Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 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: August 20, 2013 Recall number: 13-268 Recalled children’s pajamas Recall Summary Name of product: Children’s two-piece loungewear sets Hazard: The loungewear[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Federal Agencies Remapping Coastal Areas Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
In a Sandy-response project earlier this spring, a NOAA navigation response team — equipped with high-tech surveying equipment — searched for underwater storm debris and mapped the depths surrounding Liberty Island and Ellis Island. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013. A day after the administration released the Hurricane[Read More…]
New Federal Highway Administration Report Reveals States with the Busiest Highways
California, Texas and Florida Highways Among Nation’s Most Heavily Traveled WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today released a new report on the nation’s busiest interstates that shows people drove more than 84.7 billion miles on California highways in 2011 – more than 900[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Proposes Reforming Bankruptcy Laws to Include Student Debt
Qualified Student Loans could assist troubled borrowers, foster better student loans and stronger academic programs Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013. With student-loan debt skyrocketing and youth unemployment continuing to struggle in the wake of the Great Recession, a new report released today by the Center for American Progress puts forth a[Read More…]
Oregon Blocks Canola Planting in Willamette Valley to Prevent GE Contamination
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013. In a victory for consumers and Willamette Valley’s $50 million vegetable seed industry, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed HB 2427 last week, banning the commercial production of canola in the region until at least 2019. Supporters of the law assert that the moratorium is necessary to[Read More…]
EPA Kicks Off Fourth-Annual Energy Star National Building Competition with More Than 3,000 Buildings
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the 2013 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings across the country are competing to see who can most reduce their buildings’ energy use. In support of President Obama’s Climate Action[Read More…]
ACLU Challenges Oklahoma State Capitol Ten Commandments Monument
OKLAHOMA CITY –(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Oklahoma Foundation filed a lawsuit today on behalf of several Oklahomans challenging the constitutionality of the state’s Ten Commandments Monument. “The monument’s placement at the Capitol has created a more divisive and hostile state for many Oklahomans,”[Read More…]
Evicted Homeowners, Labor and Housing Groups Demand Change in Loan, Mortgage Foreclosure Policies
Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2013. Challenging the conventional narrative of a housing market recovery, labor unions and community groups from across the Midwest will gather in downtown Chicago to launch their push to change the lending and mortgage foreclosure policies of Bank of America and Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. These[Read More…]
Shands Healthcare to Pay $26 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Inpatient Stays at Six Florida Hospitals
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics Inc., Shands Jacksonville Medical Center Inc. and Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc. (collectively, Shands Healthcare), which operates a network of health care providers in Florida, will pay the government and the state of Florida a total of $26 million to settle allegations[Read More…]
Meet Sunny: The Obamas’ New Puppy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2013. Today the Obamas welcomed the newest member of their family – a little girl (puppy) named Sunny! Sunny, the new Obama family dog, on the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 19, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Sunny was born in Michigan[Read More…]
