 October 2013. Oxford researchers have found internet forums provide a support network for socially isolated young people. However, they also conclude that the internet is linked to an increased risk of suicide and self-harm among vulnerable adolescents. Following what is thought to be the biggest review of existing studies[Read More…]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Offers Halloween Safety Tips
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reminding both motorists and pedestrians to use extra caution on Halloween night. Nationwide, Halloween is a particularly deadly night due to the high number of drunk drivers on the roads and the increase in pedestrians during the evening hours. In[Read More…]
Special Budget Panel Focuses on Jobs
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a special congressional committee that met yesterday for the first time should promote jobs and the economy without cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other benefits for working families. “At a time when less than 10 percent of the American people approve[Read More…]
Veterans’ Committee Hearing Focuses on Health Care
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs yesterday held a hearing to examine health and benefits legislation, including a bill by Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to significantly expand access to health care. Sanders’ bill would expand access to the high-quality, cost-effective health care that the Department of[Read More…]
Unnecessary Delay of Individual Mandate Will Harm Millions, Make Premiums More Costly
Washington D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. According to a new issue brief released yesterday by the Center for American Progress, any delay in the individual mandate to purchase health coverage under the Affordable Care Act would undermine the success of state-based exchanges and harm millions of Americans, resulting in significantly more uninsured[Read More…]
