Phoenix, Arizona–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013 – 1:00 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT: Hey! Hello, Phoenix! (Applause.) Hello, Arizona! (Applause.) It is — AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Obama! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. It is good to be here. (Applause.) I want to say thank you to the Thunder for hosting[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Workers Refuse to Cross IWW Mobile Rail Picket Line
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013. On the seventh day of holding an Unfair Labor Practice Strike, Workers at Mobile Rail Solutions are receiving solidarity from their Fellow Workers in Organized Labor. Having filed ULPs with the National Labor Relations Board, secured a Stipulated Election Agreement, and filed authorization cards representing well over[Read More…]
Hunger Strikers Relocate to Christ Advocate Medical Center: We Will Occupy Until You Meet Our Demands
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013. A group of immigrants in the second week of a hunger strike against discriminatory health care practices that deny undocumented and uninsured patients a place on organ transplant waiting lists. Due to pressure from the hunger strikers, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for August 7, 2013
Commander Chris Mannino took this photo of another officer in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, August 6, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT U.S. Mission Closures YEMEN U.S. Response to Immediate, Specific Threat Status of U.S. Embassy Sana’a Yemen Travel Warning in Effect since 2002 Reduction in Staff at Embassy Sana’a U.S. Embassy Operations in Sana’a Continue Concerns about Attacks against U.S. Citizens or[Read More…]
Congressional Leaders Tell Wall Street to ‘Can It’
Merkley, Blumenauer, Bonamici Highlight Wall Street Speculation That Is Costing Middle Class Families Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici visited Hopworks Brewery today to call attention to Wall Street speculation in commodity markets that is driving up the prices of aluminum,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and AT&T Announce Company’s Plan to Bring About 500 Jobs to Downtown Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza today announced AT&T’s plan to bring about 500 jobs to Chicago. This number adds to AT&T’s current Chicago workforce of more than 3,900 employees. “This is an exciting development for AT&T and a big moment for the[Read More…]
Study: Marijuana Consumers More Knowledgeable About The Plant’s Health Effects Than Non-Users
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director People who consume cannabis are more likely to be knowledgeable about the substance’s health effects than are those who abstain from it, according to survey data reported online in the International Journal of Public Health Policy. Researchers at the University[Read More…]
CTV BEST GROUP Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dietary Supplements BEST SLIM 40 Pills Becaus of Potential Health Risk
Recall of Dietary Supplements BEST SLIM 40 Pills LOT # 109400 EXP: Dec. 31, 2016 sold nationwide Duluth, GA –(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. CTV Best Group announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots of a dietary supplement products distributed by the company under the names[Read More…]
Groups Go To Court to Protect Buffalo National River from Factory Hog Farm Waste
Lawsuit challenges federal loan guarantees for industrial swine facility in the Buffalo National River watershed Little Rock, AR–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. A coalition of conservation and citizen groups filed suit today challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for their inadequate[Read More…]
