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Year: 2013
From David Letterman to Park Forest: The Stand-Up Comedy of Tom Dreesen and His Memories of Frank Sinatra
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In this unforgettable performance, comedian Tom Dreesen will take you from his childhood of shining shoes in bars in his hometown of Harvey, Illinois, hearing Sinatra on the jukebox to one day touring the nation as his opening act, flying in his private jet all[Read More…]
Stop and Frisk Attorneys Urge Court to Reject New York City’s Attempt to Stay Reforms
New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. Today, in Floyd v. City of New York, a federal class action lawsuit that successfully challenged the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) stop-and-frisk practices, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Beldock, Levine & Hoffman, LLP and Covington & Burling, LLP filed their opposition[Read More…]
Nonprofit Uses Music, Games and Art to Deliver Health Message
Earn Song Downloads From Daniel Bambaata Marley, Toki Wright And Other Artists In New truth® Game, Graffiti Collective Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. truth®, the nation’s largest youth smoking prevention campaign, has long reached out to teens through live music events like the Vans Warped Tour, Uproar Festival, and its own[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces Early Learning Race to the Top Grant for Illinois
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. Today, Congresswoman Duckworth announced a $17.6 million federal grant for education: Early Learning Race to the Top. This grant will improve quality and expand access to early learning programs throughout the state of Illinois. It will also improve early learning by coordinating existing programs, evaluating and[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces DOHHS Grant to American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced a grant of $650,000 to the American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The Department of Health and Human Services grant will go toward awareness and access to care for children and youth with epilepsy. The American Academy[Read More…]
FDA Approves Abraxane for Late-stage Pancreatic Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved uses of Abraxane (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension, albumin-bound) to treat patients with late-stage (metastatic) pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. An estimated 45,220[Read More…]
NIH Launches First National Down Syndrome Registry
Registry connects families and individuals with Down syndrome to researchers Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. The National Institutes of Health has launched DS-Connect, a Web-based health registry that will serve as a national health resource for people with Down syndrome and their families, researchers, and health care providers. “The Down syndrome[Read More…]
‘We Are Working Extremely Hard’ for Political Solution to Syria Crisis – UN-Arab League Envoy
St. Petersberg, Russia–(ENEWSPF)–6 September 2013 – The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States today stressed that he and other senior diplomats were working “extremely hard” bring Syrian an other concerned parties together for a conference to find a political path out of the[Read More…]
Hens May Select Sperm for Healthier Offspring
UK–(ENEWSPF)–06 September 2013. Female red junglefowl, the wild ancestor of the domestic chicken, may be able to optimise the immunity of their offspring by selecting sperm after mating with different males. That’s the conclusion from a study led by Oxford University researchers published in this week’s PNAS. ‘In natural populations,[Read More…]
