Washington,DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013 – 1:16 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Welcome to the White House. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. I trust that you all saw the email that we sent out regarding the President’s travels this week. He very much looks forward to returning to Knox College,[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Statement by the President and Mrs. Obama Congratulating Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Michelle and I are so pleased to congratulate The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the joyous occasion of the birth of their first child. We wish them all the happiness and blessings parenthood brings. The child enters the world at a time of promise and[Read More…]
Katherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, Gives Birth to a Boy
LONDON—(ENEWSPF)—22 July 2013. Her Royal Highness Katherine, the Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a son today. Prince William was with his wife for the birth. The baby was born at 4:24 p.m. at St. Mary’s Hospital in London and weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. This is the same[Read More…]
Dennis Farina, Actor and Former Chicago Cop, Dies
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 22, 2013. Dennis Farina, a former Chicago cop and popular actor who played Detective Joe Fontana on television’s “Law & Order,” has died. According to his representative, Lori De Waal, Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Arizona hospital after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was[Read More…]
Former Owner of Two Florida Airline Fuel Supply Companies Charged for Role in Scheme to Defraud Illinois-Based Ryan International Airlines
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. A former owner and operator of two Florida-based airline fuel supply service companies made his initial appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach on charges of participating in a scheme to defraud Illinois-based Ryan International Airlines,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces $65 Million DOT Grant for Chicago O’Hare International Airport
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $65 million dollar grant to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. This grant comes as part of the O’Hare Modernization Program and will reimburse funds for the construction of projects associated with the[Read More…]
HHS Awards $12 Million to Help Teaching Health Centers Train Primary Care Providers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $12 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 32 Teaching Health Centers across the nation. Funding will help train more than 300 residents during the 2013-2014 academic year, doubling the number[Read More…]
Falling Televisions Injure Thousands of Children, Study Finds
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 22, 2013. Nearly every household in the United States owns at least one television, and many families may be unaware of the injury risks televisions pose to young children. A study in the August 2013 issue of Pediatrics (published online July 22), “Television-Related Injuries to Children[Read More…]
Blowgun Darts and Teen Boys: A Potential Injury Risk
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 22, 2013. A 15-year-old boy came to the emergency department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, complaining he had been coughing for three hours. Eventually, the teen admitted he had built a homemade blowgun using instructions he found on the Internet. Instead of exhaling to[Read More…]
Federal Judge in North Dakota Blocks the Nation’s Earliest and Most Extreme Abortion Ban
Judge calls law banning abortion as early as six weeks “clearly invalid and unconstitutional” under U.S. Supreme Court precedent Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. A federal judge ruled today that North Dakota’s law banning abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy—before many women even know they are pregnant—cannot take effect[Read More…]
